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I've sat and stared at my sump for hours... " sleep deprivation," with " "" " but it's mind blowing thinking about everything. I like the wierd little worms and hydroid looking things.... sponges and ball anemonies
How fast does beneficial bacteria sets ? Does seachem matrix come already seating with any bacteria? What to do if we are in a rush for an ich outbreak? Won’t have time to dose turbo start ?
@@MergulhoDoJoey Seachem Matrix does not come with bacteria. You have to “seed” it with live nitrifying bacteria. Unfortunately, this is not an instantaneous thing so I recommend keeping up with water changes until your biofilter kicks in. Use the Seachem ammonia alert badge and watch how the fish are acting to let you know when it’s time to do another water change.
Are halichoeres chrysus and Paracheilinus lineopunctatus with pseudocheilinops ataenia okay to keep together in a 5ft x 2ft x 2ft with blue green chromis, banggli cardinalfish, diamond goby, threadfin cardinals, and multibar Angelfish. The common clownfish and multibar Angel and banggli cardinalfish are tank Bred.
@@kristinabarkovic4525 Unfortunately, I don’t know the answer to this. I’ve only experimented on treating saltwater flukes with H2O2. It doesn’t kill them all.
I will be utilizing one tank as I don’t have space so I’m going through quarantine as we speak with copper for 30 days then I would like to do almost 100% water change and observe for the next two weeks. My question is there is a slight bit of copper present shouldn’t be a big deal? Also, do I have to replace matrix to control ammonia every time I do a water change also, can I get away without doing a water change for the whole 30 days using prime from seachem?
A little bit of copper leftover is no big deal. Once your bio media (Matrix) is seeded with live nitrifying bacteria, it should be good to go until you break down the QT & clean everything. Whether or not you have enough nitrifying bacteria in the QT for continuous ammonia control (for your specific bio load) is an open-ended question. So, I highly recommend monitoring ammonia with a Seachem ammonia alert badge and do a water change anytime the color shows something other than yellow.
@@HumblefishReef hey, can I finish the copper treatment on 2 weeks or should I go for the full 30 days? The fish have been great and no more signs of disease. What thinking is doing 4 weeks of observation and when I remove the copper do API general cure treatment.
@@MergulhoDoJoey 2 weeks ONLY if you can transfer the fish into a different observation tank. Otherwise, if you only have 1 QT to work with… treat for a full 30 days.
@@ReefHead Depends on the fish. Most species will only display mild symptoms (occasional scratching) of Uronema, if any at all. However, chromis & anthias will most likely experience outbreaks (red sores) quickly.
@@HumblefishReef Okay thanks for the information. I have a couple of Chromis in my display tank for over 3-4 months now with no signs of anything (look completely healthy). But I was worrying after reading a bunch on Uronema that they could be carriers.
@@TonELowq Unfortunately, peroxide probably has no usage against Ich. You may be thinking of “Hybrid” TTM: humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/hybrid-ttm-to-treat-more-parasites.87/ However, with that protocol it’s the transfers that eliminate Ich. The 2x H2O2 baths eliminate velvet and brook.
@@ZhiTey 6 weeks works if you can maintain a temperature of 27C/81F. Read this: humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/coral-invert-quarantine-time-frames.487/
Hey. How do j know if my chromis group (currently in quarantine) are euronema free? I had a few die from euronema but for the past few days the rest are good with no lesions. How do I know if they are good if some of the group was dying off from it a few days ago Thanks
@@MathewB-d7w If some with red sores have already died, odds are the entire lot is infected with Uronema and needs to be treated. Read this: humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/us-vs-uronema.15259/
@@MathewB-d7w I would dose formalin every 24 hours for 2 weeks: humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/formalin.19/ That is more of a sure thing for clearing Uronema than using metro.
You are an asset to all marine fish keepers. When ICH falls off fish would the hydrogen peroxide be effective at killing it during that free swim phase?
@@hoohaaa0 I actually don’t think that peroxide is effective for killing Ich theronts, because the cell wall is too thick. A more realistic expectation is that H2O2 can eliminate Marine Velvet Disease and Brooklynella.
Hey, for ich and velvet, would you say TTM is better than dosing a quarantine tank with copper power at 2.5 for 4 weeks? I would much rather do the ttm now that I watched this vid, plz let me know
@@HumblefishReef thank you very much for the response. I’m going to switch over to the hybrid TTM. I have a follow-up question Since I can’t use biological filtration, my ammonia will be spiking up (I have a group of 10 damsels in a 10 gal here). of course I’m going to follow the water changes schedule, however would you say it’s completely fine to just dose prime every single day to keep ammonia down? It wouldn’t be too much prime if I use it every day?
@@HumblefishReef can I daily dose it into a quarantine tank with copper (I wouldn’t be doing ttm for this tank, only changing about 50 percent at a time). Im worried prime or ammonia breakdown will build up. What do you think Sorry for all the questions
@@Dbfyoutube You can mix Prime with chelated copper e.g. Copper Power or Coppersafe. But NOT Cupramine because ammonia reducers will turn that form of copper toxic.
