Ryan W., .

I guess I misread and I apologize for misquoting. We do agree 100%... on this! . I guess I need to read a little slower next time.

geofish wrote: Carl - Is no-ich reef safe? I add garlic to their food but if I have another outbreak it would be nice to know what works and what doesn't if garlic isn't strong enough at the time. Thank you for the advice!

Yes, it is reef safe. I have had to use it twice and it really helped by providing an immediate reduction in the parasitic affects on the infected fish. I have seen no adverse effects on my corals.

Ryan, I completely agree that ich is directly reflective of a poor environmental condition. I disagree that it is always due to poor water parameters, but often this may be the case. Both times that my livestock's immune systems were lowered enough for ich to become apparent it was due to the stress of a move. Setting up a new tank or adding new fish to a system is a very traumatic experience for them and at times can contribute to lowered immune systems and susceptibility to ich.

Hence, I fully agree that a healthy tank is an ichless tank. But, just in case it is good to know that there is a bandaid available that can save your fish. JMO

Mark,

If I dont put an RDP on the 75 gallon - would it be enough to have two Emperors? On circulation in that tank - I have 2 powerheads and the soon to be (maybe) 2 filters and the skimmer - what else should I do?

On the other tank - since I cleaned out the pump - it is blowing a lot better and I added another powerhead - should that be okay on circulation? Down the road I will replace the pump but I am hoping it will be okay for now.

From what i understand (which isnt as much as I thought) all I need to do for the sump is take out all the bio-balls and add sand, light, etc. Is that about right?

I don't want to keep losing fish - not necessarily a money issue, more of a fish issue. I set up these tanks on the advice of someoone that I thought knew what he was doing but didnt. So thank you very much for helping me.

Ryan,

Thanks for the advice, I am not sure if the water quality was ever that bad. The water was on the green side and had a lot of particles floating around but I don't think it was bad enough to kill the fish. They both died yesterday and I had my water tested Friday and it was fine. When I put the first Angel in my Sailfin didnt like him very much so I put the Sailfin in the other tank but maybe the damage was already done. When Mark was here my corals were acting funny but after making the changes I made after he left they have been fine and my other fish are fine - I have a Powder Blue in there and I thought they were on the picky side when it comes to water quality. Like I have said I am new at this so any information I can get is very much appreciated 

What is your opinion on copper? I am not sure what happened so I am trying to go over everything so this doesnt happen again.

On the lighter side I also have a 75 gallon reef and my BTA split last night - my clowns are very happy they keep going back and forth