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I turned the skimmer off, and took the carbon filters out of the milleniums and my watchman goby died, and my chromis are sick and now in QT with copper. I need to make some serious tank set-up changes....I shouldn't even be running a hang on filter with a saltwater tank....I have no room for a sump....and suggestions for new tank equipment that would help improve my water quality are needed...#ed_op#BR#ed_cl#Are there any hang on sumps, or anything that would work well that i could use? Also, i've been using regular tap water and putting dechlor and salt for my water and i need a good freshwater purifier. So if you can help me with any of these things it would be greatly appreciated...
#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#Ok, Look for a CPR aquafuge hang on tank refugium. This will work well for you and provide natural filtration with Live Rock, Live Sand and Macro Algae (All sold seperately). It's a great place to gro pods that alot of your fish will eat as well.#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#Also, Kick Ich is a 50/50 shot at best. I just recently went through treatment with it and lost my Mandarinfish & the Coral Beauty Angel. The Angel was the only one that had ICH. None of my other fish ever showed signs of it. I will NOT use this again. In fact, I have 3/4 of a bottle I will sell if anyone wants it.#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#There is NO such thing as a Reef Safe Ich Cure! Quarantine any new fish for 4-6 weeks in a seperate QT tank and treat with Copper to be safe! Do NOT use copper on any inverts, Corals, Worms, Feather Dusters(worm) or crabs. This way you will never have to worry about getting ICH in your display tank!#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#I am very sorry about your losses. I wish I had seen this sooner to help you before this happened. Best thing to do now is tear down the reef, placing all your live rock in buckets of tank water until you can catch all the fish. Put them in a QT tank and treat with Copper. Rebuild your reef after you get the fish in QT and in 4-6 weeks the ICH in the Display tank will die not having a host (fish) to keep it alive.#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#It's alot of work but well worth it to save your animal friends.#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#Keri#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#