Help with algae

[Blizzard07]

Skimmer is either too little skim mate or too much it overflow.. but it is getting better. Not much algae has left. I keep some marine pure balls on top of coral chip in my sump tank.

Now focusing on nitrate/phosphate reduction.

[Zoaslover]

Bro need more info on your tank.
Tank size?
Number of livestocks?

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[Mike Stone]

I have the same experience with ich. From my understanding from other reefers just opinions that removing fishes with ich is dangerous. They got ich partly because of stress bringing them out will increase stress. The internet always say to bring it out and use copper to cure but maybe i just put in qurantine tank for too short only about 2 weeks. After i put back to main tank, it just died the next day happen to 3 fishes of mine.
They suggested me to buy food n drip garlic into food to build up the fish immune against the ich. If there is ich in main tank this probably means there is already ich in the tank very hard to remove all. My latest blue tang has ich the next day i intro to my main tank and i just use the above method to build its immune. Now the fish with me for few weeks with ich subsidies after one week n now no more ich.
Hope it helps.

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I quite agree with what you said, but my other experience also that when I don't remove the fish with lch, the eggs drop and reattached to other fishes and infect all the fishes.
My personal best belief now is that if I got fish with lch, I will put it in isolation on second properly set up tank with FOWLR set up. Than do what you suggested in garlic.


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[Mike Stone]

I have the same experience with ich. From my understanding from other reefers just opinions that removing fishes with ich is dangerous. They got ich partly because of stress bringing them out will increase stress. The internet always say to bring it out and use copper to cure but maybe i just put in qurantine tank for too short only about 2 weeks. After i put back to main tank, it just died the next day happen to 3 fishes of mine.
They suggested me to buy food n drip garlic into food to build up the fish immune against the ich. If there is ich in main tank this probably means there is already ich in the tank very hard to remove all. My latest blue tang has ich the next day i intro to my main tank and i just use the above method to build its immune. Now the fish with me for few weeks with ich subsidies after one week n now no more ich.
Hope it helps.

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I quite agree with what you said, but my other experience also that when I don't remove the fish with lch, the eggs drop and reattached to other fishes and infect all the fishes.
My personal best belief now is that if I got fish with lch, I will put it in isolation on second properly set up tank with FOWLR set up. Than do what you suggested in garlic.


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[Zoaslover]

I quite agree with what you said, but my other experience also that when I don't remove the fish with lch, the eggs drop and reattached to other fishes and infect all the fishes.
My personal best belief now is that if I got fish with lch, I will put it in isolation on second properly set up tank with FOWLR set up. Than do what you suggested in garlic.


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Yeah i think quarantine to works have to be longer period. Since you have successfully cure it, is it because you put them for a long time? Wish to learn too coz if this problem not solve will not dare to buy any expensive fish lol.

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[Mike Stone]

No, I am still learning too.


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[Blizzard07]

I heard that polylab medic can help cut the life cycle of ich during one of the lavae stage. I was about to use that but my ich disappeared miraculously. Now my blue tang has no ich at all in a super high nitrate water. I dont know what fixed that

[Mike Stone]

Be careful, no white spot may means lch went into 2nd phase. Got to monitor closely.


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[Mike Stone]

Polylab Medic is the only medicine that I know will not affect reef.
Now whenever I add new fishes to the tank, I will dose it 2 times per day for continuously 7 to 14 days as a precautionary measure.
It is basically H2O2 in a safe form, don't throw directly into the display tank as the fishes may eat it thinking it's food.


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[Blizzard07]

What is the symptoms of 2nd phase huh? Only thing i notice that my blue tang change its usual sleeping place. Used to sleep in between the live rocks. Now switch to the coral rack. After that ich disappeared.

[Mike Stone]

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ich.php
Read this especially for the 3 phases of Ich. Saltwater and freshwater Ich behaves the same.


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