Druas

I only resort to dips if the infection is is in a later stage where my goal has been to minize the impact of ich i personally prefer not to do dips, it causes stress and some species dont take too well to it like wrasse, other like clownfish are more hardy. I would get a UV sterilizer and run that as a precautionary measure. cleaner shrimp, neon gobies do their bit to get rid of it as well from time to time. but they take to tangs more than other fish. the best thing i have used to tackle it was good variety of food dipped in garlic and spirulina just a summary of everything i have tried. happy fish resist ich

the manufacturer also mentioned that the return pump is not the best of quality that they have. so I am thinking of changing that as well. keep it as a backup if ever needed. 570gph main pump. any suggestions on what pumps i could get to replace this.

I played around with my current skimmer last night. I got rid of the exit sponge which was makes the exit flow quicker resulting in the foam to build up at a lower level. its doing better now but i dont think this skimmer will cut it for me . I am trying to get the deltec mce600 in trade from someone. i hope that will do it. I also lowered the water level in the sump which is helping a bit, but I have a 2nd issue which is causing a minor problem here. My durso pipe setup in the overflow is setup such that the water level in the overflow fluctuates by a couple inches. this causes the sump level to rise up and down by about a half inch over a 20 sec period or so. I have been living with this because its was a trade off with more noise from the durso to less noise. I stuck small piece of pipe from the durso hole top which reduced the gurgling noise substantially but caused the water level height to fluctuate a small amount in the overflow( couple inches). so anyways this was causing the foam in the the skimmer collection cup to push up every so often a little more, which required me to downplay the level to keep that in mind. dunno if that makes any sense, but i wanted to give you some more insight about the behaviour

i will try lowering the height of the exit pipe. i believe thats the portion with the sponge. ill test it out in a bucket because it a pain in the *** doing it in the sump i have atm. the exit pipe does have a valve which is open all the way. if i try closing it my foam is rising too quick. i have most of my issues because the foam rises too quick when the air valve is open all the way. i have not tried dropping the water level in the sump yet. i have an auto top-off unit that tops of to line indicated on the skimmer body " water level should be here" thanks

i am considering getting this for my 70g http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem~act...es~vendor~.html i wanted to get the pro model but my clearance is about 25.5 in the stand so I cannot get that

this is where i got my sump/skimmer from http://www.4fishtank.com/sump%20filter.htm...%20combo%20AV55 it doesnt have any name/brand I set it up such that the bubbles would stop near 1/4th of the cup, thereby pushing the skimmate up to the top over time. It just seems to slow down / die out over few days. I have adjusted the air nozle but it doesnt do much good becuase if the skimmer is turned up high then it would just overflow or if it is turned down then it doesnt catch much. the pump isnt good either, its noisy at times. so i was considering replacing the whole skimmer setup with something thats nice and actually catches gunk. my sump is 20"L x 16"W x 19"H the chamber where the skimmer is located is not big enough for most skimmers which was why i wanted to look for an out of sump skimmer. I could put just the pump in it and would lke to have the skimmer cup be over the sump if possible incase it overflows any suggestions on this setup

I was looking to change my skimmer to be out of sump beacuse my skimmer takes up too much space in it and it is hard to clean or reach in for maintenance. the sump is 30g. my main tank is 70g my skimmer also does not get much gunk in it, so i wanted to change it anyway

I will take 3 atleast

I just started with hard corals and tested my CA lvls which are at 340 , on the low side but i also intentionally keep my SG at 1.023. I know the manufacturer faq's are for 1.025 sg and lower lvls cause the ca to scale down proportionally. I read on some of the sites that some of them compensate by buffering ca and magnesium more if its for a reef even at lower sg. Then I also read reviews where others switched and found their corals to be more healthy. I have not come across any problem really but if picking on brand over another helps boost some lvls without having a reactor or addon supplements I guess I would prefer that.

just looking for some feedback on which salt everyone uses/prefers etc I have been using Instant Ocean for a year and a half but after reading reviews on kent marine, tropic marin and few others I am considering switching I have a few lps , sps , softies, inverts, fish whats a winner out of the lot and how should I make the transition

I currently use an Aquraium Pharmaceuticals Ph test kit and its horrible. my results vary depending on whether I am seeing it under yellow light or full spectrum white light the color pad does not match the tube reading unless i adjust the light in the room, which is not my objective. I also purchased a milwake digital probe but I don't trust that either I need to get a reliable reading...so I wanted to see what other members use and suggest I get. I dont want to buy one of those aquamedic electrode based things ...I dont mind doing the tests , I just expect accruate readings ty