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Same story over and over and overI think it was about 2 weeks ago that a guy had over $4,000 dollars in fish wiped out for the 3rd time and still wasn't using QT.
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Same story over and over and overI think it was about 2 weeks ago that a guy had over $4,000 dollars in fish wiped out for the 3rd time and still wasn't using QT.
Lookin good, hopefully you don't bump it with the car
They can almost jump to it... haha
You may want a bigger or second QT for the tang.Thanks for the responses! I still need to add a yellow tang and 2 chromis, not sure if it can handle the load :/. And a mandarin if I can find it, do you know if pods survive copper? How do I feed a mandarin that only eats pods? Put in some cheato from my sump (Have tons of it), let the pods die off and the mandarin will still eat them? Then just add cheato every few days?
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Lookin good, hopefully you don't bump it with the car
You may want a bigger or second QT for the tang.
I added macro to QT every few days to feed pods to wrasse, it worked great.
Rock from display will bring more parasites to the QT so I would avoid it in future. It also absorbs then releases copper which makes it hard to keep levels in therapeutic range. Measure levels daily.
Add an airstone for better aeration. One of the cons of mixing different products is low oxygen saturation of the water. The low levels of copper will slow down the Velvet and keep it at bay while you bring levels up.
One of the things I did was add bacteria to the QT to get rapid cycle and quick ability to handle ammonia.
I am going through this right now. Took a week to get all fish out of DT, and complete removal of most of rocks in the process. Now have fish in two QT to manage ammonia levels and keep the peace.
You are doing the right thing by acting, just take a deep breath and realize that this too shall pass.
They can almost jump to it... haha
I realize the 180 is probably just there so you can work on it, but I wanted to post this reminder out of an abundance of caution: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/aerosol-transmission.190292/
Thanks!! I've read about this. The 180 is currently full of tap water and 3-4 gallons of vinegar, would it be able to survive in such an environment? Obviously it will be drained before moving it into the house. If I let it dry for a couple of days while I plumb, would this reduce the risk?
The QT does have a lid on it if that helps at all.
There is no risk until you put SW in it.
Awesome! Thanks.