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    Los Angles LFS recommendations

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    thank you all.

     

    Went to Vivid last night. Awesome place. They have a 15'x3' display tank that is absolutely beautiful. More corals that I have seen anywhere. In talking to the guys there, they started a farm in a warehouse about 6 months ago with 36 3x8 tanks, totaling 18k gallons. they are looking to expand in a big way....

    "Bucketless" water changes

    in Do It Yourself

    I have a similar setup to Scott. 55 gal pepsi barrel in a storage room with a pump in it. The room also has a drain. Poly tubing snaked through the drop ceiling and down the wall, with John Guest valves between the pepsi barrel, sump and drain. I use the return pump in the sump to move water to the drain. Flip some values and pump premixed salt water from the pepsi barrel back to the display tank. Very easy and I can do a 30-35 gal water change in 40 min with little effort.

     

    Don

    Use of Brass

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    you can make a simple hinge with plastic zip ties. That would probably work for what you need. Just drill a couple of holes and thread the zip tie through, then lock it in on itself and your done.

     

     

    that will work. Thanks for the idea.

    Use of Brass

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    If that is the case, then any suggestions on where to get plastic hinges locally? I see a some on the net, but would pay 3-4x the price of the hinges in shipping, so would prefer to buy locally if possible.

    Use of Brass

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    I have two Pepsi barrels for RODI and saltwater. Cut part of the tops out, put hinges and knobs on them to make doors. The problem is that the hinge on the saltwater barrel rusted and started leaching into the water. Took the hinge and knob off wanting to replace them with stainless or hard plastic ones. Can't find any at Home Depot or Lowes, but both have brass. Would brass be ok to use in this application or saltwater in general, or do I need to go with stainless or plastic? If the later, do you know where I can find them locally?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Don

    Sand is too coarse for a goby?

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    Oh... you didn't. How big is the tank? How big are the gobies??

     

    I have ONE yellow-headed sleeper goby - and that is PLENTY for my 240. Every night I have to blow sand off the corals. He is about 5-6" long, now... He grew FAST!!

     

    Oh - and he eats PE mysis with gusto!

     

    bob

     

    From what you have said, looks like I will have one for sale in a few months.....Mine are in a 180 and about 3".

    Sand is too coarse for a goby?

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    I have a tank that is about 3 months old also. I too used argonite that is course. Bought a couple of Yellow Head Gobies 2.5 weeks ago and they are doing great. They sift the argonite, they are also eating flake, mysis shrimp and brine shrimp. For comparison, mine are about 3".

    Powder Blue with welts

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    Same here. The "welts" appear better today, but not completely gone. There has not been any redness around them at all to this point. I guess I will just continue to monitor and see what happens.

     

    Thanks all for your posts. I will update if things change or if anyone else has other suggestions

    Powder Blue with welts

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    For a little background... This is my first SW tank, have been in fresh water for years. The tank is a standard 180 with a 50 gal sump, in sump EuroReef RS-180 and a Mag 18 feeding the two returns and the UV. I am running a 40 watt Gamma UV that I bought used. It probably has abou 9 months on the bulb now, so will probably replace soon.... will probably order a new one later today. Lighting is 2 daylight PCs and 2 Actinic PCs that came with the tank. I also have 3 MHs, but am not using those yet since I am waiting to start corals for another couple of months to let the tank mature.

     

    Tank mates are a couple of gobies, one clown wrasse, one cleaner wrasse and a male Lyre Anthias. There are also the standard assortment of snails, hermit crabs, a brittle star and 3 emerald crabs.

     

    I have been using garlic with the flake food knowing the propensity for ick with this fish.

     

    Thanks to all for your replies. I have not yet seen any of the Ick "whites spots" yet, but will keep a close lookout for it. Know them well from fresh water.

     

     

     

    It's a sign of ich for this fish, very typical. First, tell us your tank setup system.

     

    - How big is your tank?

    - What fishes/tankmates already occupied this tank before the powder blue was introduced?

     

     

    Now, borrow a UV light or purchase one, hook it up by tomorrow and hopefully, it can help control an outbreak of ich on this fish.

     

    KLee

    Powder Blue with welts

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    Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone is having a great day.

     

    Went down to feed the fish this morning and noticed that my new Powder Blue Tang has what looks like welts on its body. I attached a pic below. You can see some of the "welts" well on the lower part of the fish, but the whiter areas across its body are also welts. The fish has been in the tank about a week. It is eating well, algae off of the LR, brine shrimp, some flake food and otherwise appears to be fine. None of my other fish have the same symptom.

     

    Anybody have any idea what this might be and how to treat, if necessary?

     

    Thanks for your help, Don

     

     

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