My tank is a 12 gallon long, filtration via Oase biomaster 250. Live rock, live sand, fish only for now. Ive been running a Söchting Oxydator since day one with 6% H2O2 and 1 catalyst. The tank has been running for 4 months.
First fish in was an oscellaris clown on day 3. 2 months later I added a tiny blue tang (plan to keep for a year and give to a friend with a 200 gallon), and six hermit crabs for cleanup. Everybody was happy until I added a royal gramma a month later.
A week later the RG and tang were covered in velvet. I know general consensus is to QT in a hospital tank, but I don’t have a set up and also I’m trying to figure out ways to strengthen display tanks so one day quarantine tanks aren’t necessary. I immediately upped the H2O2 to 12% and added an extra catalyst to the oxydator. I started dosing 2 ml of 3% H2O2 3 times a day, focusing on night times when the lights are out. I also put a cleaner shrimp in.
The cleaner shrimp did a massive job of cleaning the tang, but of course the velvet came back. For the last two weeks I’ve been in a cycle where the shrimp cleans the tang, tank keeps eating well, then of course the tang gets covered again.
The tang spends a lot of time around the oxydator, even resting there. It seems to do it’s job of providing an oxygen mask for him to breath easier. He eats great, but he can’t go on like this.
Here is my question. I’m looking for advice on what nano UV sterilizer to get? I know slow flow is key to kill free floating dinospores. Does anyone know a nano sized sterilizer with flow control slow enough for my 12 gallon tank?
Im very unhappy with my Oase canister (can’t keep it from constantly burping bubbles) and am going to set up a 5 gallon sump. So I could do a hang on back sterilizer, submersible or possibly one that would sit in a sump.
Anyone know a good nano sized UV sterilizer with slow enough flow to kill velvet and ich? Also any other advice is welcome.
First fish in was an oscellaris clown on day 3. 2 months later I added a tiny blue tang (plan to keep for a year and give to a friend with a 200 gallon), and six hermit crabs for cleanup. Everybody was happy until I added a royal gramma a month later.
A week later the RG and tang were covered in velvet. I know general consensus is to QT in a hospital tank, but I don’t have a set up and also I’m trying to figure out ways to strengthen display tanks so one day quarantine tanks aren’t necessary. I immediately upped the H2O2 to 12% and added an extra catalyst to the oxydator. I started dosing 2 ml of 3% H2O2 3 times a day, focusing on night times when the lights are out. I also put a cleaner shrimp in.
The cleaner shrimp did a massive job of cleaning the tang, but of course the velvet came back. For the last two weeks I’ve been in a cycle where the shrimp cleans the tang, tank keeps eating well, then of course the tang gets covered again.
The tang spends a lot of time around the oxydator, even resting there. It seems to do it’s job of providing an oxygen mask for him to breath easier. He eats great, but he can’t go on like this.
Here is my question. I’m looking for advice on what nano UV sterilizer to get? I know slow flow is key to kill free floating dinospores. Does anyone know a nano sized sterilizer with flow control slow enough for my 12 gallon tank?
Im very unhappy with my Oase canister (can’t keep it from constantly burping bubbles) and am going to set up a 5 gallon sump. So I could do a hang on back sterilizer, submersible or possibly one that would sit in a sump.
Anyone know a good nano sized UV sterilizer with slow enough flow to kill velvet and ich? Also any other advice is welcome.