Recent content by tommyfishpr

Thanks everybody. For many months now I have been using freshwater on new shipments to help in reducing the introduction...... it has been better but anytime there is a problem is always the flukes. I hate treating whole systems but I am gonna try some of the suggestions here maybe on a smaller...

Hi all. Thanks in advanced for the info I have always received here. The is the place I can get some advice on things. Well, it seems like for the past year I have encountered the Fluke problem...... did not really have issues with Flukes before but it seems to be common now on the imports...

Thanks. I am now working on it.. lets see how much trouble I get myself into....... T Nelson.

Hello. I am looking into bleaching out some of my systems and was wondering if there are any tips on this. How much? What would be the quickest way to get things up and running again. I was going to bleach for a at least 12 hours, drain water, add fresh water and run for another 12 hours...

Thanks all. One of my distributors did recommend me them. The biggest problem I have as you can now tell is what size. Process technology said 8k watt should do it however I had previously talked to aquatic ecosystem and the initial number they gave me was 36K :o I will have to talk to...

Hello. Do not know many people in the industry that would help me so I always come here for some advice. I need to add heater to a approx. 6,000 fish system and would like to know how many of you go about doing this. In worst situation I would need to pull down about 13°. From say 65°, heat...

Thanks sdcfish. With that said, is there a known good procedure to do this?

Yes, that is the technique I heard about... carbon dioxide, I learned a few days ago and you just mentioned it... using it to lower ph in receiving water I then thought this was not a practical way.. at least for me. I am very interested about the ammonia binding agent in the bags during...

thanks for your inputs.... I think that what we are doing is ok then. Maybe not necessary as far as the time goes but it seems that at the end the best is achieved.

Thanks for replying swsaltwater. I am hoping to learn some new stuff via this thread. I do not tranship. I import and leave the fish on my facility. During the 3 hour drip I do not oxygenate by using airstones etc... basically the fish are cut out into Styrofoam boxes using the same water they...

I am researching the about the best possible techniques for fish acclimation and packing. - fish acclimation from direct import ( not wholesalers ). currently my form of acclimation is basically drip acclimation where all fish and inverts are acclimated for about 3 hours in the drip form...

Thanks. So this pond foam would be safe and is this something standard that is done in the industry? Besides keeping them alive of course I am looking for effective methods that will help in the packing and the removing of empty shells to be a faster process.

Hi all ! I am looking for tips / advice on how to more effectively hold large numbers of hermit crabs. Particularly Blue Legs and Red Scarlets. Weekly import a good 4000+ for each. Currently they are just hold on large plastic bins with large rocks. I was thinking finding a material that I...

Hi all ! I am not new here but it has been a long time and I forgot my password and the e-mail I used is probably not even in service... REGARDLESS.... I have been given the task to set up a new fish system. The space I have can accommodate a good 10,000 gallons. So its been a long time...