FarmerTy Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 might as well pull the fish, sand, rock, silicone and glass out of your tank while you are at itDo they sell clear plasti-dip? Maybe I can just dip everything in it to preserve everything and that way I won't ever get any pests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 (edited) I found the perfect solution for you Ty. And look! You can even have a disease proof 'Dory fish' without ruining the reefs! Who would have known having a beautiful and resilient aquarium could be so cheap and easy. Leave it to Ty to make things difficult... Edited June 17, 2016 by Gig 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 I found the perfect solution for you Ty. And look! You can even have a disease proof 'Dory fish' without ruining the reefs! Who would have known having a beautiful and resilient aquarium could be so cheap and easy. Leave it to Ty to make things difficult... Do you think the color will fade if I QT them for 76 days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I would just dip them in a UV resistant resin to make sure they last a long time without losing their rich colors 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 I swapped out some phosphate bound rock from my frag tank this morning for my newly cycled dry rock I bought a couple weeks ago. I'll give it a week and then swap the other half and hopefully my phosphate woes in the frag tank will be over soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Oh man, I just looked at a calendar and realized that my fish get to go back into the tank in 3 weeks! [emoji3] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh man, I just looked at a calendar and realized that my fish get to go back into the tank in 3 weeks! [emoji3] Lucky you...I hate looking at a fishless tank...I have 7 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh man, I just looked at a calendar and realized that my fish get to go back into the tank in 3 weeks! [emoji3]Lucky you...I hate looking at a fishless tank...I have 7 weeks. If you aren't keeping an achilles or PBT, I say toss everyone back in. Unless you just want to go full ich-free from now on. Good, healthy fish will get over ich readily. Honestly, if I wasn't trying to keep both and also keep a large fish population, I wouldn't even bother with ich free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh man, I just looked at a calendar and realized that my fish get to go back into the tank in 3 weeks! [emoji3]Lucky you...I hate looking at a fishless tank...I have 7 weeks. If you aren't keeping an achilles or PBT, I say toss everyone back in. Unless you just want to go full ich-free from now on. Good, healthy fish will get over ich readily. Honestly, if I wasn't trying to keep both and also keep a large fish population, I wouldn't even bother with ich free. Oh dare you temp me!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh man, I just looked at a calendar and realized that my fish get to go back into the tank in 3 weeks! [emoji3]Lucky you...I hate looking at a fishless tank...I have 7 weeks. If you aren't keeping an achilles or PBT, I say toss everyone back in. Unless you just want to go full ich-free from now on. Good, healthy fish will get over ich readily. Honestly, if I wasn't trying to keep both and also keep a large fish population, I wouldn't even bother with ich free. Oh dare you temp me!!!! That's all I do sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh man, I just looked at a calendar and realized that my fish get to go back into the tank in 3 weeks! [emoji3]Lucky you...I hate looking at a fishless tank...I have 7 weeks. If you aren't keeping an achilles or PBT, I say toss everyone back in. Unless you just want to go full ich-free from now on. Good, healthy fish will get over ich readily. Honestly, if I wasn't trying to keep both and also keep a large fish population, I wouldn't even bother with ich free. Oh dare you temp me!!!! That's all I do sir! You trying to get everybody to assimilate to the FarmerTy methods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh man, I just looked at a calendar and realized that my fish get to go back into the tank in 3 weeks! [emoji3]Lucky you...I hate looking at a fishless tank...I have 7 weeks. If you aren't keeping an achilles or PBT, I say toss everyone back in. Unless you just want to go full ich-free from now on. Good, healthy fish will get over ich readily. Honestly, if I wasn't trying to keep both and also keep a large fish population, I wouldn't even bother with ich free. Oh dare you temp me!!!! That's all I do sir! You trying to get everybody to assimilate to the FarmerTy methods?I thought about that the other day. I was like... I don't think I know one person that runs their system like mine and doesn't do water changes either. I guess everyone realizes you have to be a little crazy to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceman Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh man, I just looked at a calendar and realized that my fish get to go back into the tank in 3 weeks! [emoji3]Lucky you...I hate looking at a fishless tank...I have 7 weeks. If you aren't keeping