need alot of help!
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You are getting good advice so why don't you slow down, catch your breath, listen to what is being said and read a lot before you start spending a lot more money without knowing what you are doing. If you still have 7 fish what was in the tank when you had all the losses? Anyway your first concern should be to keep what you have healthy. So why not concentrate on that first. The fish you still have are probably going to be ok since they made it this far. So you have to decide if you want to rid your tank of ick or leave things be in which case you will probably not be able to add more fish. But you can add inverts and coral. If you want to rid your tank of ick you have to get the fish out and leave them out for 6 weeks as mentioned by others. During that time ick will die since they can not live without fish. The tank you hold your fish in for those 6 weeks becomes your QT tank. Even though the fish are OK and have not sucumed to ick they have ick. You need to treat them with copper in order to get rid of the ick so that when you put them back in to your main tank you do not bring ick back.
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Are the fish that are still in the tank showing obvious signs of ich? If not, I say DON'T raise the temperature. No need to stress the fish out unnecessarily, and make the weak and more prone to an ich outbreak. You should feed them with some kind of garlic supplement to build their little fishy immune systems. I would also not mess around with the tank for a while and let them get comfortable and adjusted. This will help them be happy, healthy fish in the long run.
Other than that, I would agree that you should get a book. You seem to have a lot of very basic questions, and it's good that you are asking them, but it would probably also be useful to have a book you could use as a quick reference.
In addition, if you look at the book club forum, there have been a couple of discussions on things like water quality that you might find instructive.
Best of luck.
Other than that, I would agree that you should get a book. You seem to have a lot of very basic questions, and it's good that you are asking them, but it would probably also be useful to have a book you could use as a quick reference.
In addition, if you look at the book club forum, there have been a couple of discussions on things like water quality that you might find instructive.
Best of luck.
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The nano cube will need time to cycle... so you can't add fish to that yet either! You asked for advice and you got it... stop adding to your tank and buy a book!
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Zuska -
I couldn't help but notice you were going to purchase a yellow tang in the your closed "group buy" thread. I assume that is NOT going to go in a 6 gallon nano, no matter how small it is when you bought it. You need to take care of the issues you have with the tank you've got before you go adding more fish and other livestock to it! Also, you're going to buy a crocea clam? You don't have the lights to keep one! And once you do, it's often much better to start with the less demanding T. derasa.
Secondly, you can't seem to manage the tank you already have. You've lost a lot of fish, you're using tap water, you need more live rock, a better skimmer and you don't even know what a quarantine tank is... and you want to set up a 6 gallon nano? That is going to be ten times as difficult as the larger tank you already have. It will require better husbandry, more water changes, more careful monitoring and MORE KNOWLEDGE than you have demonstrated your current capacity for.
I am normally not harsh in my comments in beginner threads because I feel like people are trying to fix problems and trying to learn. I am usually very patient. But this is ridiculous, and if no one else is going to say it, I certainly will.
I couldn't help but notice you were going to purchase a yellow tang in the your closed "group buy" thread. I assume that is NOT going to go in a 6 gallon nano, no matter how small it is when you bought it. You need to take care of the issues you have with the tank you've got before you go adding more fish and other livestock to it! Also, you're going to buy a crocea clam? You don't have the lights to keep one! And once you do, it's often much better to start with the less demanding T. derasa.
Secondly, you can't seem to manage the tank you already have. You've lost a lot of fish, you're using tap water, you need more live rock, a better skimmer and you don't even know what a quarantine tank is... and you want to set up a 6 gallon nano? That is going to be ten times as difficult as the larger tank you already have. It will require better husbandry, more water changes, more careful monitoring and MORE KNOWLEDGE than you have demonstrated your current capacity for.
I am normally not harsh in my comments in beginner threads because I feel like people are trying to fix problems and trying to learn. I am usually very patient. But this is ridiculous, and if no one else is going to say it, I certainly will.
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Great... the cube has been used by awhile... not by you... how do you know what shape it's in? Plus a 6g is too small for a Clark clownfish so quit trying to justify your BS and listen to what people are saying or don't bother posting anymore.
Ok guys thats for the wonderfull comments I have been reading this book all day in school called " The Aquarium Handbook" by Martin A. Moe, JR. I read about ick and everything. Im going to keep things slow from now on. The only thing im not getting help is what should i do first? I have ick i want to get rid of it all. Im checking my water right now for ph, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate. I understand that I need new lights? I was told the t5 are good? any recommendations on that or better? A better skimmer im running a sea clone 100 now i got it because I didnt know what other ones there were out there so i had to act fast i was about a month in a half with out one. Those 2 things I need now. I was also looking for alot of live rock for the tank if anyone knows anyone thats breaking down the tank and wants to sell some live rock for a good cost? My filtration is a 400 emeror now im guessing im ganna be needing alot more then that. what else am i missing? Can i call or talk to some one for more info?
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1) People have already given you several suggestions on how to deal with the ich problem.
2) Light depends on what you are planning to keep - T5 and MH will allow you to basically keep everything, but both have their advantages and disadvantages. I would suggest reading up on the different choices.
3) You don't need a wet/dry filter. Your LR will be your filtration .... except, you don't have NEARLY enough for a 65 gallon tank. You should have at least 1 pound per gallon. Scarf was just getting rid of 40 pounds of rock at $2.00/lbs.
4) Read the skimmer thread for all you wanted to know and more about skimmers. If you're going to continue to use the Seaclown, then I would suggest doing the bioball mod on it. Eric used to use one, and that seemed to improve its efficiency.
5) You said you're going to go slow, but all of your posts on this site would indicate otherwise. You're setting up a second nano tank? You're buying new fish, clams and inverts?
You keep saying that you want to know what to do next, and we are trying our best to give you that information. Ronen even told you to call him and talk to him! Did you do that? The message that I am taking away from this thread is that you are not listening to the advice that you are soliciting.
2) Light depends on what you are planning to keep - T5 and MH will allow you to basically keep everything, but both have their advantages and disadvantages. I would suggest reading up on the different choices.
3) You don't need a wet/dry filter. Your LR will be your filtration .... except, you don't have NEARLY enough for a 65 gallon tank. You should have at least 1 pound per gallon. Scarf was just getting rid of 40 pounds of rock at $2.00/lbs.
4) Read the skimmer thread for all you wanted to know and more about skimmers. If you're going to continue to use the Seaclown, then I would suggest doing the bioball mod on it. Eric used to use one, and that seemed to improve its efficiency.
5) You said you're going to go slow, but all of your posts on this site would indicate otherwise. You're setting up a second nano tank? You're buying new fish, clams and inverts?
You keep saying that you want to know what to do next, and we are trying our best to give you that information. Ronen even told you to call him and talk to him! Did you do that? The message that I am taking away from this thread is that you are not listening to the advice that you are soliciting.
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and wanting free fish from people. these are little animals and they deserve to live as well and dont use them as a "tester" for your tank. Want to test your water use water testers. You said you are testing your water but you are not telling us what your results are. Are you hidding something? and you forgot to test for phospate since you mention that you have brown algae growing all over your tank especially all over your sand. REALLY slow down.
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