illumnae
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Always clownfish kena stolen. Everytime always disappear without a body found
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Nope, the predators are all dwarfs and the sunburst is already 2.5 inches, only slightly smaller than the largest fuzzy lion - it's the 2nd largest fish in the tank currently. By the time any of the predators grow large enough to be a threat to the sunburst, the sunburst will be removed and brought home to my reef tank instead
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Bombom's advice is very good. Some additional info:
Other medication containing a formalin variant and malachite green include Seachem Paraguard and API Quick Cure. Seachem Paraguard is very easy to find.
Aside from Quinine Sulfate (not easy to find, need to get a prescription or import from overseas), Chloroquine Phosphate works as well. If the fish are eating, NLS Ick Shield pellets and Dr G Anti Parasite food both contain Chloroquine Phosphate. If not eating, NLS Ick Shield powder can be used - it contains Chloroquine Phosphate as well.
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Polyp Lab Medic has mixed reviews. I've used it several times before, and based on online research, it seems that the base dosage is insufficient. You will need to dose at least 3 times the recommended dosage for 20 days. I've had it work a couple of times and not work a couple of times. Most of the times corals are ok, but I've also had some LPS react badly to it (a hammer and torch bleached and eventually died) while other corals in the tank remained ok. If your fish are still eating, go with Dr G anti parasite. if not, you should invest in a cheap plastic tank to treat your fish separately. I've learnt the hard way that it's easier to just quarantine all your fish before they go into the main tank than to have a white spot outbreak down the road.
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Separate the clown into a separate tank and do daily freshwater dips to slow the progress of the Brooklynella parasite. You will also need to treat it with copper or the new NLS Ick Shield powder (Active Ingredient Chloroquine Phosphate). If the clown is still eating, you can try NLS Ick Shield pellet or Dr G's Anti-Parasite food (also Active Ingredient Chloroquine Phosphate). Brooklynella kills very fast so hopefully this doesn't reach you too late.
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Well someone kept stealing fish from my tank (it's an office tank) and I got sick of it, so I decided to go ahead and convert this into a venomous predator tank instead. Good luck to anyone sticking their hands into this tank! Sorry for the algae on the glass - I upgraded the lights from a Razor Nano to a Hydra26 and it's a battle getting control of the lights now. AI Hydra26 is really very strong!
Current inhabitants:
3x Dwarf Fuzzy Lionfish (Dendrochirus brachypterus)
2x Bandtail Waspfish (Paracentropogon zonatus) - Rare waspfish from the Philippines!
1x Cockatoo Waspfish (Abablys taenianotus)
1x Valentini Puffer (Canthigaster valentini)
1x Sunburst Anthias (Serranocirrhitus latus)
All are very personable fish who beg for food all day long. Very fun tank to keep and watch! Tank is running on a Maxspect Gyre 130, Skimz SH1 skimmer and Skimz BR80 Biopellet reactor using All-In-One Biopellet media. Nitrates are 2.5 and Phosphates 0.03 based on Salifert test kits.
Without further ado, here are some pictures:
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I've read very good reviews over at nano reef forums. However, I believe he's a US retailer so there will be issues with power supply, warranty fulfilment and shipping costs
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I'm using Eheim Compact 2000
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Anyone know Ah Bac opening hours or contact number? Will he be open over lunch hour?
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Anyone know where I can find female squareback anthias? I only see males around usually
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Looks like a longspine waspfish, not cockatoo waspfish
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pretty awesome tank............. look good bro
Thanks bro! Loving the Maxspect products I'm using on this tank
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So it's been awhile, and I've given up on lionfish. I can't seem to keep them alive long term despite extensive quarantine processes and even after getting them to feed on frozen food. They would be active and feeding one day, and just pass on the next day. It's either suspect collection practices or my own personal ineptness, but after half a year of trying and failing, I'm really tired of seeing my cute and apparently healthy lions just keep on passing away over and over. Really saps the joy from the hobby.
