You guys crack me up.
There are thousands of people that use Southdown and I personally have it in 3 different tanks. I bought and sold pallets of the stuff and not one person has had a problem.
If the sand hardened in your tank then you have a water problem not a sand problem.
It would have...
When I mix my salt for water changes its usually cloudy for the first 24hrs or so.
You might try to adding an airstone and heaters, that should help it clear up if it is due to the new salt.
I have a 125 that I put 400lbs SD into and but I mixed the Salt/water first my tank was clear in a little...
Do NOT RINSE the sand ... just as stated above the reason Southdown is recomended so highly is because of the fine particles.
You can put in it in the tank then lay a garbage bag on top of the sand, then when you pour your water in the tank dump it on the bag...as the water level rises the bag...
Sometimes there is nothing you can do, if he was already having that much troublethen putting him in the bowl could not have done any harm.
Most likley if left in the tank he would have been picked at until he passed.
I bought a Copperband Butterfly and he ate frozen Mysis after being in the...
He said he added RO water to further drop the salinity and it was to cold and between the cold water and the quick drop in salinity would be more than enough to do them in.
I'm not familar with that unit but I have heard they sell nice stuff. you can get a 5 stage 100gpd RO/DI with membrane flush kit and DI bypass and auto shut off from www.airwaterice.com for $179 I have the typhoon 2 and I'm happy with it, cheapest price I was able to find and it is a quality unit.
ick has to have a host (fish) to survive. your live rock could have been a carrier in the beginning but it cannot be a host.
Leave the live rock in the tank and leave it fishless for at least a month and it will die off on its own.
I had a ick break out in my 120g due to a bad heater and...
I have the reef keeper II and its very nice, I looked everywhere and nobody came close to there price. they also sell on e-bay under the name theh2oguru and 700 positve feedbacks and no negitive's
On reef central there are a few people that also bought one and they are happy as well.
