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View Poll Results: Do you use a quarantine tank?
Always. Corals included 4 9.30%
Fish only. Corals are dipped 9 20.93%
Only when fish are sick 1 2.33%
Rarely/Never 29 67.44%
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Old 02-15-2012, 04:29 AM
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What would a foam block do ?
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Old 02-15-2012, 04:30 AM
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It gives you the bacteria to put in your QT
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It gives you the bacteria to put in your QT
Zactly. A huge factor in my fish loss was not having a mature biological filter to use on the treatment tank. Huge NH4 spike caused damage to the gills of most of the fish, which when sick, made it impossible to recover. A foam block fully matured would have avoided that.
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I'd like to read up more on that got a link ?
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On what, exactly?
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