Paratore

There is a much more robust answer to your question Paratore, I will still keep my eye out for the article I was mentioning.

 

Thank Jman.

Quick Cure  is Malachite Green and Formalin. There are similar brands on the market with the same ingredients, such as Rid Ich.  Paragon and Paragon 2 are other brands of medication that worked well.  Most folks use copper sulfate, Coppercure or other similar meds for Cryptocaryon and Oodinium. I have used Metronidazole with good results for Cryptocaryon. So does Quinine Sulphate. Chloriquine is another option. Keep an eye on the ammonia, as it totally breaks down biological activity.

 

This article may be helpful http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-07/sp/feature/index.htm

 

Also, this list includes a lot of brand names and should be helpful in locating medications. http://www.feamane.org/pages/fish_meds.html

Thank you both for all of the informations! Would you guys recommend hypo salinity or copper? What are the pros and cons of both?

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Well now that I have your attention, I have two tangs in a quarantine tank (hippo tang and Yellow tang) and the hippo has ICK which means the other one isn't far behind. I have used Quick Cure before to cure fish of ick but I am about to run out in the next day or two and they discontinued the product. What medications do you guys recommend I use instead?

Thanks!!!

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And I believe there are 6 of em.

Paratore "Cody" Grow Out Tank Specs
System Specs.
Tank Size--   55 Gallon tank with a 15 gallon sump/refugium.
Flow-  1500 GPH return pump and one RW-8 Jabeo wave maker.
Filtration -   My sump/ skimmer is a CPR 195 it has a built in skimmer that is rated to 100 gallons. I also run two mesh bags of carbon and one bag of purigen. The second part of my filtration is a DIY 10 gallon refugium that has a 4" sand bed, rubble rock, and a ton of Cheato. I also have a powerhead in the rubble rock section to keep the water moving.  
Lighting-      Right now I am set up with two 150 watt 20K metal halides but will be upgrading to OR t247 LEDs soon.
Dosing-   I use a 2 part Calcium and Alkalinity from BRS and add magnesium when my levels need it.
I Feed-    I feed my fish New Life Spectrum and Prime Reef Flakes every day and my Corals get Reef Chili from BRS and Mysis Shrimps.

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 I have a number of montiporas hanging out in my tanks, what colors, types, sizes you looking for? 

I am looking for a wide range of montiporas, so I have not settled on any one type or color. I would love to get some diversity in the tank so I am open to all types, shapes, and colors. I do know that I would like to get some purple and orange color into the tank eventually though!

Right now I only have small frags of red monti cap, they are really just pieces that have broken off the main colony, but we could put them all on a rock and they'll grow together in no time. I'd be willing to pass them along for free if you're interested. I'm in corvallis, feel free to pm me if interested. I'm also willing to share advice, but badxgillen is the one to go to if you really need some solid advice!

Thank you! PM sent!

I am finally starting to venture out into the world of SPS! I am looking for some pieces of Monti to buy. I live in the corvallis area so if you are around here and have some monti frags you wouldn't mind parting with let me know!  Either shoot me a PM or comment. Thanks! 

Also, free advice on keeping SPS is always appreciated!! 

I can defiantly be there by then! PM me your address and a number to reach you at and I'll drop you a line before I head over! 

Nice! I will definitely have to prepare better for the next one so I can participate! 

I would also love to get a frag from you tomorrow if you are available! I will be in the portland area almost all day!

Thank you theclark for the feed back.  I might have to just observe this frag swap and see how it all works unless someone responds to this wanting me to bring something to trade. 

On another note, how often do these things happen?

Where are you located?

So this is my first ever Frag Swap so I was hopping you guys could answer some of my general questions. 

I am relatively new to the hobby and therefor do not have some of the higher end corals to trade. Are people generally only interested in the higher end stuff or a little bit of everything? 

For example some things I have are..

-Kiwi Zoas

-Eagle eye Zoas

-Armor of Gods

-Green Bay Packers

-Brown Star Polyps

-and some other zoa/polpys i don't know the name of and will attach pictures of.

Are people interested in the lower end stuff like this or should I just pass on bringing stuff to trade?

ill be at the meeting on sunday!!

I am still in!

Picked this coral up today but i have no idea what it is, does anyone recognize it?

Im in!

Welcome to the forum Cody! I just visited the OSU campus with my daughter this Friday! She wasn't sure if she was going to go there but after the visit she's really excited! Very good school! Makes me want to go back!

Thats awesome! I love OSU, its a blast here!

I am looking to add a DIY Auto top off to my system to help maintain constant salinity. I have heard of a few different ideas but I was wondering what you guys have found works for you? I am open to all ideas so please share what your set up is to help me figure out what will work best for my system. I have a 55 gallon tank with about a 20 gallon sump/refugium. 

Yes-I must confess, my name is RoBert or just Bert, but I believe we know each other already. I am sure I will see you around man, drop me a line when you want me to snap some thing off for ya.

We do know each other! Small world haha. 

Im not sure if they are AOG's or Devils armor because they have a more purple center. I have some AOG's and they are very pink, much different than the unknown purplish ones.

im also in school, just trying to hook up a fellow reefer:)! Where do u go to school?

 

 

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I go to Oregon State University! You?

This is definitely a good place to ask some questions if you have any, and your name sounds familiar, whereabouts are you located?

I'm from corvallis. your name looks familiar too. is your first name Robert?

Welcome Cody! If you make it back by April 12th, we have a Guest Speaker giving a presentation. Bob Fenner will be telling us about the Collecting Station he helped open in Fiji! We hope to see you there!

 

Jmanro- I will be back, and as long as my school schedule allows I would definitely love to come to that, it sounds pretty cool. Thank you for the invite!

nice to have you here! I switched from goldfish to reef lol! But once you start getting coral I got some frags for Ya!

 

 

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Mitrillion- I had a bunch of neon tetras and then switched lol! I will definitely have to hit you up for those frags once my tank is running nice and steady! That is very nice of you, thank you!

I am out of state right now but I will defiantly have to do that once i get back!