7 or 8 may be too long. The life cycle of ick is 4 weeks and you will see signs of it prior to that.
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7 or 8 may be too long. The life cycle of ick is 4 weeks and you will see signs of it prior to that.
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This depends on who you ask...that being said, I know people that have QT'ed and left their tank without fish for 9 weeks - and still had ich.
I dont believe that there is any way to completely remove the risk of these guys. Just methods to help...good for you to QT everything, in a tank like this with what will undoubtedly be a long stock list, it is worth protecting the investment.
You should buy more BGC - they will school tighter if there are more...and 9 is way too few. My brother has 52 in his 180g, and it is a sight. (That coming from a guy who hates BGC)
Having a larger fish such as a tang will do fine to keep them tightly schooled. Nutramar ova is a great food to feed to your large school, once you get it.
Also having more BGC will prevent them from picking on each other. Most people that even get numbers almost up to twenty end up with, 1, 2, or 3 BGC. They pick on each other and just wither away till you have a few, or one, big one.
no... running it bare & doing daily water changes... not trying to emulate the DT. Why?Did you take any filter media from your dt to the qt to help emulate the water in the reef?
we do intend to eventually have a school of anthias as well... probably tangs next, then anthias... schools of both BGC & anthias together should be interesting. But again, I'm not sure they will continue to school as the tank matures, but hope so...I agree, however I also believe that anthias schools are much better looking. Whenever I see nat geo, there are giant schools of them. I will be rplacing my chromis with anthias.
thanks for the kudos...Very awesome setup, wow, just read through 12 pages of a thread! Can't wait to see some inhabitants in there, your patience is admirable!
thanks for the tips...I am looking at battery back ups for my QT's as I have the vortech back up on my DT. I actually found two, one on dr.f&s and one on eBay, they both plug into an outlet and turn on when the power goes out.. Good for the late night power outages. I also have a regular battery powered aerator which is always good to have I case of transporting fish or what not.