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Post by lindsey1984 on Jan 14, 2013 16:10:26 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum Connor! What area are you from? I wish I could help you a bit more, but im brand new to this too. I'm sure everyone on here will tell you what you need to know, they're all really awesome but I just wanted to say hello and welcome!  |
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Post by lindsey1984 on Jan 14, 2013 17:05:11 GMT -5
Photobucket is the BEST way to upload pics. Once you upload them to that site you can copy the IMG code and paste it in your message box. If you put it on your display pic you cant click on it to make it bigger. You're in a great spot being in portland because you're pretty much in the middle of all of the regulars on this site that sell/swap livestock and they've got some GREAT stuff! Either way welcome to the group! Everyone on here is SUPER nice and extremely helpful!
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jan 14, 2013 17:11:09 GMT -5
I wouldn't bother with a UV sterilizer. Keep a healthy low stress tank and you'll never need one.
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Post by lindsey1984 on Jan 14, 2013 17:54:11 GMT -5
what is a sterilizer anyways? Like how does it work? Ive always kinda wondered
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Post by scoobnoob on Jan 14, 2013 18:11:15 GMT -5
It puts water through a tube with UV light to kill bad stuff in the water. The issue I see with one is you can't control what goes through it so it could kill beneficial stuff as well as bad so I've avoided them all 5 years in the hobby. I think a good R/O DI filter so you get good water to start is enough but that's my opinion. I'm curious to see who else has one and what they report, I'm just giving my opinion and there are a million right ways to set up a tank. Welcome to the forum.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Jan 14, 2013 22:19:36 GMT -5
Never had a QT setup and I probably never will. I never buy a fish if I can see anything wrong with it. Once in a blue moon I'll see a few dots of ick on my hippo tangs but it lasts all of a few hours to a day at most. I also keep 4 cleaner shrimp and a low stress healthy environment so yea. I don't think they are a necessity but that's just me. I've been over six years without a QT setup.
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Post by seamonkey84 on Jan 15, 2013 2:03:52 GMT -5
A uv sterilizer may be a good idea to turn on if you have a problem and don't have a hospital tank. But hook it up before the refugium so the pods can make it to the tank without getting fried
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Post by connor1357 on Jan 15, 2013 13:12:05 GMT -5
thanks for all of your help based on your opinions ill think ill take it back and buy some cleaner shrimp. I have two before but they disappeared wasn't sure how. i thought they were molting but never saw them again. I do have a purple lobster who could have been the culprit. Im not sure
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Post by gotareef on Jan 15, 2013 15:20:51 GMT -5
I never have luck with shrimp my pistol shrimp eats them so I have a sharknose goby other cleaner gobys are yellow stripe,blue stripe
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