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1400 LITRE TANKS, CHEW THROUGH PRODUCTS!! :-?

EVERYONE WHO HAS SPOTTED ICH OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, PLEASE CONTACT "REEF" IN A WEEKS TIME AND GRAB SOME "STOP PARASITE" FROM HIS RETAILERS EVEN IF YOU HAVE MINOR CASES. IT SEEMS TO WORK AND WILL RID IT QUICKLY. I DONT WANT TO BE SAYING, "I TOLD YOU SO", NEXT WEEK WHEN HALF, OR ALL OF YOUR FISH HAVE BEEN FLUSHED DOWN THE LOO. MINE CREPT UP SO FAST I COULD HARDLY SEE IT. THE SHIPMENT IS DUE SOON. FINGERS CROSSED. I STILL DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FOR FULL DOSING AGAIN...... :evil:

Ben, sorry to hear that man. ...and the rest of you! I used salifert "stop parasite" the other day and only had enough to dose 2 of the 5 doses before running out. just these two doses knocked the ich HARD. I have managed to get some more from locals around here temporarily until the salifert shipment arrives in hopefully one week. it has been 3 days over the required dosing time i should have dosed. it killed my kole tang, put my sailfin and two oscellaris into hospital. as of tonight i have a very shady flame angel that i just cannot get out along with a very sad blue tang who is far to quick also. my yellow tangs have it too. i am expecting more death by the morning. however i have dosed stop parasite hard this afternoon, (double dose). so fingers crossed. it dose do its job very well as far as i have seen so far. fresh crushed garlic has done 3 eighths of bugger all. will not be dosing garlic ever again.

must have. :evil:

they were quarantined...sometimes nothing can stop it.... new tank would be the main cause probably. damn it!

mine definitely clean them...buty probably not quick enough when the outbreak goes off the chart. i think my cleaners should clean up the rest of the crew now...i am fairly hopeful of this. i have one bio team that proves this theory everyday. my biggest cleaner only cleans my flame angel and they are doing it on a daily basis. you can see him digging his pincers right up into the gills. its fascinating to watch. they are the same size as each other too. cross fingers

thanks guys for the help. got 2 into hospital tank last night. see what happens to the rest of the crew.....think they are a bit tougher. got the worst two out...my sailfin and pink skunk. ICH sux and so does Habib!

I lost him... not sure if he got stung, already dead or was over ridden with ich. my other fish have it and im shittin' bricks here. damn......

thanks anyway slash...needs to be reef safe. check this out.... INCREDIBLE...this was caught in complete darkness. MY KOLE TANG HAS THE WORST CASE OUT OF THEM ALL.... HERE IS A PIC OF HIM ON HIS SIDE WITH A CLEANER RIDING HIM, ONE HOUR AFTER LIGHTS OUT. THIS IS ONE OF 5 CLEANER SHRIMP. HIS HEAD IS IN AN ANEMONE. CHECK OUT THE SPOTS ON HIM, (PHOTO TAKEN WITH FLASH). THE PHOTO: YES, THEY ARE THE SPOTS....HEAPS OF THEM.

My wife has already had my balls....... why do you think i set it up so quick!! get it out of the way! :-?

Hey guys.... Im having a little battle at the moment with Ich, and am wondering whether anyone has a bottle or two of Salifert "stop parasite" lying around until the next shipment arrives. the favour will be paid back i promise!! cheers craig

thats the whole idea....DILUTION!

got something for that Chim....German product im looking at bringing in. will keep you posted.

Cheers! Rebuilt centre reef structure last night as I have had a fish completely disappear....damn it. Couldnt find it...... must have jumped out and become catfood i think. anyway......at least I got both my ACRO eating crabs out and "Sumped" them! MORE PICS: REEF REBUILD WHOLE TANK: END SHOT SHOWING HOW WIDE 800mm IS.

my advice is to not use a durso and use the valve system i am using if you want complete silence. i run a "Matching valve" and a "Tuning valve", (In one apparatus). works very well, takes up not much room and is 100% quiet. need to drill holes in tank first before filling tank though.

nothing as far as i know, but they are a pain in the butt.

No. Not trying to remove the diatoms as such, more the cause, being the silicic acids.

You notice it first on the sand.

Yes they are the same, but NZ specimens will not handle in a marine tank unless it is a cold water tank. Kina!

they are pretty cool to look at. But they look like crap on the top of the sand. even after a tank has matured you still get bouts of it. im gonna try and do somethin' about this issue. working on it.....

whew Paul....wasp got it now!!!

Enjoy! I like the little guy, but every morning he knocks over my acros and Im sick of straightening them up!!

will be interesting to see how long it lasts Reef. BB tanks wouldnt notice Silicates the same.

Interesting that no one has replied here. 8)

Awesome!! they are tougher than you think!!