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I have been looking at doing this also (just gotta find a place that sells what I need). People have also suggested processing your own garlic cloves to add as well as adding some phytoplankton for the corals and such. Some people add Selcon as well. I think it's a really viable way to save money especially if you can get the recipe just right and your tank inhabitants love it. You will spend 20-30+ dollars on it but you literally get pounds of fish food.
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^^^^ I get mine in the sump and on a power head that has some shadowing so they definitely prefer less light it seems
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I have never removed them. I don't think they hurt anything.
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It looks like cyano to me but I'm no expert. Is it stringy?
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Interesting, I may give that a shot as well. It looks like it is rather inexpensive and judging from their mixtures, it would probably last a long time.
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What Type Of Tank Do You Have?
codeman_11901 replied to Dmartinsnyder83's topic in General Aquarium Discussion
Reef tank. I would definitely choose coral over fish. -
I definitely agree the QT would be a better option. I may give that a shot just to see if I find any pests. I have been very careless with new introductions to my tank so far, and it will surely catch up with me if I don't start taking more precautions. I would rather ask questions now and prepare instead of trying to recover after an issue arises. Thanks for the response!
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So I have been doing some research online for coral dips to get rid of bacterial infections and such on zoanthids. I do not have any issues so far. One colony is suspect to me for a bacterial infection but nothing to cause the polyps to close or anything so I think I am just paranoid. Anyway, during my search for cures for bacterial infections and zoa pox, I found numerous pages of people stating that they use a hydrogen peroxide/tankwater solution to dip their corals to rid them of infections and unwanted pests. The majority of people use a 90% tank water to 10% peroxide (3%) solution and dip for 10-20 minutes. Some people did a 50/50 mix but that is way too harsh and they lost colonies because of it. Desperate times call for desperate measures, I suppose. My question now is, has anyone here used a peroxide dip in this way? Do you think it could be a substitute for dipping new frags to get rid of pests and possible infections(not freshly cut frags)? I would imagine that with freshly cut frags you would still want to do a dip with lugols, but maybe a mild solution of peroxide would be comparable? 95% tank water and 5% peroxide, or even less? Just about everything I saw said that Furan 2 was the go-to cure for zoa pox. But I also saw that it is some EXTREMELY nasty stuff (carcinogen and all). So any alternative that is remotely effective is a welcomed one in my opinion. I saw that Jesse had mentioned dosing peroxide to help with algae issues, and wondered if maybe peroxide had other beneficial uses. What do you all think?
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Those look really cool. I havent made the dive into sps yet.
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Fish Tank Explodes Sending Restaurant Customers Running
codeman_11901 replied to Jesse's topic in General Aquarium Discussion
I wonder what caused the tank to fail? It just shattered, the guy at the desk was drenched before he even turned his head. wow. -
So I know it has been two weeks since anyone posted on this but I saw the picture and "watermelon zoas" popped into my head immediately. I have some in my tank and they are more orangish rather than red. Do these look similar?