Help diagnosing strange skin lesions

[Jay Hemdal]

Edit, I dosed prazi 3 weeks ago not 6

That's really cloudy. What type of mechanical filter do you have on this tank?

 

[Andrew D]

Just a protein skimmer...

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Just a protein skimmer...

A HOB with good filter material will help reduce the cloudiness. A diatom filter will fix it right away, but they are expensive.

 

[Andrew D]

A HOB with good filter material will help reduce the cloudiness. A diatom filter will fix it right away, but they are expensive.

I wasn't sure what you meant by a diatom filter so I searched some of the larger aquarium supply sites and the only ones I saw were the old eheim ones made for freshwater tanks. I then searched this forum and found this which I might try to emulate...

DIY Diatom Filter for under $100.00

I have 4 or 5 old Vortex Diatom filters in various stages of disintegration and I use one all the time to stir up the gravel in my 125 gallon tank. I also use it to blow out detritus in the pores my real rock. The tank uses dolomite gravel and the gravel has been in there for the 52 year life of...

www.reef2reef.com

Only question I have is won't this strip out some of the copper I'm treating my tank with? I also thought about carbon which I use for my reef, but have a similar question about the effect on my copper levels....

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I wasn't sure what you meant by a diatom filter so I searched some of the larger aquarium supply sites and the only ones I saw were the old eheim ones made for freshwater tanks. I then searched this forum and found this which I might try to emulate...

DIY Diatom Filter for under $100.00

I have 4 or 5 old Vortex Diatom filters in various stages of disintegration and I use one all the time to stir up the gravel in my 125 gallon tank. I also use it to blow out detritus in the pores my real rock. The tank uses dolomite gravel and the gravel has been in there for the 52 year life of...

www.reef2reef.com

Only question I have is won't this strip out some of the copper I'm treating my tank with? I also thought about carbon which I use for my reef, but have a similar question about the effect on my copper levels....

Diatom filters won't remove copper. Some carbon products will remove some of the carbon.