Removing my bio-filter because it produces nitrate.
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I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with this. When I started I had two QT tanks setup and was diligent about the process. During the QT process I lost many fish for various reasons, the rarest being disease. Then I started reading Paul B's methods more and more. My wife and I are very outdoorsy and personally I don't keep antibacterial soap in the house because I believe our immune systems need to be worked out in order to be healthy. The fact that I believe that and was trying to keep my fish tank sterile from any disease really doesn't make sense. Since then I have changed methods and no longer QT fish unless I believe they are fighting a nasty cold when I first get them. Since changing practices I have lost one fish and it was not due to disease but rather my purple tang being the snot she is and harassing him to death. When I bring corals home I do dip them in Coral RX which saved me from coral eating nudibranch last week. Long story short in my experience the worst advice I got was try to run a sterile tank.
I actually followed this method too (ich maintenance w/ quality diet), since every fish I quarantined died within 2 weeks, and I figured that reducing stress by putting them in the DT would increase their odds of survival. This worked short-term until I added a fish that had a nasty bacterial infection--my tank was wiped out within 4 days So I'm curious as to what disease maintenance methods you employ (if any), what is the age of your system (mine is 6 months), and where you purchase your fish.
I have begun QTing my fish and have had good success buying them off LADD or from 1 LFS; with any other place, the fish aren't as healthy and don't survive.
EDIT: Sorry if derailing the thread, if so please PM me. Thanks!
Send them to me
i would love too but your about a 36 hour drive. I dont thank I could do that in a weekend. Maybe we could meet half way.Come and get mine before they cover every available rock surface. ;Shifty
Definitely one hitchhiker that I could have done without.
what's the difference.Worst advice I hear all the time is when people say keeping a legitimate reef tank is a hobby. Well folks, it’s not hobby. We participate in a luxury activity!!!!!
I could use some too I do not know where to get them though.Kidding right???
Where can I get some?Come and get mine before they cover every available rock surface. ;Shifty
Definitely one hitchhiker that I could have done without.
From a 40,000ft perspective.... I would say the WORST advice is....
.... from posters who think successful reefing is a matter of SCIENCE
I think there are thousand of tiny factors that make up a mature tank. You could have two identical tanks side-by-side, and tankA grows SPS like crazy and tankB SPS recedes and dies....even though the tanks are IDENTICAL.
I see far tooooooo much ART and tiny hidden husbandry skills beat out SCIENCE every time.
So when I read a poster who says, "Scientifically you should do steps 1, 2, 3, 4" .... its probably 75% great advice, 25% pure luck to get it CORRECT in your own tank.
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They forgot to tell you about the work, disappointments, frustration, time out of your day, and DIAPERS that go along with the joy, pride, satisfaction and fun.Have kids they said. It will be fun, they said.
I have a rock growing zoanthids that is invaded by blue clove polyps. it is one that I can easily remove about the size of a golf ball. You can have it if you want. Lafayette, LA.Where can I get some?