New Reef Tank.Help ?

[zaitmi]

Butterfly died this morning. I immediately took it out on my fishbowl with some tank water, while he was lying flat and gasping on the tank. he died on fishbowl. i feel like killing my LFS.

No Way bro I am with the thread. yes very much.

i have started, though home garlic mixed with fish food twice everyday. Damsel spots have come down a bit, he is having home ginger mixed fish food. But colour of damsel has gone down a bit. He is rubbing his body on sands and rocks most of the times.

Protien Skimmer Installed yesterday night though nothing brown is coming out yet.

Garlic products not available here in India, so i am mixing fish food with home garlic paste.

I am with the thread. yes very much.

All test will be repeated this Sunday and some Water replacement will be done.


Now what do i do with the Yellow Tail Damsel now. He is alone Should i buy a quarantine tank or a big bucket would do? Do i need to remove him from the display tank?

Awaiting for your reply at the earleist bros.

2012 will be a movie to watch after Titanic.

[zaitmi]

is everybody dead. but...how someone should reply. is it 2012 year.

[zaitmi]

can u guys hear me ?

i think no.....

[Fielding12]

I am a novice and not even as far along as you. However I have read your thread. Although I don't read the forum often or post regularly, I wanted to say "hello". Please do not be disturbed if you have long spells during which I am not posting.

Your sand and live rock look very attractive in your tank.

Congratulations on getting your protein skimmer. (I am still saving up for mine; changing water a lot in the meantime. I want a skimmer!)

Sorry to hear of your difficulties getting the tank set up, but know that many people have problems as they begin. In a 30 gallon tank the problems are amplified: things can go bad very fast.

You seem to have a problem with probably marine ick (I am guessing here) that is causing fish to die. There are ways to treat it that vary from treating the tank to moving the fish to another container/quarantine tank and taking the tank down, rinsing all sand and rocks and re-starting. I am not qualified to suggest the best method for you.

In my own experience, I found that crowded fish get sick much quicker. Also, the damsel will be aggressive, it is what it does, so fish added will be stressed. Some people cycle with a damsel and then remove the damsel to a smaller tank and add other fish to the display tank.

Could you search in the forum (use search field for "30 gallon") to determine some successful combinations of fish in a tank your size? For example, if you read about 5 other 30 gallon tanks and find two or three species seem successful there, then you might be more successful adding those kinds of fish.

I've seen pictures of beautiful 30 gallon tanks that don't have a lot of fish but have such a beautiful appearance.

Patience is such a difficult requirement in this marine aquarium hobby, in my opinion.

For my part, I have been up and running for a bit and just now have started my diatom bloom. Could you advise me from your own experience about how long the brown stuff stayed? Did it go away with a few days or is it still going after weeks?

Good luck with everything.

[Elegance Coral]

Yes. You should remove the damsel to quarantine. Treat him and leave the tank fishless for about 2 months. They say you're good a 6 weeks, but I like to give it a little extra time just to be safe.

[zaitmi]

For my part, I have been up and running for a bit and just now have started my diatom bloom. Could you advise me from your own experience about how long the brown stuff stayed? Did it go away with a few days or is it still going after weeks?

Good luck with everything.[/quote]

It will stay for 3 weeks at least.

Thanks for the advice.

Bought Quarantine Tank of 11.5 gallon.
Bought 2 thermostat heaters 1 for big tank. 1 for qt tank.

Installed a heater in the tank with the 28 deg celcius temp. i.e 82.4 degree farhenhiet. Please note that previously no heater was installed on my tank as India is hot and humid but i used to swith on the A.C. at night and that time the temp used to come down so i decided to buy a heater.

But now since winter is coming in Kolkata(India), i have installed a heater at 28 deg centigrade. The winter will start from December 09 till January 2010. India is hot and humid but winter stays for approx 2 to 3 months.

Damsel is doing good fed on home garlic mixed with fish food coz Garlic based fish not yet available here. Might get by the end of this week.

Hope everybody is happy.

One more thing i want to clarify that here in kolkata you dont get clown fish all the times, when it comes it gets sold too fast. So if i get a couple of ocellaris i will buy and put them in QT for a couple of months.

[zaitmi]

someones alive thr and replied...

[zaitmi]

URGENT.

Since Morning Damsel is behaving strangely rubbing his body everywhere and going in front of the powerhead frequently though i couldn't make out any white spots.

I think the ich is back. It might be the 2nd cycle of the ich.

Will it be suitable to go for hyposalintity. or should i keep on feeding home made garlic mixed with fish food in the main tank only .

Please reply fast as the white spots might come back when i reach home tonight from my office.


I have to take some actions.

[zaitmi]

plz answer this one : how do i start the Qt. is thr any link what do i need for a qt apart from tank and saltwater.

Future Fish would be :
Clown (Ocellaris), Chromis, Gobies, Psudochromis, 1 long tentacle anemone,
(and later i will just try to squeeze in a red star fish if u guys allow).

Test results :

Ammonia : 0 ppm
Nitrate : 25 ppm (Water replaced 10 %)
Calcium : 460 ppm
Kh : 9 dkh
Salinity 1.023
Temp : 85 deg farhenheit.
ph : 7.8 (added ph buffer 4 times but ph is not coming up it remains at 7.8.)
This is the italian product which is available here in India http://www.prodacinternational.it/english/index.php
Why the ph buffer is not working even after 4 dosing after every 2 hrs as instructed in the product leaflet)?

How r the results.

I can see lots of green hair type of algae on all my rocks .

UV Streilizer will be future purchase in December.

[zaitmi]

is everybody dead or someone's alive. it it 21st December 2012.

[Loverotties]

I don't think so you have 4 pages and 55 post,maybe it's you you.

[zaitmi]

where can i find cheap

KORALIA NANO 240 GPH 4.5W

within $10
why dont u reply ? r u a newbie ?

[zaitmi]

Okay.

I will start my my QT Tank from tmrw addin a shrimp which is lying on fridge freezer since a couple of weeks in the saltwater Q.tank - salinity 1.023. then after checking ammonia first 3 to 4 days then i will go for nitrate test.
Then after 10 days i will add fish in the QT. A couple of ocellaris (true percula in the tank). Those fishes are already in Quarantine Tank with my LFS from last week and he has promised me that he wont sell it to me until he finds the fishes are safe i.e. he will be selling me on the 14th November of this month as on 15th i will be leaving the city for some work and coming back on 24th November. But i have to buy those fishes on 14th otherwise they might get sold. Its so difficult to get saltwater fishes in Kolkata, India. In the meantime my younger sister will be taking care of both the tanks (QT and Display one).

Buying fishes on 14th i have to speed up my cycle for which i am using shrimp. but what else to increase the nitrogen cycle. Help reqd.

I have 2 filters (1 internal and 1 top filter) for ceramic rings i can use top filter but what about the internal sponge filter(which is lying in the cupboard dry for weeks) shall i use it for bacteria growth inside my tank. or i should only use only one filter.

Plz help.

Removed the top filter from the tank.

Damsel is doing fine.

[zaitmi]

The STINK in Back just after removing the Top filter within a couple of days. The top filter was running with zeolite stones and ceramic rings. Should i put back the Top filter. Will the damsel suffocate and die due to stink? Urgent help reqd.

Dead shrimp added in QT with internal filter running. What abt Top filter, whr to put it(i.e. In Display or QT), i have only one, i cant buy anymore friends.

[zaitmi]

Got a TDS Meter from a friend for 1 day. Will check for tankwater, tapwater, and RO Water.

I will post the results tmrw.

Its me, me & only me.