Question on Bristle Worms

On 2 Jul 2004 21:26:23 -0700, (Rick) wrote:


A reef tank is based on its inverts, both micro and macro worms, snails,
crabs.

I also have a 55 gal fish tank so all the crabs-snails starfish ect
where put in that tank during the treatment. There is still alot of
green alge in the 125 gal tank so I dont think the snails and crabs
will starve not that there back home.

Various bacteria's also help to balance out the system. As for the
nitrobacter and nitrosomonas this medication will not interfer with
the biological filteratio

because now its very possible you are now the proud owner of DEAD
rock. I dont think its that bad.

There was no build up of ammonia or nitrite, and even if there was
alot of die off on the live rock I will toss it and just go buy some
premium marshel island. Do i need to replace some or all it or ?

Rick,

I would keep it. Even if the chemical has killed all of the surface
invertibrates, as long as it does not contain copper, bacteria will
recolonize the rock fairly quickly. If you are going to buy new rock,
use the present stuff as base-rock. It is too expensive to dump it.
Anyway, best wishes for your set-up.

Regards, Fishnut.

Adding chemicals to your tank is very rarely going to help your fish.
NExt time someting is wrong just start doing water changes with clean
SW, as large a percentage change as possible at a time. Until you have
asked here (or somewhere else that usually gives reliable info, (not the
LFS)) just stick to changing water. A lot of times this is your only
option anyway.
I'm sorry if I came off wrong but I just wanted to stress the importance
of not adding medications except as a very last resort, and even then
more than one source should recomend the treatment and explain why it
will help and the side effects of the particular products use.
I have not added more than Kalk and Baking soda to my tank for many many
years and change maybe
50% of my water per year. I found dosing some of this and some of that
made the levels of what I test go all over the shop.
Since throwing all the useless additives and medications out my tank has
gone ahead really well.
There us no magic cures, some look attractive short term but in the long
run it's the cause of the problem that needs to be addressed not the effect.
Simon

Rick wrote:

YW. You have definitely done more harm than good. I dont think so?

The medication will not effect the Bio filteration system. I had no
ammonia spike 0%

Ask first next time, it's probably too late to do anything about it
now

1.To late to do what? Whats anything?

2.If you had an infestation of Ich and a severe bacterial infection
and lost 90% of fish in your tank within a couple of days. What would
you have done different?

The fish all look healthy swiming/eating and then all of a sudden they
die the within days of each other one by one.