184g basement 8ft reef

[Roskoreef]

also.. thank you sand bed for being dirty and disgusting=====you will not be missed, going to bare bottom/rubble slowly during manual water changes.

[rishu_pepper]

Sorry for the loss. Learning from experience is valuable.

What will you put in the QT?

[Roskoreef]

it sure is.. depends if i see any more ich on any fish, all that remain have no ich at all. If any get it again, straight to the QT. Im going to continue this medic treatment of my DT for 20 days total to be sure. All new fish and corals will live in there for a while too , prob 6 weeks... getting rid of the sand, too much challenge for its value.

[rishu_pepper]

Hope it all works out for you and the livestock will be happier in the long run.

[Roskoreef]

all i can say is, never buy sand with small shells in it.... takes forever to syphon out witout using a 1" hose and sucking up everything.

some of the hard lessons learned so far:

-Quarantine
-Sand makes me crazy
-ich is no joke

here is a leaf wrasse,



he will live in QT until DT goes through 12 week fish free soon here....i hope my red coris wrasse and him will get along in here once i can catch him going under the sand... i may have to setup another QT...palm to forehead

[rishu_pepper]

Looks like we are fated to go through the same things. I'm setting it up to be fallow for the 72 days. Saddest thing ever, getting a new 8 footer then seeing no fish for 2+ months.

Well, do it once, do it right. I want my fish, current and future, to be all healthy and happy. No point tossing them in now and seeing them succumb to sickness.

My corals and inverts will get a LOT of attention.

[Trigger Man]

Don't forget to account for the rock in the QT absorbing some of the medication when dosing, so if you are using Cupramine for instance to combat ick, you should test the copper level to make sure you have the right dose in there.
Sorry to hear about the fish perishing.

[Roskoreef]

well i couldnt find one coral beauty im sure died, i searched everywhere, then i saw this skeleton coming out of this monster green carpet anenome...

[Roskoreef]

cant get the wrasse out, nor the rabbit.. corals look great and water is super clear.. the sand is slowly coming out..

[Ginu]

Beautiful tank to say the least, love the 8ft peninsula style

I have to add that with Zeovit its not recomended to use live sand and also my understanding is that UV will counter and kill the Zeovit bacteria...

I need to get myself a QT tank, I'm thinking to put it at the office, however I'm there only a few times a week so it makes it difficult to monitor...