well i got some new corals today...& some trouble along with them...the zoas...have orange flatworms....rare zoas...big trouble..is there anyway i can rid the flatworms BEFORE adding the zoas to my tank ? or should i get my money back
i have a colony of pink zoo's that decided they weren't going to open for the last 2 days..water parameters are good and my other colonies of zoo's are fine. there are about 50 polyps on this colony and prolly 15-20 that are in the same spot that don't open...there are no other corals around...
So I'm reading that for corals the drip method is a must...which pretty much requires a refractometer. I'm trying to order everything I need in advance to avoid the "I can't wait, I'll just pay what the LFS is asking" syndrome...is this refractometer good enough...
Ive freshwater dipped a few sps before with no real negative effects.......but check this out.
I treated my tank with Interdeptor last week and tried to save a few acrocrabs......so i FW dipped a couple corals in an effort to get them to jump so i could save them. Well it worked......BUT...
I havent had these guys before. I took this pic late lst night
Who here has???
I got this coral this weekend....i DID dip it in tmpcc for ten-15 minutes before adding to my tank.
In searching around it pretty much seems like they are on a level with AEFW's as far as how difficult they are...
Just got in two monti's off ebay, my little QT has no lights at this time. I don't want to put anything bad into my tank, but don't want to put them in a qt with no light either. It is a 3 gal eclipse and the ballast crapped out. would cost more to order the pieces than to replace it. Back...
Can we discuss Qt tank? Especially for new SPS, more specifically Acros...the question? What is the best way to QT acros...should you treat for redbug if you don't see any. What about AEFW, should you treat for that if you don't see any. How long should you treat..how long to keep in...
Finally!:rotflmao:
Construction Pictures:
Inside the closet
Niko in the closet (LOL)
Ripping out the wall in the kitchen side of the closet, to extend the wall on that side:
Before:
Cutting:
Measure twice cut.....
We have...a hole.
That tan wall is the closet that runs between our...
Do you just quarantine fish or do you quarantine everything? Is is safe to buy a "clean up crew" and drop them in your tank or should you quarantine them for a while? What about corals? When quarantining fish, should you medicate regardless or should you wait to see if the fish shows signs of...