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[Tucunare]

tri sulfa works well, in reef and fish only tanks.
golden why dont you consider some less aggressive and better looking (in my opinion) damsels, like talbots, roughly the same price ($8-$9) and you get some extra colour. chromis are nice and all but in a tank with rock only id be inclined to go for colour in the fish so from your list maybe talbots (damsels), fire clowns or gold stripe maroons, and drop the scopas for a yellow or purple tang, same fish though heaps more colour. or as sam said golden eyes Koles are nice as are blond lipsticks or chevrons (if you can find one).
can i also suggest seen as your not having a skimmer work on a good ground crew, hermits, urchins, snails this will ensure anything that could cause high levels will be kept to a minimum, bi colour or golden goats are great for keeping the sand nice and white and adding colour.
sorry to rave on but another fav of mine are fairy wrasse, brilliant colour range and nice and peaceful.

[golden_dase]

Thanks for your great advice re: stock. I'll keep that in mind when I shop for the first few fish!

By the way Tucunare, are you able to pm me a list of your fish for sale?

Cheers
Kevin!

[Tucunare]

i can get whatever you want, give me your list and ill give you the prices

[joop]

in fresh water you rais the temp but in salt u lower it to deture itch well thats what i was taught
but to treet i use f/w baths ( 3 ltrs of filterd fresh water and 1ltr of tank water for 5 minutes 1s every day until gone) or in severe cases formalin baths are verry good ( formalin is VERY dangerouse to people so wear gloves and a mask) but if it spreads to ur other
fish then all hell breks loose n ur best bet is to use copper
well thats how i learnt to treat it

[dazzabozza]

Gday Kevin

It has been just over 1 month since you set up this tank and now your converting back to freshwater. Like to share your experiences with keeping marines with us??


Dazza

[dragonkeeper]

Gday Kevin

It has been just over 1 month since you set up this tank and now your converting back to freshwater. Like to share your experiences with keeping marines with us??


Dazza

[golden_dase]

Sure! Ever since setting up the tank, I have NOT used a skimmer (even though I have one ready), nor did I use a sump, and also used standard T8 (normal fluoro) lighting. And you know what? Fishes are healthy and corals are blooming!

So yeah... marine tanks can be set-up without all the "extras". I'm not saying that it will work for everyone, but based on what i've done and seen, my set-up was doing well!

[Neakit]

1 month doesn't show success. I have water changes once a month on my marine. sure you can do what you have done, it has been done before and in some cases with more "primitive" equipment. Im not having a go at you, just expressing my opinion.

[golden_dase]

1 month doesn't show success. I have water changes once a month on my marine. sure you can do what you have done, it has been done before and in some cases with more "primitive" equipment. Im not having a go at you, just expressing my opinion.

Like I said... it MIGHT not work for everyone.

[dazzabozza]

It'll probably work for most ppl I reckon, u'd have to be pretty unlucky to experience losses within a month. To notice a decline in health in that time period would be pretty difficult too. Coral and fish can show fairly quick signs of their mood etc but long-term exposure to an environment that they are not suited to may produce different results.

It's kinda like saying a cichlid can survive in a marine environment indefinitely based on the fact that a few glasses of saltwater were added within a short-period of time and the fish looked healthy. (Sorry but had to add that one in there )

Tis a shame ur taking down ur tank. Would've like to watch its progress and see some pics etc.


Dazza

[golden_dase]

It'll probably work for most ppl I reckon, u'd have to be pretty unlucky to experience losses within a month. To notice a decline in health in that time period would be pretty difficult too. Coral and fish can show fairly quick signs of their mood etc but long-term exposure to an environment that they are not suited to may produce different results.

It's kinda like saying a cichlid can survive in a marine environment indefinitely based on the fact that a few glasses of saltwater were added within a short-period of time and the fish looked healthy. (Sorry but had to add that one in there )

Tis a shame ur taking down ur tank. Would've like to watch its progress and see some pics etc.


Dazza

hahaha Dazza, you funny bugger!


You make me feel guilty now....

[golden_dase]

Dazza..

Just so you know, I'm keeping the marine set up... and i promise to post pics of it after re-arranging it again.

I'll post next few days or so. (promise!) LOL!

Cheers
Kevin.