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I think there was a thread on reef central that was about getting rid of marine ick and it was geared towards husbandry and use of a q.t. the long and short of it was that once introduced it took a great deal of care and time to get rid of.

I was checking out the pacific aquarium site, there is a link on the group order thread, and they have a pretty informative section called reef school. It had a section about uv so I'm just pasting it here for you. Hope it helps. UV Sterilizers Another method of water purification that became popular at that time and is still used today is UV light purification. The basic theory is that water is passed through a glass tube that is surrounded by UV lamps that destroy organic matter. It seems like a great idea in theory. Problem is that soon the glass tube becomes coated with debris and film and then the UV light can not penetrate to the water and thus never actually cleans the water. Also, the size UV system that would be needed would have to be massive to really have any real effect, not practical for most home aquariums. These units are often sold for fish parasite control, but again the same applies here, the tube becomes coated and not much is accomplished. And, typically not all of the parasites will be in the water column so even if the kill rate of the UV was 100%, which it is not in most units, the parasite may never be in the water column so it will never be exposed to UV anyway. My personal advise after testing and using UV units for many years is to save your money and don’t bother with one, it will do little more than lighten your wallet and give you a false sense of security unless you can afford a very large unit.

LiLs, the macro algae is uses the "bad" nutrients like nitrogen and phosphates to grow so it helps your tank by using those up before the dreaded green hair or bryopsis can. You'll use nori or seaweed from the lfs to feed your tangs.

I kept my last set as emergency back-ups as they were only 4 months old, they aren't the best but you are welcome to use one for a while. LMK

shoot Mama a pm and ask her what she sold me yesterday cause the stuff is the bombdiggity! I thought I had diatoms, it's what they looked like but whatever Mama told me to use started breaking up the stuff already and the tank looks great.

Mama does know! Thanks so much for the advice yesterday! That stuff is working on my cyano like nobody's business. You are a rockstar!!!!!

I've got red. What type o zoa's?

What's GFO?

If you get stuck with a bucket I'll take it off your hands. LMK

It was nice meeting you all. Thanks, I love my new coral!

and your opinion is right in my opinion

could you post a pic of the sump and it's size. I'm interested.

could you post a pic of the sump and it's size. I'm interested.

Can I get one from you next weekend?

how about a lemon/lime zoa frag for the sixline?

I don't think it would work but I don't A) think it's the dumbest question of the year and 2) that it would necessarily hurt the tank so have at it and let us know. Now for something that is a soft hold, that miracle putty holds very weakly. I bought a three pack and would trade you a frag for one if you want to try it.

I've got some red digi I'd trade you.

Can I let it grow and pick it up at the may meeting?

Congrats! You've wanted that guy for a while.

How's your Puffer? Thank you again for the group buy and keeping my critters for me. I hope your fish gets better.

I can just see Kasey drooling as he posted. You wouldn't find a better home for it Mike!

Where do you find black egg crate?

yeppers

I've got some lunar eclipse, rings of jupiter, lemon/lime zoas, dragon eye zoas and blue paly's pm me your email and I'll send you pics I would like to trade for both

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