Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board

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Posted By daniella3d

YOu wrote "Again, my tank is 1.023 with "spikes"...

YOu wrote "Again, my tank is 1.023 with "spikes" to 1.025 if I let the sump level drop"

Those "spikes" are not good and more than enough to make zoanthids melt.

That for me is making more...

Forum: Reef

11-13-2011, 01:22 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

Nice! thanks a lot! Nanomano, sorry about...

Nice! thanks a lot!

Nanomano, sorry about this but I thought it was important to mention. As for you, I think you should get a refractometer or at least get your hydrometer checked against a...

Forum: Reef

11-13-2011, 02:30 AM

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Posted By daniella3d

yes close monitoring after the treatment. Like...

yes close monitoring after the treatment. Like red inflated gills. It is usually visible.

Lymph should go on its own and I doubt it is very hard on the fish on its present location. It's not...

Forum: Reef

11-13-2011, 01:55 AM

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Posted By daniella3d

ok...This is a good sign he has flukes. Prazipro...

ok...This is a good sign he has flukes. Prazipro make the flukes go nuts and they twitch to death...then they drop from the fish. Prazipro causes the flukes to get some sort of spasmes and die from...

Forum: Reef

11-13-2011, 01:47 AM

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Posted By daniella3d

asterina star? or your salinity at 1.023 and the...

asterina star? or your salinity at 1.023 and the spikes at 1.025?

zoanthids need a lot of stability in alkalinity and salinity otherwise they will melt. So you should get your parameters stable...

Forum: Reef

11-13-2011, 01:43 AM

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Posted By daniella3d

I doubt that salinity in a reef is 1.022. Do you...

I doubt that salinity in a reef is 1.022. Do you successfully keep any SPS at that salinity? if so, what do you keep and for how long?

I would not keep a reef tank at 1.022 but that's me. ...

Forum: Reef

11-12-2011, 10:48 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

Ok, he's skinny and pinched on top of the head...

Ok, he's skinny and pinched on top of the head which is not good..he's twitching his head and that's often a sign of flukes. I would suggest a treatment or two of liquid prazipro according to...

Forum: Reef

11-12-2011, 08:31 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

If h'es eating well and seem confortable in the...

If h'es eating well and seem confortable in the QT, why risk putting it in the display tank too soon? I would not do it unless the fish would seem very stressed but it does not seem to be the case...

Forum: Reef

11-12-2011, 05:59 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

yes that would be good because the LED may not...

yes that would be good because the LED may not seem bright to your eye but it might still be very strong as our eyes adjust very easily to bright light and copperband butterfly fish really hate...

Forum: Reef

11-12-2011, 04:32 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

yeah...right...but lets say that a year is a good...

yeah...right...but lets say that a year is a good start :)

and a good guess that the fish was not poisoned by cyanide.

Forum: Reef

11-12-2011, 03:49 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

I got mine off ebay for 20$ and it's got...

I got mine off ebay for 20$ and it's got automatic temperature compensation (ATC) and it's been working flawlesslly for 2 years. no need to pay 80$

Forum: Reef

11-12-2011, 12:31 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

I would leave him in quarantine because if you...

I would leave him in quarantine because if you end up needing to treat him it will be much easier to do so in the quarantine. Plus you don't know if he does not have something else after only 2...

Forum: Marine Fish

11-11-2011, 08:09 PM

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I think its ich?

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Posted By daniella3d

Treat the tank with what exactly? if you have...

Treat the tank with what exactly? if you have coral or invert in there, there is no medicine that will be effective against ick and not kill your invert or coral.

YOu cannot put copper or...

Forum: Marine Fish

11-11-2011, 08:06 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

Maybe, I don't know what to think any more. She...

Maybe, I don't know what to think any more. She did not release any eggs that's for sure. I know they are kind of transparent but it is still visible when it happen.

Forum: Marine Fish

11-11-2011, 02:54 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

Both actually. It is easy to see when they...

Both actually. It is easy to see when they release eggs as you can see the mass of eggs rising to the surface and they usually do some sort of jerking back down fast when the eggs are released. I...

Forum: Marine Fish

11-11-2011, 02:41 PM

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Posted By daniella3d

frozen pea? how do you get a mandarin to eat...

frozen pea? how do you get a mandarin to eat frozen pea??

She is not doing any better...I have seen her spawn each night for the past 2 or 3 nights but nothing is released so I guess she is egg...

Forum: Marine Fish

11-11-2011, 02:37 PM

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I think its ich?

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Posted By daniella3d

If you want to get rid of ick in you tank then...

If you want to get rid of ick in you tank then you can do a hyposalinity treatment in a quarantine tank, but if you are a beginner in saltwater I would not do it as it must be supervised closely with...

Forum: Marine Fish

11-11-2011, 02:28 PM

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fox face sleeping

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Posted By daniella3d

That's funny. I would not worry. Mine was using...

That's funny. I would not worry. Mine was using all sort of sleeping position and was turning into a camo suit until morning. As long as it behave normally during the day I would not be worried.

Forum: Reef

11-11-2011, 02:26 PM

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Mini Brittle Star Mass Die Off

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Posted By daniella3d

Do you have sand? is it old sand or new sand? ...

Do you have sand? is it old sand or new sand?

I have used epsom salt before to try to cure a popeye on my trigger fish and I went a bit overboard and put quite a bit directly to my nano tank and...

Forum: Reef

11-11-2011, 02:18 PM

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Red Slime Remover.... Fail

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Posted By daniella3d

Another possibility is that what you have may not...

Another possibility is that what you have may not be cyano but rather dinoflagellates? in that case it is a very different treatment.

I used Seachem HO for elevating my PH without raising my KH...

Forum: Reef

11-11-2011, 01:06 AM

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Red Slime Remover.... Fail

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Posted By daniella3d

It can take a few days and two or more treatments...

It can take a few days and two or more treatments before you see the effect. Remember that cyanobacteria has some food reserve and it can live a certain time without nutriment so you got to let it...

Forum: Reef

11-10-2011, 02:45 PM

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Question on zoas only tank

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Posted By daniella3d

I personally would go with a 20 gallons and 250...

I personally would go with a 20 gallons and 250 watt MH or 150 watt MH. I don't have the colors as nice in my nano under T5ho than what I have in the same zoanthids specie under my 250 watt MH in my...

Forum: Reef

11-10-2011, 02:34 PM

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Bored + SketchUP = AWESOME!!

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Posted By daniella3d

Well if you build a small nano size prototype, I...

Well if you build a small nano size prototype, I am sure plenty of people will want to buy it :)

Looking forward to see your results!

Drop off are awesome with the right aquascaping.

Forum: Reef

11-09-2011, 11:53 PM

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Bored + SketchUP = AWESOME!!

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Posted By daniella3d

Is it possible to build a tank like that? The...

Is it possible to build a tank like that? The closest thing I have seen so far is this one, and although your tank looks much prettier, this one is probably easier to build and might give you better...

Forum: Marine Fish

11-09-2011, 11:44 PM

Replies: 37