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    Cure for Ich/Parasite

    in Disease treatment/parasite/pest control

    Posted

    Both UV and freshwater dips worked for my ich-infested fishes a few weeks ago.

    What I did:

    Freshwater Dip:

    - Prepare dip using distilled water (at least 1.5L bottle, I usually use 2x1.5L bottles). And prepare another dip with some saltwater from tank.

    - Buffer distilled water up to 8.2 ph using baking soda.

    - Make sure distilled water temp is same as tank water temp (or slightly higher under worse case).

    - Add Methylene Blue (2 drops per litre of distilled water). Methylene Blue can be purchased from any LFS.

    - Add air-stone for circulation for 15mins.

    - Net out ich-infested fish and put into dip. Maintain air-stone circulation.

    - Nudge the fish if it appears sluggish or not moving. This is normal. If it keeps panicking or appears clearly stressed, net it out.

    - I usually dip for minimum 1 min and maximum 4 mins.

    - After dipping, dip fish in saltwater dip (to remove methylene blue) for a few seconds before returning it to tank.

    UV:

    - I switch on my UV for 24/7 for a week after above dip treatment.

    After both treatments above, my fishes recovered and feeding well. I know that freshwater dips are NOT for every fish so try it at your own risk.

    Hope this helps for some of you... Cheers.

    Bottled Distilled Water on Promo

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    this is something i always wonder too.

    that is why i dun take chance by buying the NTUC brand since they didnt specifically said so .

    although on the content everything is zero.

    I'm also wondering about this...

    Anyway, I've been using Ice Mountain's Pure Drinking Water for almost a month to top up my tank. So far no visible problem. I was using Life Distilled Water before that for 2 months.

    I paid $5.50 for 12x1.5L Ice Mountain bottles at Shing Siong.

    temperature

    in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)

    Posted

    I have a 2ft FOWLR without chiller. With fan operating only during when PL is on, I can achieve about 2 degrees lower than room temp (eg. room temp 30, with fan tank temp is 28).

    So I would say fan is a MINIMUM even for FOWLR tank. Downside is the higher evaporation rate...

    WTS: Tangaroa Goby

    in Sell off/Pasar Malam Shop

    Posted

    Hi Goby Lovers,

    I'm selling my Tangaroa Goby as I think it would do better in a substrate tank. I converted my tank to bare bottom about a week ago. Great fish to go with your burrowing shrimps.

    Details of my fish:

    Size: Cute size of 1-1.2 inch.

    Bought: S$15 (Sea Life) about a month ago.

    Health: Feeding mysis and flakes. Healthy with no broken fin or ich or white spots.

    Collection: Bedok North area.

    Please PM me if you're interested. Will let go above S$10.

    Will try to post a pic tonight. A quick view of what the fish looks like:

    Tangaroa Goby

    :D

    Weekly Update - 7th to 13th Aug 06

    in Weekly LFS Stocks Report / LFS Info Centre

    Posted

    CF

    New stock

    Lots of flame angel got nice 1.5" size

    2 x potter angel

    Lots of True percula

    Old Stock

    Sohal tang

    L size Tonga Lemonpeel angel with orangy yellow colouration

    Golden angel x 1

    Yellow angel

    Grey belly Regal angel

    Hi neokn,

    Do you know the prices for the flames at CF? I called several times but no one answered.

    Can PM me if you happen to know the price? If not, just ignore this, thanks!

    how come there is brown color thing on my sandbed?

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Actually, I have a similar problem with chercm too.

    My tank is new and has been re-cycling for more than a month. I added a shrimp and blenny about a week ago and this problem started to surface a few days after adding livestock.

    I hardly feed my shrimp and blenny (small feeding every 2 days) as they seem to be doing well foraging on liverocks.

    I think my flow rate is adequate (abt 1200L/hr, my tank is only 55L). I have switched off my PL lights in the interim. Does everyone think offing lights help?

    Thanks!

    (Q) Red Sea Prizm + Normal Surface Skimmer

    in Product Reviews

    Posted

    Hi All,

    I'm wondering whether the standard surface skimmer (those cheap black $10 types) would work with Red Sea Prizm skimmer. I'm thinking of doing this by connecting the surface skimmer to the inlet of Prizm.

    Reason? Save $ and also I find the standard surface skimmer slightly more superior because it 'floats' actually to water level while the Red Sea surface skimmer does not as it is 'fixed' on inlet pipe (please correct me if I'm wrong).

    But some issues that I can't answer are:

    - Would flowrate be affected by this mod?

    - Would skimming be affected by this mod?

    Any fellow reefers who have tried this care to share experience?

    Thanks a bunch! :D

    Pump for chiller cl280

    in Members Tank & Specs

    Posted

    as of now , i am using eheim 2026 external canister for the chiller which is rated 980l/hr and i find it generally acceptable for CL280.

    Hi Hammy,

    Do you mean that your canister outlet is running into chiller's inlet? That means you're not using another separate pump to run the chiller?

    Also, if above is workable, are there any disadvantage of above set up vs getting a separate pump for chiller? I mean would I get slower flowrate because head loss, etc?

    Just checking because I'm exploring a chiller for my tank which is running a canister set up. I prefer not running another separate pump for chiller actually.

    Thanks in advance Hammy!

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