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Absolutely! I tell @Lasse at the time to bring his camera since I only managed to learn my old iPhone camera, but he hasn't brought it yet. We need more photo documentation before we starts to cut the corals in pieces!I so need to take my camera to the whole aquarium before it pauses!
The new systems are not yet decided, but will be in September I think. We have a lot of ideas, now we try to get the professionals/engineers/architects to understand what we meanSallstrom, with all the planning going on, are you covered in case you lose h2o from new/old system , like a safety sensor, sense water
loss by sensing water level going down from new main tank, when up and running. Or maybe piping is designed, if there's power interruptions to loose alittle water, but not all water? Curious
@Sallstrom, really cool build. I’m curious how you handle fish disease and qt? Are the fish strictly qt’d? I don’t know how you would let a tank of that size sit fallow if a disease broke out.
Also do you run uv?
I am one of those guys that copper bombs every fish that goes in my tank. It works very well for me.Thanks!
Last years we have not kept any new fish in quarantine(except seahorses), sometimes we've had them a while in one of the coral frag tanks before we moved them to the displays.
Mostly they've gone directly from the wholesalers to us and into a display tank. For the two large tanks we have now, 10 and 26 m3 that has worked very well. Lots of water, lots of space, not much stress. Less stress, less diseases. And lots of water per fish.
It's harder to add new fish to our 1500 and 2500 litre reefs, where the old fish has their territory from ten years back..
Right now we don't have any UV running(except for water to phytoplankton cultures). We sometimes use ozone, but low doses.
The possibility to do quarantine "the American way" is not possible in Sweden. Our veterinary doesn't want to, and I agree most of the times, threat anything without knowing that the fish has say worms etc. Then he can prescribe drugs for that parasite.
And Broad spectrum medicines are not allowed here either I think.
But sure we could keep fish in quarantine without medications. We have tried, but the survival has been poor compared to when we've put them in a large tank directly.
IMO most fish carry diseases but can handle them if they are not stressed to much and get proper food.
We will have better facilities for quarantine in the new Aquarium. So we will work out some kind of quarantine protocol together with our vet. But are still in the planning stage for that. Same as for UVs. We will probably not use UVs in the 400000 litre tank for example, but in smaller tanks were the density of fish is higher.
I know we don't always do it "the proper " way, but we do have good survival rate and are working hard to improve all things connected to animal health, like acclimating protocols etc. So we are not skipping quarantine because we're lazy
That’s really interesting. I can understand fully quarantining and treating a small tank of fish, but not a tank that big. If you follow, the “proper” protocol, if one speck of ich gets in, your tank is toast and all fish need to be removed. I wouldn’t think that would be feasible with public aquarium tanks.Thanks!
Last years we have not kept any new fish in quarantine(except seahorses), sometimes we've had them a while in one of the coral frag tanks before we moved them to the displays.
Mostly they've gone directly from the wholesalers to us and into a display tank. For the two large tanks we have now, 10 and 26 m3 that has worked very well. Lots of water, lots of space, not much stress. Less stress, less diseases. And lots of water per fish.
It's harder to add new fish to our 1500 and 2500 litre reefs, where the old fish has their territory from ten years back..
Right now we don't have any UV running(except for water to phytoplankton cultures). We sometimes use ozone, but low doses.
The possibility to do quarantine "the American way" is not possible in Sweden. Our veterinary doesn't want to, and I agree most of the times, threat anything without knowing that the fish has say worms etc. Then he can prescribe drugs for that parasite.
And Broad spectrum medicines are not allowed here either I think.
But sure we could keep fish in quarantine without medications. We have tried, but the survival has been poor compared to when we've put them in a large tank directly.
IMO most fish carry diseases but can handle them if they are not stressed to much and get proper food.
We will have better facilities for quarantine in the new Aquarium. So we will work out some kind of quarantine protocol together with our vet. But are still in the planning stage for that. Same as for UVs. We will probably not use UVs in the 400000 litre tank for example, but in smaller tanks were the density of fish is higher.
I know we don't always do it "the proper " way, but we do have good survival rate and are working hard to improve all things connected to animal health, like acclimating protocols etc. So we are not skipping quarantine because we're lazy
Seeing as you get to play with reef tanks all day, is this work or a vacation for you?And another FTS
This is with the three 1000W metal halides turn off because of the heat this week. We let them run for about 3 hour a day this week.
For everyone that doesn't know, Sweden has a unusually hot summer this year, fun if you are on vacation, not so fun if you work
Haha, it's work. But really fun work But it's a bit dangerous to work with your hobby.. Specially when there's fun forums to hang out on when I'm not workingSeeing as you get to play with reef tanks all day, is this work or a vacation for you?
Do you have a tank at home as well?Haha, it's work. But really fun work But it's a bit dangerous to work with your hobby.. Specially when there's fun forums to hang out on when I'm not working
No, not anymore. I had a small reef tank before but it became neglected when I started working with aquariums. So I took the corals I had to the Aquarium and sold the tank. The first coral I got, in 2001 I think, is still alive and is now living in our shark tank It's a Hydnopora sp.Do you have a tank at home as well?
You should hang out on here while at work and call it research and outreach!Haha, it's work. But really fun work But it's a bit dangerous to work with your hobby.. Specially when there's fun forums to hang out on when I'm not working
I do, but don't tell anyoneYou should hang out on here while at work and call it research and outreach!
IMO most fish carry diseases but can handle them if they are not stressed to much and get proper food.