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Also for a reef tank your salinity is a tad low.....1.024-1.026
Update on the aiptasia....I have none....:). My copperband is not very happy with eating frozen food but it will survive....lol.
Go to the Filter guys...website. Very good systems. I have one and love it....support is excellent.
I also use two part solution...why pay 20 dollars for a 16 oz bottle of miricle cure when you can buy it in bulk for less money....I would almost bet...
I had to remove 180lbs of liverock from my tank just to catch my sixline...it was a bad actor and killed ever shrimp within five minutes of hitting...
Hey reef ghost.....I grew up in Bridgewater.....I've never done a heavy salt dip....can't help you there
Ok all, Copperband hit the main tank this morning....Aiptasia 0, coperband around 12. He took to the tank with no problems and is happly consumming...
+3...if your magnesium is low you will never get your Ca to acceptable levels....with Mg low it will also be hard to keep your alk in balance...
If I'm not mistaken...phosguard is only suspose to be used for a two day max period then it says it will leach back into the system if not removed...
Well, I have the copperband butterfly fish...don't know if its an Australian one.....4 weeks of QT and in the tank he's going!
Omard, Very good articles....Thanks! I should be getting my copperband this week....I'll update after i get him aclimated and he comes out of QT
I took Tangsters advice and ordered a copperband from my LFS....way too many to keep trying Kalk injections...been doing this for a few weeks and not...
What about my corals will it eat zoo's mushrooms, and clams?
Ok....I have about 125lbs of live rock that is moderately infested with aiptasia. I cannot put in pepermint or whatever the shrimps are that eat...
believe me I'm trying....:)
Yes, You are right about never getting rid of all the pests, but you also need to be carefull with a sixline. Mine likes to kill shrimps and...
If you want to make sure your zoo's are free from pests...mix 1 gal RO water....get the temp up to your tank temp...add two drops of Lugols and get...
Wicked, I had a green BTA that would not grasp onto anything also.....fed it krill and mystic until it could eat 1/4 silversides....believe me do...
Your Salifert alk kit might be bad....on another forum salifert has been conducting tests and some of the batch numbers are giving a false high...
With your alk that high, it's not going to stop the raising of Ca, that high of alk will help stop Ca percipitation, I believe your mg is a bit low...
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