I've now gone the other direction and decided to go with a well stocked reef. Stocklist so far includes: Queen Angel, Scribbled Angel, Goldflake Angel, Regal Angel, Achilles Tang, Kole Tang, Australian Harlequin Tuskfish, Marine Betta, Adorned Wrasse, Foxface and a few Dispar Anthias. Given the angelfish population, I will be keeping SPS and Euphyllia LPS only. I have bought some affordable SPS colonies to try out and so far, they are surviving - it has been over a month since their introduction. Currently topping up calcium/kH/magnesium via water changes and weekly powder dosing. Will need to set up my Jebao dosing pump soon - it has been sitting in store untouched for months (I left it unused due to the plan to keep a FOWLR lion tank, but with the change of direction, I need to get it installed asap).
It will be challenging to keep the water parameters good enough for the corals given my stocking, but I've never been a fan of low-stocked tanks. To me, a tank must be filled with active fish - as much as can be fit inside! So far, nitrates are 1 and phosphates undetectable despite the heavy bioload using a refugium, biopellet reactor, prodibio dosing and weekly 10% water changes so I guess it's possible if I keep up with the maintenance.
Here's a lousy video I took last night with my handphone:
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Iwarna @ 2000:
Carribean shipment arrived... first time seeing jackknife fish... awesome.
What fish is this?
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Ah Beng and Henry should have Carpenter Wrasse; Yellow Tang, Kole Tang and Flame Angel check with TFC, they may still have
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Wow it's been ages! Since the last post I took a break and set up a planted tank in office instead using an ANS 45cm Opticube, then I converted the tank back to marine, before finding all the hanging on equipment too unsightly and tearing it down in favour of an IOS tank instead. Tank has been up for almost 2 months now, and here are some pictures I took about a month or so back:
Unfortunately, since taking these pictures, the anemone decided to go wandering and crawled into my biopellet reactor pump, causing a mini-crash, and I lost all my red spot cardinals, the ruby red dragonet and the purple/green hammer as a result. The helfrechi also jumped through a gap in the tank cover. I've cleaned up the tank and created a new tank cover (picture below) to prevent future deaths to jumping.
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Here's mine:
Made from window screening kit available at HomeFix (I bought from Great World City branch). Netting is fibreglass material
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CF finally managed to locate a hawaiian dwarf lionfish! Been searching for one since June, none of the importers could locate one
TFC flame angels are really large, I didn't see any small ones when I dropped by on Sunday
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From planted tank guru to SPS guru
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How thick/deep is your refugium sand bro? Is it just 1-2 inches to allow planting of macroalgae/mangrove, or is it a DSB?
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Henry had 2 healthy pcs last weekLooking for Female Blue Throat Trigger Thanks. -
Pmed you. Interested to purchase
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Thanks andtsg and Angel Keeper for your quick feedback!
My fish are so far all on pellets (except the eel), and I have both a large refugium and a biopellet reactor, doing 10% weekly water changes. Nitrates have been kept between 2-5 and phosphates under 0.03 with these in place, so I'm not so worried about nutrient control.
I'll give it a try with cheaper Euphyllia sp. first before diving into the expensive Aussie ones to see if the angels have a penchant for nibbling at Euphyllia sp - if they do I'll keep it as a FOWLR.
Once again, thanks for your feedback!
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I currently have a FOWLR that I intend to convert to a primarily SPS tank. Current "risky" fish that I have are a goldflake angel, scribbled angel (both large), regal angel and queen angel (both medium). I hope to add a couple of "Tinkeri complex" butterflies as well when budget permits. I've done my research on the stickies above and the message seems to be that this list of fish is considered to be SPS safe, which is good as this will be the primary corals on my reef.
However, I do hope to also be able to keep some nice Euphyllia sp. LPS and leather corals in the lower regions of my tank (which may be too shaded for SPS). I've read that Euphyllia sp. LPS and leather corals are supposed to be toxic and thus safe from most fish, and it is the LPS with lower defences (e.g. open brains, blasto, duncans etc.) that are at risk from these "LPS unsafe" angels and butterflies.
Could I check with more experienced reefers whether these more toxic LPS are suitable for my tank? Or should I stick strictly to SPS only?
P.S. only other inhabitants in the tank at the moment are an Australian Harlequin Tuskfish, Marine Betta and Chainlink eel.
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Thanks for the suggestion bro, I almost did that! However I've always loved these venomous predators too, so in a way killing 2 birds with 1 stone keeping them now