Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > Regional Forums > British Columbia > Lower Mainland

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 04-02-2013, 04:07 AM
Melpop Melpop is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1
Melpop is on a distinguished road
Default Vancouver area help

I have set up a 75 gallon reef system not long ago and my tank was recently devastated by ich. I have had freshwater fish for at least 10 years and have never had a problem with ich before! I have purchased everything from one store that is supposed to have a very good rep but I have found their advice to be terrible. Not sure if it is who I talked to but I am not happy. Where do you all buy your fish from? Im ready to start new, with a QT tank now

Cheers
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 04-02-2013, 04:41 AM
apexifd apexifd is offline
Member
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: richmond
Posts: 845
apexifd is on a distinguished road
Default

First of all.. Welcome with the wonderful world of saltwater aquarium.

it takes few weeks get rid of icks in a quarantine system without add in any new fish in the system. However most of the store has weekly shipment, hence there will always be icks in the system.

Reef tank is harder to get rid of ick if there is some present in the system, since you can't medicate the system with coral and inverts.

without any fish in the system, icks should die out over 3 months period.

check out grezz44 tank build thread. He quarantine his system by the book.
__________________
150DD mix reef with 90 gal sump and 40gal frag tank

purple tang, sohal tang, yellow eye kole tang, fairy wrasse. cleaner wrasse, leopard wrasse, and misc fish.

GHL Mitras 6200HV X 2, MP40 X 2, MP60 X 1, tunze 6095 X 2, Vertex RX6 calcium reactor, Bubble King SM250, Aquamaxx bio pellets reactor, Profilux 3
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 11:01 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.