Lance's 225 gal tank - Page 19

Lance · #**181** 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 · #**182** 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 · #**183** 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 · #**184** 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 · #**185** 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 · #**186** 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 · #**187** 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.

Lance · #**188** 03-23-2009, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

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.

LOL I just gave the tank a good dose of Amquel today. I figured if it was dangerous to use with copper I would have found some info on that.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #**189** 03-27-2009, 12:46 AM

Any updates? How are they doing?

Lance · #**190** 03-27-2009, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

Any updates? How are they doing?

Well, Kinda good and bad. I thought I had the Ich beaten. I hadn't seen any sign of it for over a week. The two-week copper treatment ended Tuesday. Then yesterday I noticed a few spots on the Bannerfish, so it's still there. I guess I should continue the copper a little longer, but using this stuff makes me very nervous. I'm going to try hyposalinity as well I think. They are all eating well and look good. Thanks for asking.