Thanks for the information, new subscriber. My betta is lethargic and my tiny Tera’s have tiny little white spots. I had 4 cat fish and one died last week. I have a snail and two shrimp but I have not seen the pregnant shrimp one again for a week. Hope it alive. 👏😍
longnose butterfly? OH NO! Please dont get them. yes they survive. yes they eat. but NO they are not tank appropriate! they simply go crasy in confinment, constantly pasing from side to side in frustration. its painfull to watch. even in a 2.5 meter long tank my friend has it was the same. a fish that should be left at the ocien as it cannot be happy in a tank.
just wanted to tell u that i love u guys. not specifically this video but what u do and how u do it. u are truly special. transparancy is so rare and so important. i am unable to buy fish from u because i am from the other end of the world, so all i can do is learn from u and LIKE u.
Question, i picked up a whole qt "kit" on fb with tank, hob filter, heaters and tons of meds (maij reason for buying) and turns out most of it is sealed BUT expired. Should i ask for my money back or can i still safely use the meds?
@@KillaKlownFPV831 Copper doesn’t really expire, but anything else will likely have reduced potency after the expiration date. Still usable, but not always effective.
? for you. I lost all but one fish (bar goby) to velvet. I did 40 days QT like you mentioned before adding fish to my DT. The fish were great for 3 months and I broke down my QT tank. Days later, I added corals and snails. Within days, my fish started dropping and within a week, only the goby was left. My reef is fully loaded and there is no way to break it down to get that goby, who never got velvet. What am I to do? I’m thinking of waiting 3 months, doing a QT for 30 days fallow (except for the goby)on new fish and adding to see if it works. What’s your thoughts?
Some of what he's saying is just not true - pharma grade absolutely IS different it is NOT just a "marketing ploy." It meets higher chemical purity standards and has a certificate of analysis from the FDA. Food grade does not meet nearly as stringent purity requirements and the FDA classifies it as "generally safe." Whether it's good enough is a separate question, but to say that pharmaceutical grade ingredients is nothing more than some sort of ploy or marketing trick is absolutely incorrect.
I get what you're saying, I will agree it does tend to hold to a higher standard, however we will agree to disagree on how much the use of Pharma by reefing companies is used to communicate quality vs marketing hype. My opinion is it's far more marketing to raise prices. If you review the msds sheets on VitaCal (Mississippi lime or their 'pharma') you'll see that the things that matter are effectively just as good. but i appreciate your view.
If you are wanting to treat in-tank (NOT a bath) then I would follow dosing instructions outlined here: humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/peroxide-h2o2-dosing-for-parasites-in-reef-tank.725/
Ive tried several ways of stopping ich from entering my tank and this method is the only way that works. Ive now quarantined 3 sets of fish and havent lost one. Thank you thank you thank you
Thank you for these great videos. I want to ask regarding meditation during quarantine. Would you recommend to do all following: freshwater bath, hydrogen peroxide bath and then 14 day copper treatment with 14 day in observation tank? Thanks in advance. Armen.
dinos are not worth things, keep on reefing, they are just ugly to look at. My NO3 Po4 was never at zero, still LCA and SCA. I had to blow off my sand daily. I have tried everything for 1.5 years.
No, a freshwater dip is only needed to check for skin flukes and provides some temporary relief. You don’t need to do a freshwater dip if you are going to treat with Prazipro.
Only ever had dinos bloom once, did big syphon as much as possible with a water change, then complete blackout ( covered the tank in cardboard sheets) 3 days, then dosed Dino X exactly as the manufacurers instructions. Dinos never became a visible problem anymore, no more blooms. I have no idea why this worked but it did.
Man Dino’s are rough. I got them when everything dropped to zero. I thrown everything at it. I never used a microscope. But for me I siphoned into a filter sock every 2 or 3 days added bacteria and raised my nutrients up. In 2 or 3 months I beat them. There is Dino x but it has really mixed reviews. But on the positive side the Dino’s did kill my Vermetidae snails 😂 Good luck man you got this. Good and bad comes and goes in this hobby. You got this!
I got brave enough to get a Scopas Tang (I’m scared of tangs, because they’re parasite magnets) from my LFS, which said it had been there 3 months! I didn’t quarantine (lesson learned), and all was going well for a couple weeks. Maria De Scopas (I named her a mix of Spanish and the Latin to say “broom of the sea” 😊) was eating very well. I had just gotten her to start eating sheet nori. Skittish, but doing well. Then boom… my world was rocked. I saw spots. I was hoping sand. Next day, more spots, but no one else was affected. The next day, she’s worse and Emo Nemo, my Darwin Clown, is in really bad shape! So fast… from nothing to covered in a day. Yeah, a grown 45 year old man ugly cried! Google brought me to your site, and I read and read. I did the H2O2 dip for 30 min, as per instructions. I’m starting dosing on the tank immediately! I don’t know what the outcome will be, as Emo is struggling. But if I save just one fish… I owe you big time! Thank you so much for all the research and time you put into this. I really thought I was going to lose everything, as soon as I realized it was velvet. I haven’t read much that was inspiring about copper and QT with velvet. You gave me, Maria de Scopas (Scopas Tang), Princess Picasso (Picasso Clown), Emo Nemo (Darwin Clown), and Pixie Rasmussen (Fairy Wrasse) hope! Thank you again for that. Corals don’t seem to be ill affected, according to everything I’ve read… especially since they’ve all received H2O2 dips in the beginning… but I’d gladly trade one or two for my fish family.
Clearly doing something wrong if he has to break down multiple tanks due to being overgrown by algae. 🤣🤡 Humble fish sure is a funny forum, I delete my account and then you silly guys say you banned me. This clown says Jake Adam’s didn’t know how to grow coral and this is what you’re working with? LMAO👎👎
