Thanks , I was saying that my water quality and equipment are up to par, if anything I feel I am in overkill with both, meaning i have a beerlin skimmer 250 gal terminator skimmer 125 gal u v steralizer 125 gal two emperor 400 bio filters, a
www.ecoaqualizer.com- 225 gal., a unit helping to clean and oxiginate water also using a ionic charge to reduce harmful free radicals. I am trying this gadget . will you please look at website and give me your opinion?, regulary doing water changes aprox 35-45 gal. using red sea coral pro sea saltWhen my son was here for the summer we added aprox 6 fish in about a 6 week period.From 6 fish to twelve, My bad mistake, I just was acting like a kid myself plus wanting to get fish for my son.I thought I could make it thru by doing water changes frequently,untill my bacteria built up to handle waste, however I started 7-22-08 with buying a 5 " powder blue, I now know a very delicate fish ,which was the first to get ick then my puffer got it next, however I still have him, after some serious fighting and struggling. The powder blue was straight from ocean, or wholeseller, insted of a healthy tank,he actuall died aprox 2 and a half weeks ago which is what inspired me to go ahead and undertake this hypo process. I have been in the hobby almost a year and do have a very nice ,pretty and healthy 29 gal reef bowfront with a pair of maroon clowns lawnmower bleenie, mandrian goby, and a baby fox face.a few days arter the poeder blue I added a lion fish and a panther grouper on the same day, ( which actually I just lost the lion in a qt due to nitrate spike , I put him in there cause i didnt want to take a chance of loosong him from possible stress related to low salinity,also because he was showing no signs of ick, and supposodely not really prone to ick, due to my neglance from concentrating soo much on the dt, I lost him from nitrate spike but he was doin great and eating silversides off a feeding stick)--- aall that in paranthesis I was just explaning the situation with lion fish but actually a week after I put the panther and lion in I put in a clown trigger,and the next week a radiatta lionfish, which never ate and died with in 2-3 weeks, and a couple weeks from that a emperor angle. I am now down to eight fish , there relatively small from 1 " huma trigger to largest a 4.5 inch yellow tang then a 4 " panther grouper, 2.5 " sailfin tang, 4 " lunar wrasse ,3.5 " bi color fox face, 4 " yellow headed sleepy goby, 3 " dogface puffer, I also have a friend holding in very established healthy tank , a 4 " volitin lion fish, and a 4.5 inch blue hippo. Right now I am at 1.012 /16 as I have been slowly dropping salinity,taking 5-10 gal out and putting half scoop 8.2 buffer in fresh r o water. I see no signs of ick, fish are seeming to stabalize as I have been adding aprox 30 ml of stress coat after each water exchange. I was planning to leave at 1.009 for a week then increase salinity the same way I lowered it 5-10 gal per day(5 in early a m and 5 late pm if all is looking well . I feed them before I do this water exchange using a combination of mysis, brine, krill, silversides,formula 1 & 2 flake, spirulina and green sea weed sheets ALL soaked in organic garlic boost and zoecon . I wasnt sure which fish to add first between the Lion or the hippo. Any advice? And I would really like to add a emperor angle to finalize my tank. 11 fish in a 125 gal with plans to upgrade to 220 plus in a year or so , whenever necessary, to accomidate the larger fish such as panther grouper, puffer, tangs, lionfish. What does this sound like to you? I spoke with Kim @ swf, and she spoke very highly of you and Beth. Sir Quizzy, Thanx again for your advice and willingness to share your knowledge!!! Sincerelly,David
