richl
Member
I had a nearly total whipe-out due to an ick infestation about 4 months ago, so I bought a 20 gal quarantine tank and restarted after leaving the display tank without fish for one month. Here's what I have as of now:
125 gal fish only with 3" live sand and 60 lbs live rock
plan to add 10 lbs live rock each month
Fluval FX5 canister filter
Koralia 3 powerhead
Powersweep 228 rotating powerhead
1 cinnamon clown (only survivor of ick)
1 heniochus bannerfish 3 1/2" (in display 3 weeks)
2 cleaner shrimp
1 coral banded shrimp
15 snails
6 small (red leg) hermits
3 or 4 emerald crabs
1 Sally lightfoot, but I haven't seen in weeks
2 cleaner clams (buried in sand?)
I have 2 smaller bannerfish (2" each) in the QT that will move to the display in about 2 weeks. After that, I'll buy 1 fish for the QT where I'll keep it 1 month. I would like a Yellow Tang, but I've read that Tangs are susceptable to Ick. I think a Powder Blue Tang brought the ick in previously. Are YT's ok so long as they go thru the 1 month QT? I also like Angelfish and Butterflys - any suggestions on which might work well for a beginner? My water is at 1.024 salinity, 8.4 PH, 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 20 Nitrate. I've had a reverse osmosis unit for about a month (formerly used tap thru Brita filter + Ultimate water conditioner) and plan to do 20% water changes every other week. Anything else I should do? Also, the shrimp are great. Are there other types that will go well with the cleaners and coral banded or should I just get more of the same? Thanks
125 gal fish only with 3" live sand and 60 lbs live rock
plan to add 10 lbs live rock each month
Fluval FX5 canister filter
Koralia 3 powerhead
Powersweep 228 rotating powerhead
1 cinnamon clown (only survivor of ick)
1 heniochus bannerfish 3 1/2" (in display 3 weeks)
2 cleaner shrimp
1 coral banded shrimp
15 snails
6 small (red leg) hermits
3 or 4 emerald crabs
1 Sally lightfoot, but I haven't seen in weeks
2 cleaner clams (buried in sand?)
I have 2 smaller bannerfish (2" each) in the QT that will move to the display in about 2 weeks. After that, I'll buy 1 fish for the QT where I'll keep it 1 month. I would like a Yellow Tang, but I've read that Tangs are susceptable to Ick. I think a Powder Blue Tang brought the ick in previously. Are YT's ok so long as they go thru the 1 month QT? I also like Angelfish and Butterflys - any suggestions on which might work well for a beginner? My water is at 1.024 salinity, 8.4 PH, 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 20 Nitrate. I've had a reverse osmosis unit for about a month (formerly used tap thru Brita filter + Ultimate water conditioner) and plan to do 20% water changes every other week. Anything else I should do? Also, the shrimp are great. Are there other types that will go well with the cleaners and coral banded or should I just get more of the same? Thanks