i_luv_dory
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HiI'm new to the saltwater world. It was actually my mother's idea to start in saltwater. She has always wanted one. However, she is just as "in the dark" as I am. i have a pond and have never had any problems. I will admit that I was not ready for the complexity of saltwater but I really am trying my best. If you can help us, we would greatly appreciate it.
We have a 29 gallon tank that has been set up for a 2-3 months. We also came upon a 60 gallon Oceanic and it has been up and running for a little over one month. Both have live rock and live sand. My mom plans on having corals evuantually for both tanks. The 29 has a blue spotted watchman goby(Eddie) and a new tank raised percula clown (henry), plus one remaining snail. It used to have a cleaner shrimp(louie) but it molted and apparently became lunch for the Eddie. We got the clown to replace the cleaner shrimp.
Our skimmer, cora life super skimmer, was shooting a bunch of micro bubbles into the tank....pretty much where the clown likes to hang out. I noticed last nite that there were little bubbles sticking to the clown. Could it be microbubbles or does he have ick? I will do my best to get a decent picture and post it tonite. We do not have a quarantine tank (yes, i knoooow), however we are going to go and get a tank w/ a kit and use it as our qt tank.
What are the options for treating ick? Can I treat the 29 gallon tank with the live rock/sand it in? I suppose if needed, we could move the rock and sand to the 60 gallon, i think.
We use tap water, treated with Prime. I think Ro/di filter will be the next purchase. Now, until we get the filter, can you recommend (i need a specific name) for a water conditioner that also removes copper? We had 5 snails, 4 of them have died. I was told that this could be due to copper in the tap water. Also, what test can we get that to test for copper? I have looked at the local pet stores and havent seen one.
Also, each tank has a 3inch live sand bed. Is that enough? different amounts were added at different times. It depended on how well ***** was stocked. Some was also bought on ----. We anyway, it seems that if I move a rock or anything, I get a sand storm.....is there another type of sand we could get to lay over the existing that wont fly around as easily? Does just regular playground sand or sand from garden stores work?
Also, a few weeks ago, in the 29 gallon, I used a powder ph setter (8.2) which raised my alkalinity to 20. I did a few water changes and got it down to 11. Are water changes the way to go when wanting to lower alkalinity or is there a better way?
Sorry I have so many questions. I have tried reading about it all but it just goes over my head. I need something almost "elementary".
but hey, we were all beginners at one time, right?
We have a 29 gallon tank that has been set up for a 2-3 months. We also came upon a 60 gallon Oceanic and it has been up and running for a little over one month. Both have live rock and live sand. My mom plans on having corals evuantually for both tanks. The 29 has a blue spotted watchman goby(Eddie) and a new tank raised percula clown (henry), plus one remaining snail. It used to have a cleaner shrimp(louie) but it molted and apparently became lunch for the Eddie. We got the clown to replace the cleaner shrimp.
Our skimmer, cora life super skimmer, was shooting a bunch of micro bubbles into the tank....pretty much where the clown likes to hang out. I noticed last nite that there were little bubbles sticking to the clown. Could it be microbubbles or does he have ick? I will do my best to get a decent picture and post it tonite. We do not have a quarantine tank (yes, i knoooow), however we are going to go and get a tank w/ a kit and use it as our qt tank.
What are the options for treating ick? Can I treat the 29 gallon tank with the live rock/sand it in? I suppose if needed, we could move the rock and sand to the 60 gallon, i think.
We use tap water, treated with Prime. I think Ro/di filter will be the next purchase. Now, until we get the filter, can you recommend (i need a specific name) for a water conditioner that also removes copper? We had 5 snails, 4 of them have died. I was told that this could be due to copper in the tap water. Also, what test can we get that to test for copper? I have looked at the local pet stores and havent seen one.
Also, each tank has a 3inch live sand bed. Is that enough? different amounts were added at different times. It depended on how well ***** was stocked. Some was also bought on ----. We anyway, it seems that if I move a rock or anything, I get a sand storm.....is there another type of sand we could get to lay over the existing that wont fly around as easily? Does just regular playground sand or sand from garden stores work?
Also, a few weeks ago, in the 29 gallon, I used a powder ph setter (8.2) which raised my alkalinity to 20. I did a few water changes and got it down to 11. Are water changes the way to go when wanting to lower alkalinity or is there a better way?
Sorry I have so many questions. I have tried reading about it all but it just goes over my head. I need something almost "elementary".
but hey, we were all beginners at one time, right?