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@Msteven1 I apologize for not getting the cut list for you. With the holidays and the following info I have had my hands full. Keep in mind to do the cut list requires I go back and measure each piece in my graphics program.
So, I don't have any good news to add. Somehow from adding various inverts I introduced velvet into my system. I tried a mild h2o2 dosing regiment, but being a reef my level to live dangerously was pretty low and then once the clowns became symptomatic I decided they all needed to be pulled and re-quarantined.
So that's where we're at. All fish were pulled, got a 30 minute hydrogen peroxide bath and are in a 20 long getting Chloroquine Phosohate and Furan 2. I am going to fallow the tank for 30 days and then test the display with a black molly.
About the only thing of any real interest I can add is the buoyant fish trap I made and my water parameters remain pretty good; however, po4 has dropped to undetectable levels. I will probably exhaust the GFO currently running and then stop using it until fish are returned and it begins to rise again.
As for the trap. I bought a small fish bowl and drilled a hole in the top to drop in food with a baster. I had a small round rearview mirror you put on your vehicles side mirror and attached that inside the bowl. I cut a piece of pool noodle and zip tied that to the rim and finally zip tied the whole works to an old Magfloat I had in the fish bin. When fish go in to eat, pull the outside magnet and the buoyancy of the pool noodle sends the fish bowl flying up to the surface and trapping the fish.
I also speared the final gorilla crab discovered in the display with a skewer. I then fed it to the anemone.
Anyway, I'm really not sure how to proceed with inverts in the future. Qting inverts seems so ridiculous, but it appears most distribution centers and fish stores are just overwhelmed with parasites and I've noticed fish stores keeping more fish in their invert systems. I would have never worried about it 5 years ago, but I think times have changed.
So, I don't have any good news to add. Somehow from adding various inverts I introduced velvet into my system. I tried a mild h2o2 dosing regiment, but being a reef my level to live dangerously was pretty low and then once the clowns became symptomatic I decided they all needed to be pulled and re-quarantined.
So that's where we're at. All fish were pulled, got a 30 minute hydrogen peroxide bath and are in a 20 long getting Chloroquine Phosohate and Furan 2. I am going to fallow the tank for 30 days and then test the display with a black molly.
About the only thing of any real interest I can add is the buoyant fish trap I made and my water parameters remain pretty good; however, po4 has dropped to undetectable levels. I will probably exhaust the GFO currently running and then stop using it until fish are returned and it begins to rise again.
As for the trap. I bought a small fish bowl and drilled a hole in the top to drop in food with a baster. I had a small round rearview mirror you put on your vehicles side mirror and attached that inside the bowl. I cut a piece of pool noodle and zip tied that to the rim and finally zip tied the whole works to an old Magfloat I had in the fish bin. When fish go in to eat, pull the outside magnet and the buoyancy of the pool noodle sends the fish bowl flying up to the surface and trapping the fish.
I also speared the final gorilla crab discovered in the display with a skewer. I then fed it to the anemone.
Anyway, I'm really not sure how to proceed with inverts in the future. Qting inverts seems so ridiculous, but it appears most distribution centers and fish stores are just overwhelmed with parasites and I've noticed fish stores keeping more fish in their invert systems. I would have never worried about it 5 years ago, but I think times have changed.
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