M-1 FInal

  1. microwatt/sec to eradiate protozoans
    • 90,000
    • 1 watt/5-7 gal
    • 10x wattage = flow
  2. treat (amly)oodinium, ich (cryptocaryon), brooklynella
    • copper
    • ionic copper passes through tissue easier
    • ich-x - reef safe
    • cupramine - partially ionic, less harsh
  3. plocoid colony corals
    • SPS
    • acropora
  4. phaceloid colony corals
    torch, hammer, dunkan
  5. meandroid colony corals
    elegance, bubble coral
  6. cerioid colony corals
    brain, favias, lobos
  7. Questions when selling marine fish
    • Diet?
    • Behavior?
    • Compatibility?
    • Disease?
    • Reef?
    • UV?
  8. Reef Equipment
    • live rock/water flow
    • lighting
    • protein skimmer
    • UV
  9. FOWLR Equipment
    • live rock/water flow
    • UV
    • protein skimmer
  10. Fish only Equipment
    • wet dry
    • UV
    • protein skimmer
  11. flabello-meandrois colony corals
    welsie, elegance
  12. Dipneuran
    lungfish
  13. Crossopterygiian
    coelacanth
  14. Bracchiopterygian
    birchers, polypterus
  15. Holostei
    bowfins
  16. Chondrostei
    sturgeons
  17. Advice for anemone keeping
    • fed right food
    • water flow/quality
    • good lighting
    • not nano reef (min 30 gal)
    • aged auariums (3-6 months)
    • good skimming
  18. Advice for adding live rock
    • turn lights off 1 week (cultures faster in dark, enhances curing)
    • rinse in tank water
    • test water
    • 1lb per gallon
    • add rock to conditioned, salted water
    • buy cleaning crew
  19. Chemistry:
    salinity
    pH
    calcium
    magnesium
    alkalinity
    • salinity - 1.022-1.025
    • pH - 8.2-8.4
    • Ca - 400-450
    • Mg - 1200-1400
    • KH - 7-15
  20. Bifuran/QC dips treats...
    uronema, finn deterioration, lymph, hemorages
  21. Oodinuim
    • raised haze on side of fish
    • easy to see on eyes
    • ask: behavior? eating? hiding? increased breathing? hemoraging?
  22. Uronema
    • blotchyness, patchyness on crowns
    • hard to cure
    • poor packing, poor water
  23. Brooklynella
    • clowns
    • white haze
    • mouth puffed
    • wiggling/shaking
    • FW dip
  24. Flukes
    • eyes, transparent leafs
    • stick on eyes
    • shaking bug off
    • opaque section on fins
    • fish only - prozipro
    • FW dip
  25. Parasites (ich)
    • copper (not in reef)
    • paracure, cupramine safer in reef
    • FOWLR - exodin
  26. Effective UV
    • contact time
    • distance from bulb
    • wattage
Author
kschmicker
ID
276145
Card Set
M-1 FInal
Description
M-1
Updated