Live Rock In My Fluval?

[yamahaguy06]

i was just at the pet store and they said to try putting LR in my fluval. Almost like a form of filter???? umm, she said just put small pieces in there and let it go/ what do you guys think..

oh and I bought two Rio 800's...( i know not before the skimmer, BUT, the skimmer is in about a week. 2 at the most) the bloody rio's a loud though..

what do ya think about the rock??

 

[1979camaro]

there is really no reason to do that

 

[yamahaguy06]

ok, that is what I thought. These freekin Rio's are so loud! or at least one is. one of them is fine, but the other one holy crap( I checked the properler and it was cool, does any one know how to make a rio quiter *PEACE!*

 

[yamahaguy06]

I dont know y but my water looks like garbage.. when I started up my power heads, there was a lot of stuff flooting around, I tryed to get as much as I could with the net.. but my water is looking wierd, any ideas?

 

[jammerz]

if you just bought em and they making a bad noise take them back...should've bought a skimmer....

 

[yamahaguy06]

I am in one week

 

[aresgod]

rio's are pieces of crap anyways, in my opinion, they are way too loud not power effiecient and the impellers tend to break. I would return them, get some good maxi-jets, they are good

 

[yamahaguy06]

ok, I think i will do that, maxi jet's huh.Are they completly submergable?

 

[aresgod]

yes they are

 

[yamahaguy06]

I am going out to find some tomorow. and I sold my ps2 to buy a skimmer, its cool though I still have an xbox, lol. for the love of fish... *PEACE!*

 

[yamahaguy06]

I would rather live on a freeway than use these Rio's, or right by an air port, or right by railroad tracks, or

 

[1979camaro]

ive lived on the freeway and i'm not sure about that but they are loud

 

[yamahaguy06]

can fin rot kill a fish? It is getting worse. I cant get any meds untill tomorow.

 

[yamahaguy06]

Actully, I dont know if the fish is going to make it(my Yellow Angel) it's fin rot is getting worse, it has not been eating, and it is very skinny looking. It does not look healthy at all. even if I get a QT set up, do you think it can make it, it's not even eating?? thank you guys..

can I QT in a 5 gal. bucket? a little piece of live rock and a small power head?? But I dont know if it will work because of my second heater i have. It is like a ten $ one so it doesn't even have a temp control. it doesnt work to keep a temp(like 80, for a QT)

 

[yamahaguy06]

I just bought this PimaFix stuff for fin rot(safe for my main tank) think it will work???

 

[1979camaro]

worth a shot...i don't know anything about the product but if it is reef safe and for fin rot i suppose it will be ok. the thing which always concerns me about so called "reef safe" antibiotics is that they kill bacteria which is what provides the biological filtration

 

[yamahaguy06]

huh, well if my tank fails horibly because one little yellow angel then I will just...oh I dont know, I was going to qt in a 5 gallin bucket. but i decided not tro. lol, going to set yup a qt tank in the futer thiough. but I think this fish may, die he is not even eating and looks very thin... what do you think kevin

 

[1979camaro]

its not a good sign...if the infection clears up he will probably resume eating and be fine, but he may die before the infection is healed. definitely in the future a QT would be good, but i wouldn't worry about that until you get your equipment all squared away since youve already medicated the tank. once you have your equipment, then set up the QT, then it will be time to add a new fish

its not so much the angel that would be causing the tank to fail as it would be the medication killing the live rock

 

[yamahaguy06]

ya that is what I ment... thanks camaro

 

[wayne]

What's going on with this damn angel - it doesn't sound too good for ir. You know full well they're fussy about water conditions, but you have horrible water quality and pathetic circulation. That's why it won't eat, I doubt they mysis is too bad. You know these things have lived 15 years in a decent aquarium, so they're pretty tough once they're going.
Honestly, all these posts asking much the same things from the same people are quite annoying. You know what you have to do, so get on with it. I would not put that med in my tank no matter what's going on FWIW.