Lance's 225 gal tank

GreenSpottedPuffer · #1 03-12-2009, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Lance

Well, it's been 24 hours since the big move and everything is looking fine. Never lost a coral or a fish. I put a bunch of PVC pipe in the treatment tank along with some fake, plastic corals and plants. So the fish feel relatively safe. I've got an extra skimmer I can run on this tank. Is it advisable to run a skimmer when treating with Cupramine? The bottle just says to turn off UV sterilizer and remove all chemical filtration.

I think you can run the skimmer. I have in the past when treating with copper but I have only ever treated one fish with copper, so I don't have much experience.

Glad to hear its going well!

Lance · #2 03-13-2009, 04:22 AM

Happy Tuskfish!
Sydney is certainly feeling better. He was actually playing tonight, swimming on his side at the surface all around the tank. At first I thought he was screwed up but then I realized he was playing. After about 5 laps of the tank he stuck his head out of the water and spit water into the air. He did this one more time and then spit water again. It was hilarious! I ran for the camera but he wouldn't do it anymore. I'll keep the camera by the tank in hopes he'll do it again.

marie · #3 03-13-2009, 04:37 AM

Good to hear, everytime I get a reply to this thread in my email I almost hate to look in case its bad news

Lance · #4 03-13-2009, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by marie

Good to hear, everytime I get a reply to this thread in my email I almost hate to look in case its bad news

Every morning I hate to look in the tank, not knowing what I'm going to find. The move went very well though and the fish have responded to the Cupramine quickly, which is surprising to me becasue I always under dose a little with this stuff. Maybe it's just the Ich cycle though; I'm not sure. The corals in the DT all came through with flying colours too.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #5 03-13-2009, 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance

Every morning I hate to look in the tank, not knowing what I'm going to find. The move went very well though and the fish have responded to the Cupramine quickly, which is surprising to me becasue I always under dose a little with this stuff. Maybe it's just the Ich cycle though; I'm not sure. The corals in the DT all came through with flying colours too.

Glad to hear.

I am also always worried to open this thread and see whats happening. QT is so scary to me

Lance · #6 03-19-2009, 04:39 AM

So, the fish have been in QT now for 8 days. Everything is going pretty well, aside from the fact that I'm going through salt like crazy. Between the 225g, 90g, and 180g and 3 sumps I have about 600gals on the go, and I'm having to change about 30 gals of water in the QT every 3 days to keep the ammonia levels down. It's kind of a catch-22: You want to feed the fish well to keep them healthy but at the same time it's hard to keep ammonia down. If I don't change some water frequently the ammonia level rises quite rapidly. I'm treating with Cupramine right now. I'm trying to find some info on using ammonia inhibitors such as Amquel in conjunction with copper treatment, but can't anything anything. Does anybody know if this can be done? Or will it cause adverse effects?

Lance · #7 03-23-2009, 03:22 AM

The display tank has now been empty for 11 days and in that short time the pod population has just exploded. I can't believe how many there are.

Every square inch of the tank has some, and the sump has even more. The fish are going to have a feast when they get back in.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #8 03-23-2009, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance

So, the fish have been in QT now for 8 days. Everything is going pretty well, aside from the fact that I'm going through salt like crazy. Between the 225g, 90g, and 180g and 3 sumps I have about 600gals on the go, and I'm having to change about 30 gals of water in the QT every 3 days to keep the ammonia levels down. It's kind of a catch-22: You want to feed the fish well to keep them healthy but at the same time it's hard to keep ammonia down. If I don't change some water frequently the ammonia level rises quite rapidly. I'm treating with Cupramine right now. I'm trying to find some info on using ammonia inhibitors such as Amquel in conjunction with copper treatment, but can't anything anything. Does anybody know if this can be done? Or will it cause adverse effects?

I have used Amquel with copper in the past. I never really thought of it much, just did it. I don't think it caused any problems. All it does is make it hard to test for ammonia. If I use it, I end up just adding some day and night everyday to be sure. Its relatively cheap compared to doing water changes.