mikeguerrero
Active Member
Okay skipm,
So I may leave my UV unit on right?
So I may leave my UV unit on right?
Getting the right exposure to kill parasites...
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mikeguerrero
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Thanks Ed,
I still have to wait a whole month, I'm not out of the woods, but they are all still eating so that is good.
I just wish I could have them back with the vibrant colors they once had, it sucks seeing covered with ich, such a un natural look.
MG
I still have to wait a whole month, I'm not out of the woods, but they are all still eating so that is good.
I just wish I could have them back with the vibrant colors they once had, it sucks seeing covered with ich, such a un natural look.
MG
EDGRAY
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Yeah i know the feeling mike cause my epidemia is gone in almost all my fish except my redhead goby he doesnt seem to fight the ick as fast as the other fish or the small gobies like him the weird thing he is the more active one of my gobies and eats just like the clown (the 2 piggies in my tank) and well like you mentioned i wish he had his vibrant color...cause his head used to look like a glowing red and now like normal red but hopefully he will get better.mikeguerrero said:
the bad news is that more stress is comming for all my livestock cause im moving to my new place this weekend wish me luck.
rmanecke
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Thanks for sharing Mike.
I would like your opinion... since you have added "battle hardened ich warrior" to your long list of aquarium acomplishments.
I just noticed a single white spot on my six-line wrasse. It was gone the next day... then... last night... another one appeared. This a.m., it is gone again. Fish seem fine, i notice an occasional "scratch" (clown fish scratching himself on the substrate) but nothing persistant. Maybe, once per day I will see a scratch.
Am I being paranoid?
I wanted to hold out until the tank was six months old before using a UV sterilizer... my question to you is this... should I jump on this now with a UV sterilizer? Or, should I just concentrate on keeping the fish stress free and as healthy as possible.
Ryan
I would like your opinion... since you have added "battle hardened ich warrior" to your long list of aquarium acomplishments.
I just noticed a single white spot on my six-line wrasse. It was gone the next day... then... last night... another one appeared. This a.m., it is gone again. Fish seem fine, i notice an occasional "scratch" (clown fish scratching himself on the substrate) but nothing persistant. Maybe, once per day I will see a scratch.
Am I being paranoid?
I wanted to hold out until the tank was six months old before using a UV sterilizer... my question to you is this... should I jump on this now with a UV sterilizer? Or, should I just concentrate on keeping the fish stress free and as healthy as possible.
Ryan
mikeguerrero
Active Member
Cherub,
If I could do it all over again, I would've purchased the UV unit in the beginning. Let me tell you why. I have a lot of fish and need the security against stress, which brings about ich.
Had I had one from day one, I could've been prevented spreading as the ich travels in one of it's stages for infection.
If you plan on keeping a good amount of fish in your reef, then one is in order, if not, then you are okay and can do without one.
Remember that good house keeping is the best practice for this parasite; clean water, controlled feedings and proper QT.
I went in the wrong direction and needed to purchase the UV unit.
It is helping as I'm approaching week #2 and I haven't lost any fish to the ich. Had I not invested in it, the ich should've taken out some of my fish and that is not the case.
The only fish that is really still covered in ich is the blue tang; all others are doing good. Even though the blue is covered he still eats more than the others on feedings.
MG
If I could do it all over again, I would've purchased the UV unit in the beginning. Let me tell you why. I have a lot of fish and need the security against stress, which brings about ich.
Had I had one from day one, I could've been prevented spreading as the ich travels in one of it's stages for infection.
If you plan on keeping a good amount of fish in your reef, then one is in order, if not, then you are okay and can do without one.
Remember that good house keeping is the best practice for this parasite; clean water, controlled feedings and proper QT.
I went in the wrong direction and needed to purchase the UV unit.
It is helping as I'm approaching week #2 and I haven't lost any fish to the ich. Had I not invested in it, the ich should've taken out some of my fish and that is not the case.
The only fish that is really still covered in ich is the blue tang; all others are doing good. Even though the blue is covered he still eats more than the others on feedings.
MG
rmanecke
New Member
I suppose it makes sense to plumb it in now. That way.. at the first sign of trouble I can just flip a switch. Even if I am not planning to use it routinely for a few months.
If it is only the tang... can you catch him and give him a nice copper bath in a bucket or something for a few days?