an achilles or PBT, I say toss everyone back in. Unless you just want to go full ich-free from now on. Good, healthy fish will get over ich readily. Honestly, if I wasn't trying to keep both and also keep a large fish population, I wouldn't even bother with ich free. Oh dare you temp me!!!! That's all I do sir! You trying to get everybody to assimilate to the FarmerTy methods? DO IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Oh man, I just looked at a calendar and realized that my fish get to go back into the tank in 3 weeks! [emoji3]Lucky you...I hate looking at a fishless tank...I have 7 weeks. If you aren't keeping an achilles or PBT, I say toss everyone back in. Unless you just want to go full ich-free from now on. Good, healthy fish will get over ich readily. Honestly, if I wasn't trying to keep both and also keep a large fish population, I wouldn't even bother with ich free. Oh dare you temp me!!!! That's all I do sir! You trying to get everybody to assimilate to the FarmerTy methods? DO IT! Is this what they call "peer pressure"?????? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christyef Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Ty, from what u said today the (fancy name for ich) can be in/on the substrate and rock dormant for awhile... Have you been agitating the sand to make sure they all get into the sterilizer? Is that even necessary? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Ty, from what u said today the (fancy name for ich) can be in/on the substrate and rock dormant for awhile... Have you been agitating the sand to make sure they all get into the sterilizer? Is that even necessary? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hey Christy, A graphic would probably be more helpful in this explanation since I tend to get wordy and babble. No stirring needed as it would not be beneficial. The UV sterilizer will only be effective on the theront and free swimming trophont stages. It is not effective against the encysted tomont stage or attached trophont stage. Technically, the tomont stage can be dormant for up to 72 days in one study, though they believe that was due to the colder temperatures of the study. Otherwise, 35 days was the max of all the other studies. So, yes, a tomont can be attached to a coral, snail, or anything else you bring into the tank and technically "hatch" up to 35 days... or if you want to be safe... 72 days later (If you believe that their study wasn't a fluke from the cold water and that there are truly ich variants that can encyst for that long). [emoji53] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christyef Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 But if u have invertebrates stirring up your sand and tomonts (trophont?) are on top, then in veritably they also will be stirred under. Not trying to be argumentative... Jst curious Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christyef Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 But if u have invertebrates stirring up your sand and tomonts (trophont?) are on top, then in veritably they also will be stirred under. Not trying to be argumentative... Jst curious Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 But if u have invertebrates stirring up your sand and tomonts (trophont?) are on top, then in veritably they also will be stirred under. Not trying to be argumentative... Jst curious Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That is a possibility but that's also assuming they don't form encysted tomonts on the rocks (which is their more preferable substrate if I understand correctly). Even just one tomont "hatches" and hundreds of new ich theronts will be looking to infect your fish for the next generation. Ideally, you may make some impact stirring the stand but I don't see it as a viable alternative to quell ich populations in a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christyef Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 [emoji37]. I have a "dory", but think I'll steer clear of anymore fish susceptible to ich..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 [emoji37]. I have a "dory", but think I'll steer clear of anymore fish susceptible to ich..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Luckily in a healthy environment, Dory tends to get over the ich. It's the achilles and powder blue tang in my opinion that rarely get over ich and then take the tank down with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 Just for fun: https://youtu.be/H5MjjaTU3K4 I apologize for the overly blue video but I haven't figured out how to take good pictures/video of the tank under the new lighting yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 That's pretty cool! What kind of coral is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 ORA Chips acro and Silverbullet Prostrata... but my wife calls them all sticks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 22, 2016 Author Share Posted June 22, 2016 The video is all blued and dull for some reason. Here's what my ORA Chips looks like in a photo. Here's the prostata. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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