Originally Posted by SHOOTER
Scubadoo I Have To Disagree On You With This One........a Salinity Level Of 1.018-1.20 Will Not Cure Or Stop Ich, But With The Four Combinations Of The Salinity Level, Using Garlic Drops With Food, A Uv Sterilizer, And Using Copper , The Chances Of Getting Ich Are Greatly Reduced ....i Have Seen What It's Done For My Tank And The Proof Is In The Pudding.......since I Have Started This
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I Have Not Had One Incident Of Any Kind (going On 8 Mos.) Before I Did This I Had Ich 3-4 Times And My Coperband Had An Open Sore On His Body That I Had To Treat......the Lfs Is Not A Mom And Pop Type Store
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he Sells Only Salt Water Fish And Live Rock
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he Probably Sells 60-80 Fish A Week......his Whole Theory Is You Should Buy Fish To Keep
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not To Kill....i Realize There Are Many Opinions And Theories Out There For People To Hear And Use......i'm Sticking With This One.....after Killing 165.00 Worth Of Beautiful Fish
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i Am Finally Keeping And Enjoying Them Which Is Why I Started This To Begin With......hopefully With Everyones Input We Will All Be Able To Learn And Keep Our Fish Healthy For A Long Time...........
If you are saying that running copper at low levels in a closed marine system is beneficial long-term then you are mistaken. Copper WILL damage your bilogical filtration and cause internal damage to most fish if exposure is long-term. It is a fact that the fake/dead coral and substrate will adsorb the copper and it will eventually be relased back into the system. You can see a dramatic increse to toxic levels and wipe your system out. You may also see a steady destruction of your bio-filter or a fialure for it to increase with bio-load leading to a decrease in water quality and sickness over time.
UV's do little to nothing in kiiling/combatting ich. It is a BIG Scam most LFS run promoting this as a preventer/killer of parasites. ALL a UV will do is marginally improve water quality. Exposure time and flow rates render most aquarium UV's ineffective. At best, the window when they can be a little beneficail is very small
Lower salinities may or may not harm animals long-term.
Ask your lfs what is the exposure time required to kill parasites with the UV he sold you. Or, contact the manufacturer and ask them.
Everything you have posted is basically incorrect with the exception of garlic saoked food.
Your system will crash. Let me know in a year or two how things are going.
Copper is like chemotherapy for maine animals. Prolonged exposure after treatment is cruel.
I recall you posting you run constant copper in your system.
Best of luck to your animals...with a death sentence on their head.
I strongly suggest you do research on the net with the type set-up you are running...prescription for death in the long run or short run.
I have made all the mistakes over the 30 plus years I have been in this hobby. Copper long term is BAD!!!!
Success in this hobby is measures in years. I recall you have been doing this for six months. let me know how your current fish are doing in a year. Most if not all will likely be dead....more so from the copper or side effects from prolonged exposre or system crash.
There is really nothing wrong with running a uv...but please do not post marine ich killer/combatter...simply not the case. They will marginally improve water quality and are beneficial in other areas. They also kill many beneficial 'critters" in your system. However, the combination of copper which will also kill these benficial "critters" and the uv means your crash could come quickly.
While many animals do well in lower salnities...many do not long-term.