I think you should put up pictures of various fish with various diseases and describe the symptoms they have while they are alive and what happened just before they died along with what they looked like just after they died.
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How about some instructional how-to videos?
How to do TTM; How to effectively sterilize a nasty tank; How to administer various treatments without killing your fish/corals; How to properly read an ammonia badge, etc...
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How about we be humble insteadYes. Be kind!
Yes. Be kind!
One comprehensive list of all resources that are available in and around this forum. Things like hitchhiker guide from lionfish and other resources that are frequently used by aquarists. There are so many good stickies at the top of most forums, but unless I am unaware, no central place to go look for resources.
I'm not sure that is a solid plan. Velvet seems to be running rampant right now and TTM does nothing for it. There are some species that you have no choice but to do TTM. Not saying you shouldn't do it, only that you need to be prepared with a good observation period when you are done and be prepared to treat with copper or CP if signs of velvet show themselves.Hahaha I love it. @PaulB has to be jealous of your hair! And thanks for the very informative video. You guys didn't miss a thing. It was awesome and you talked me into doing TTM on my next fish. Piece of cake.
I'm not sure that is a solid plan. Velvet seems to be running rampant right now and TTM does nothing for it. There are some species that you have no choice but to do TTM. Not saying you shouldn't do it, only that you need to be prepared with a good observation period when you are done and be prepared to treat with copper or CP if signs of velvet show themselves.
Velvet should show itself, I would just highly recommend doing a 4 week observation once done with TTM. The TTM could keep the level of velvet infestation low enough to not show symptoms until a week or 2 after the TTM is complete.Velvet would show itself in observation. I am extremely detailed oriented and have a keen eye for noticing if something is wrong. My biggest obstacle is knowing which path to take (if something is wrong).
I've never done TTM before and would like to try it and get some experience. Someday I will have copper sensitive fish (wrasses and a mandy). So there's no better time to start practicing than the present.
OK. Two more ideas...
1) a list of the "accessories" you need. For example to do water changes I need a RODI, salt, buckets, container to mix salt water, heater, thermometer, power head or pump, power strip to plug the heater and pump, aquarium siphon, some way to get water from mixing container to buckets... The RODI, salt and mixing container are obvious; the thermometer not so much, until you're in the process and then you go "oh, yeah" and have to make that extra trip to the LFS. I've had a LOT of those trips and on-line ordering for stuff I just didn't think about.
2) Discussion on the state of wild reefs. I know some harvest programs will basically strip a reef down and others are done without cyanide and are careful not to deplete the resource. I'd love to know more about with locations are "good" and which aren't. Add to that a list of fish/inverts/corals that should be avoided becauses they are CITES listed as endangered. I teach ecology and so I'm being very careful about which fish/inverts/corals I get and where they come from but it isn't easy to find information on many species.
Thanks for this great thread of ideas!
Velvet should show itself, I would just highly recommend doing a 4 week observation once done with TTM. The TTM could keep the level of velvet infestation low enough to not show symptoms until a week or 2 after the TTM is complete.
Maybe some write up about no sand in a refugium, vs a deep sand bed.
An in depth look of different filtration whether it be gfo and carbon or something cooler like the bio balls or the block things, including if they have any upsides or downsides.
Good in depth look at a simple yet effective plumbing setup under the tank, (manifolds quick connects, pvc vs soft pvc, elbows and loss of pressure, return line setups and if 1 vs 2 return output beneficial or not.
Different type of skimmers and what is actually going on underneath vs different designs
If one should stir or vacuum or do anything to the sand bed
Hopefully I'm not annoying, and sorry for giving a bunch of ideas rather than just disease related.