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nereef
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yeah. sorry wannabebell. i sorta hijacked this one pretty bad. you can do it to me next time. lol
Lion and Cleaner??
- Thread starter wanabebell
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wanabebell
Member
Well the tank is getting better
and my water has been fine while the ick has been goin on
But the lion looks better
and I ended up NOT getting a cleaner
Just for the fact of if the cleaner had another disease or parisite
then my fish would have to fight off to diseases insteada one
and my water has been fine while the ick has been goin on
But the lion looks better
and I ended up NOT getting a cleaner
Just for the fact of if the cleaner had another disease or parisite
then my fish would have to fight off to diseases insteada one
debbie
Active Member
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Wow, why don't you order rock and products online?! It would be a WHOLE lot cheaper. Take for instance rock. SWF.com sells 45 lbs. of rock for $200. For 90, you are looking at $400. That is $500 cheaper. You can get most of your products cheaper as well online.
That would be nice, but no live animals or rock is allowed across. I am sure the pet stores pay a dear price for that though. But there is a supplier for the LFS only that alot of them get our saltwater stuff from and they are here in Canada.
We do have a place here where I live but the shipping is very very dear, if I am ever down that way I would definatley drop in and buy it on my way home. But they are not much cheaper than just getting it from the LFS.
When ever I want fish I have a great LFS here that gets me anything I want and I pick it up that night so I get a bit of a discount. Plus it does not go into their tanks first.
That is why alot of us keep cichlids. We call these the "cheap" version of the saltwater world.
Wow, why don't you order rock and products online?! It would be a WHOLE lot cheaper. Take for instance rock. SWF.com sells 45 lbs. of rock for $200. For 90, you are looking at $400. That is $500 cheaper. You can get most of your products cheaper as well online.
That would be nice, but no live animals or rock is allowed across. I am sure the pet stores pay a dear price for that though. But there is a supplier for the LFS only that alot of them get our saltwater stuff from and they are here in Canada.
We do have a place here where I live but the shipping is very very dear, if I am ever down that way I would definatley drop in and buy it on my way home. But they are not much cheaper than just getting it from the LFS.
When ever I want fish I have a great LFS here that gets me anything I want and I pick it up that night so I get a bit of a discount. Plus it does not go into their tanks first.
That is why alot of us keep cichlids. We call these the "cheap" version of the saltwater world.
wanabebell
Member
Originally Posted by Debbie
That would be nice, but no live animals or rock is allowed across. I am sure the pet stores pay a dear price for that though. But there is a supplier for the LFS only that alot of them get our saltwater stuff from and they are here in Canada.
We do have a place here where I live but the shipping is very very dear, if I am ever down that way I would definatley drop in and buy it on my way home. But they are not much cheaper than just getting it from the LFS.
When ever I want fish I have a great LFS here that gets me anything I want and I pick it up that night so I get a bit of a discount. Plus it does not go into their tanks first.
That is why alot of us keep cichlids. We call these the "cheap" version of the saltwater world.
Not to be rude but if i wanted to know where I could buy Live rock the cheapest at I woulda asked, and if i wanted to no about cheap version of saltwater i would also ask.
but i dont see anypoint in talking about this when the main point of this post was treating my agressive tank
That would be nice, but no live animals or rock is allowed across. I am sure the pet stores pay a dear price for that though. But there is a supplier for the LFS only that alot of them get our saltwater stuff from and they are here in Canada.
We do have a place here where I live but the shipping is very very dear, if I am ever down that way I would definatley drop in and buy it on my way home. But they are not much cheaper than just getting it from the LFS.
When ever I want fish I have a great LFS here that gets me anything I want and I pick it up that night so I get a bit of a discount. Plus it does not go into their tanks first.
That is why alot of us keep cichlids. We call these the "cheap" version of the saltwater world.
Not to be rude but if i wanted to know where I could buy Live rock the cheapest at I woulda asked, and if i wanted to no about cheap version of saltwater i would also ask.
but i dont see anypoint in talking about this when the main point of this post was treating my agressive tank
ophiura
Active Member
I think it would help a lot if we had specifics about your tank:
SPECIFIC water parameters including alkalinity. If they are fine, then take the pat on the back...but you may be overlooking something
Filtration
Live Rock
Inhabitants
Temperature variations
Have you ever checked for stray voltage?
What diet are you using?
Are there any cleaners in use around the place?
The answers to these problems can be tricky. For example, I had customers that would lose fish on Wednesday and Thursday in an office building. Came to find out that they turned the AC off over the weekend....but everything would be looking normal on Monday (temp wise). Fish tend to die of stress a few days after the primary stress was induced (meaning, do not buy fish from the LFS that have not been there at least 72 hours, IMO). Tricky to sort out.
Without having more specifics, there is only so much people can do to help. The point here, though it got a bit off base, is that the cleaner is not the solution to a major ick outbreak. There are few straight treatments for it, BUT, IMO if you have a stress in the tank you will always be fighting this problem.
SPECIFIC water parameters including alkalinity. If they are fine, then take the pat on the back...but you may be overlooking something
Filtration
Live Rock
Inhabitants
Temperature variations
Have you ever checked for stray voltage?
What diet are you using?
Are there any cleaners in use around the place?
The answers to these problems can be tricky. For example, I had customers that would lose fish on Wednesday and Thursday in an office building. Came to find out that they turned the AC off over the weekend....but everything would be looking normal on Monday (temp wise). Fish tend to die of stress a few days after the primary stress was induced (meaning, do not buy fish from the LFS that have not been there at least 72 hours, IMO). Tricky to sort out.
Without having more specifics, there is only so much people can do to help. The point here, though it got a bit off base, is that the cleaner is not the solution to a major ick outbreak. There are few straight treatments for it, BUT, IMO if you have a stress in the tank you will always be fighting this problem.
debbie
Active Member
Originally Posted by wanabebell
Not to be rude but if i wanted to know where I could buy Live rock the cheapest at I woulda asked, and if i wanted to no about cheap version of saltwater i would also ask.
but i dont see anypoint in talking about this when the main point of this post was treating my agressive tank
Hey, I first of all posted my answer to your main question. You have recieved alot of answers from your post. I was only replying back to questions that were focused at my responses and did not mean to take over your thread I do appologize for that. No need to get huffy about it all, this forum belongs to all of us and sometimes we all get off track.
Ophiura has been very helpful to your thread and the least you could do is to post your readings so that you can get the help you have asked for......
Good Luck.....
Not to be rude but if i wanted to know where I could buy Live rock the cheapest at I woulda asked, and if i wanted to no about cheap version of saltwater i would also ask.
but i dont see anypoint in talking about this when the main point of this post was treating my agressive tank
Hey, I first of all posted my answer to your main question. You have recieved alot of answers from your post. I was only replying back to questions that were focused at my responses and did not mean to take over your thread I do appologize for that. No need to get huffy about it all, this forum belongs to all of us and sometimes we all get off track.
Ophiura has been very helpful to your thread and the least you could do is to post your readings so that you can get the help you have asked for......
Good Luck.....