rwhite
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I've been trying to keep out of this as hard as I can cause I'm no expert by far. We've only had our reef running for a little over a year so my experience is limited. In that year we've learned a lot of valuable lessons--Here are a few: Overstocking is easy, correcting the problem is difficult esp. when diseases are involved. Patience and timing are hard, esp. when the only advice one gets is from only 1 or 2 sources (LFS in particular). Chemicals and macros are not cure alls. These are but a few and all I can say is THANK YOU to all the people who have helped us along the way from this board. There are many ways to skin a cat, but why discount the many proven methods presented on the board? I mean, really, no protein skimmer? That one item seems trivial when you're running a phos. reactor, a large fuge and all the other components. No mechanical filtration? Sounds like you have some to me. Granted, much of your export comes from the biological filter, but without the phos reactor, I think you may run into problems.
My take on a few of the items discussed: If 1 fish had ich, your system has ich. Since you have a large system, it may take a little more time for it to rear its ugly head again. I dont wish it on anyone, been there and lost almost all our fish. I truly hope your problem has been solved.
Amount of livestock too fast, this where my ich problem started I think. I also feel that you have added too much too quickly. How could the bacteria keep up with such a bioload?
The curative properties of macro, I'd have to read those reports to truly believe that. Doubting Thomas.
Gotta cut this short, starting to rain and I'm on the deck wireless. Be back in a few.
My take on a few of the items discussed: If 1 fish had ich, your system has ich. Since you have a large system, it may take a little more time for it to rear its ugly head again. I dont wish it on anyone, been there and lost almost all our fish. I truly hope your problem has been solved.
Amount of livestock too fast, this where my ich problem started I think. I also feel that you have added too much too quickly. How could the bacteria keep up with such a bioload?
The curative properties of macro, I'd have to read those reports to truly believe that. Doubting Thomas.
Gotta cut this short, starting to rain and I'm on the deck wireless. Be back in a few.