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toptank

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I use the normal timer that you can get at home depot.

Rapid Tissue Necrosis (RTN) I have a artical on RTN on my web site.

Barry
 

golfish

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Barry, regarding room temp. I use a large fan to blow air from the living room to the tank room. I also have a ceiling fan in the tank room. I run 2x250 watt HQI's and a 400 watt Iwasaki with 4x55watt PC's on my 150. I have 3 canpoy fans, a 12" fan blowing over the sump, a ceiling fan and a fan blowing air from the living room. I still can't keep my high temp below 82...150 gal tank.

I shooting for a chiller next year.

Mark
 

Greg Hiller

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The reason I asked about A. gemmifera and A. humilis is that I believe these are particularly suseptible to RTN, and sometimes it starts with these and then moves onto others. The last RTN episode I had was in a frag tank. I added a VERY small piece of wild collected A. gemmifera (or very similar species) without giving it the usual Lugol's dip. The RTN spread to much of the frag tank, but I used the chloramphenicol treatment, and saved several pieces. This is one scary thing when it happens. FWIW, the temp was not above 80 F (it was spring in New England). A. gemmifera, and I believe also A. humilis are from a very high energy zone of the reefs. They need very strong water movement, and probably do not have very good abilities to 'clean themselves' the way some Acros might.
 

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