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  1. jc78240

    Reef metal halide

    its 29 inches deep
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    Reef metal halide

    I have a 60 inch long x 24.5 inch wide aquarium. I am looking at the coral aqualight pro to begin a reef aquarium. however the size is 48 inches long with two 250 MH, the next size is 72 inches. I was thinking instead of buying the 48 inches one, buy three of the 24 inch 250mh and place them...
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    Diatom filter

    I am thinking about purchasing one. My questions for those people who already have one is 1. are they very loud 2. do you find them easy to set up? 3.do you find it easy to use regularly 4. do you use it regularly 5. would you buy it again?Thanks
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    Ich still lives past 8 weeks

    So In January I placed my fish in a 50gallon quarantine tank. Hyposalin treatment with a refractometer ( calibrated) brought it down to 1.008 specific gravity, a .001 lower than the recommended 1.009 (14ppt). Meanwhile the main tank had the same snails, crabs, and stingray at 1.023. I was upset...
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    Ich still lives past 8 weeks

    Well, My main tank got Ich around January. Pulled all fish except my sting ray, crabs, and snails into a quarantine did treatment on them with hypo for 4 weeks after the last spot disappeared, plus another 4weeks of hypo on the safe side. Then kept them in quarantine for about another 8 more...
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    I goofed big time....

    I also disagree with chris. I used to believe that perhaps with a "perfect system" ich would not be a problem, but I was proven wrong, and wil start to use a quarantine system we each new fish addition, after I finish my hyposalin treatment with my current infestation of ich. I believe 99.9% of...
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    hyposalinity??

    I tried UV and garlic, didn't work. My recommendation is go with the hyposalin, before u lose more time like Idid.
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    quarantine tank, sting ray, hyposalinity ?

    Good question. My fear of treating main tank was that i didn't believe stingrays would tolerate hyposalin, which is the treatment I was going to do. I feared if I treated the main tank and move the stingray out he wouldnt make it in the quarantine tank since it is new and hasn't cycled yet, even...
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    quarantine tank, sting ray, hyposalinity ?

    Hello. thanks for all the wonderful info on this form. Advice please. I have a 180 gallon aquarium with a sting ray, clown fish, flame angel, blue spotted gobby. 6 months later ich. ( I suspect I had ich day one with the flame angel, but didn't believe even a minor outbreak should be treated...
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