hahahahaha, ain;t that the truth. One will run a tank at lowest
parameters of temp and SG and cal etc and state they have excellent
results, another will run it at max parameters and then there are
those that go well over or well below and have good results. Allyo
ucan do is experiiment and make notes. Its easy to start off with a sg
of say 1.023 and increase it over a period of time and observe.
NO harm wil be done if its done slowly to allow acclimation and to
allow time for any changes to affect the tank and see its results,
thus inticing the next increase or decrease.

As to oarasites, I QT all new inhabitants, and remove any problematic
fish and treat in a QT tank not in the DT tank. If say fish in DT
acquired Ich, then that DT wiol be emptied of fish or anyhtng that can
get Ich for at least 6 weeks or more and fish treated in QT. Give the
DT a chance to die off of Ich bugs before I reintroduce fish back to
it. I only put calcium sup ( B-Ionic 2 part) or Seachem Reef Calcium
and food in my DT nothing else.

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:32:08 -0500, KurtG
wrote:

TheRock wrote:
Why so worried about parasites ?
They make medicine for that...
http://www.bigalsonline.com/BigAlsUS...l0/medications

Not worried about parasites, but I am concerned about salinity levels.
There's lots of conflicting information.



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