If it is only the tang... can you catch him and give him a nice copper bath in a bucket or something for a few days?
mikeguerrero
Active Member
I'd love to catch my blue tang and give him a copper bath. That would really help him out. Only thing is I'd never catch him and if I did, I don't have a hospital tank and would have to create one...
More work for me so I'm relying on the fish immune system to kick in.... It's the best I can do for now...
Mg
More work for me so I'm relying on the fish immune system to kick in.... It's the best I can do for now...
Mg
rmanecke
New Member
I hear you man. You are doing great IMHO, considering that you now have only one fish still sick (but much better) and your coral is all alive.
Have you ever tried a fish trap? (I am sure they tend fill up with blue chromies, snails, and everything you don't want to catch)... but I was just curious if you had tried one.... as I create contingency plans for running a display tank with no QT.
BTW.... I just ordered the same UV sterilzer you have. I am going to plumb a closed loop wave maker, UV sterilizer... separate from the sump.
OR...
Plumb it in line with the return from the sump.
Question... right now... are you adding two part... or Kalk to your tank... or just relying on your calc reactor?
Ryan.
Have you ever tried a fish trap? (I am sure they tend fill up with blue chromies, snails, and everything you don't want to catch)... but I was just curious if you had tried one.... as I create contingency plans for running a display tank with no QT.
BTW.... I just ordered the same UV sterilzer you have. I am going to plumb a closed loop wave maker, UV sterilizer... separate from the sump.
OR...
Plumb it in line with the return from the sump.
Question... right now... are you adding two part... or Kalk to your tank... or just relying on your calc reactor?
Ryan.
mikeguerrero
Active Member
Ryan,
That's cool that you are going with the 36watt UV unit from Coralife, it's turned out to be a blessing for my reef, honestly.
I'm seeing a great improvement in my overall health of my fish even the blue tang. Also I have such a beautiful clear tank I really feel I out did myself in this department.
I think this will be one of the best investments you make, you will see. You did the right thing.
P.S about plumbing it inline, you have to get the right GPH, and if you are targeting parasites, it's better to get the same pump I have, the mag 350, trust me on that, I did all the research work already.
Any questions please let me assist you....
Mike G
That's cool that you are going with the 36watt UV unit from Coralife, it's turned out to be a blessing for my reef, honestly.
I'm seeing a great improvement in my overall health of my fish even the blue tang. Also I have such a beautiful clear tank I really feel I out did myself in this department.
I think this will be one of the best investments you make, you will see. You did the right thing.
P.S about plumbing it inline, you have to get the right GPH, and if you are targeting parasites, it's better to get the same pump I have, the mag 350, trust me on that, I did all the research work already.
Any questions please let me assist you....
Mike G
rmanecke
New Member
Thanks Mike.
OK...Thanks for the help already!
If I plumb it inline, I will need to route a paralell loop and adjust part of the 600 gph coming out of my sump to go through the UV. The problem of course... is that I wont really know what the flow is through the UV.
I am thinking of throwing the Mag350 in my display tank (if I can hide it somewhere) to push the water out of the tank, through the UV sterilizer... then, split that return through a SQWD wavemaker that I have laying around and back in to the tank with some nice looking loc line returns...
The SQWD will decrease the flow a bit. If the target flow is 350 gph through the UV sterilizer, the SQWD will knock the flow of a 400 gph pump down to 360 gph. Hydor makes a 450 gph pump. With long lenghts of loc line pipe, plus the SQWD, I suspect that this will hit about 350 gph or even less through the UV sterilizer.
Ryan
OK...Thanks for the help already!
If I plumb it inline, I will need to route a paralell loop and adjust part of the 600 gph coming out of my sump to go through the UV. The problem of course... is that I wont really know what the flow is through the UV.
I am thinking of throwing the Mag350 in my display tank (if I can hide it somewhere) to push the water out of the tank, through the UV sterilizer... then, split that return through a SQWD wavemaker that I have laying around and back in to the tank with some nice looking loc line returns...
The SQWD will decrease the flow a bit. If the target flow is 350 gph through the UV sterilizer, the SQWD will knock the flow of a 400 gph pump down to 360 gph. Hydor makes a 450 gph pump. With long lenghts of loc line pipe, plus the SQWD, I suspect that this will hit about 350 gph or even less through the UV sterilizer.
Ryan