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here are the links to the products i was talking about
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=16809

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...m?pcatid=11269

Originally Posted by pepper'scove

Joe,

Im pretty sure the OP can only do that in a quarantine tank, right? There are corals in the tank. Although it would be cool to learn that there was a treatment that could be applied in a reef tank. Please give more details, even if the OP isn't curious, I am!!

actually the product stop parasite is reef safe and so is melafix

Joe,

Im pretty sure the OP can only do that in a quarantine tank, right? There are corals in the tank. Although it would be cool to learn that there was a treatment that could be applied in a reef tank. Please give more details, even if the OP isn't curious, I am!!

looks like it to me, could be sand like cyano said. my mandarin will occasionally get some sand stuck on him. anyways if you think its ich you can used what i got rid of my ich with. i used a combination of a product called stop parasite, melafix, and garlic boost. spots went away in a few days and i continued treatment as directed. hope this helps -joe

It's a little hard to say but to me it looks like there is a lot of sand or other loose particles floating around in the tank that may be getting stuck to the fish. I Have heard of people adding the garlic extract (from the fish store not the grocery store) to the fish food and seemingly helping with ich. If you do set up a quarantine tank first we would have to know how many fish are actually infected and go from there. Please keep in mind though that chasing the fish around to catch them will stress them out and may cause it to get worse before it gets better. If all of your fish seem to have it though if it was me I wouldn't remove any of them and would be more likely to make sure there is nothing stressing them out (chasing them) and make sure that all of them are eating well and healthy. Garlic will encourage eating and seeing as you have some tangs and angels in there you should already be feeding them sea weed for their immune system and continued good health.

A few questions for you would be how long has the tank been set up? How big is the tank? have there been any new additions lately? have your water parameters fluctuated dramatically or do they stay pretty stable? also do you have a goby that sifts the sand at all (if so that would explain the sand stirring around in the water column?)

Melev's Reef will have a booth filled with RO/DI goods, and acrylic wares. Be sure to stop by and say Hi!

On the Fort Worth side, I shop at Frank's Tanks and Fish2morow.
On the Dallas side, typically I head over to Fish Gallery but I've not been there in a while. Dallas North Aquarium is beautiful, definitely worth a visit but pricing can be pretty high.

See you Saturday!

the tank looks great!

Here's a picture taken a couple weeks ago. I'm still working on getting some uploaded to photobucket. Hopefully I have uploaded the photo correctly.
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I haven't taken measurements yet but I'm pretty sure that there is plenty room under the tank for a sump. So now I will start reading up on sumps and overflow boxes. I do have a friend here locally who has a large tank and sump and I will pick their brains about their setup.

Thanks a bunch for the input. I've gotta go do some aquarium maintenance and then get started on some sump and overflow box research.

Hey AudraMurphy, welcome to Reef Addicts!

omg if my church had a reef tank id be there every sunday rather than just christmas and easter lol!

i cant wait to see some pics. may i suggest you upgrade the skimmer before the lights, my reason for saying this is, if you have powerful lights and not so great water your just going to end up with a bad case of algea, if you were to upgrade the skimmer first i believe your much better off...but then again if you dont have a sump there really isnt anywhere for a proper skimmer to go...hmmm

a sump is definitly nothing to fear, you just have to makesure if the power goes out your sump can hold all the water that will drain from the plumbing and from the overflows water level. because your tank is alreasy setup it will be harder to add a sump, you can use an overflow box or you can drain part of the tank and drill it then install a simple overflow box, im sure you can find a local reefer who feels confident enough to do it for you.

Welcome to Reef Addicts Audra, sounds like a nice setup. When you get a chance post some pictures so we can see what you're working on. Again, Welcome to Reef Addicts, we look forward to hearing more from you.