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I had a spiny box (stripped buurfish) for almost a yr. he was 6 inches when I got him and grew to over 8 inches he was awesome he got along with the other fish in my tank and would even let me pet him while I was feeding him. Unfortuanetly we went away on vacation and turned the heat down and I...

Hey everybody! Hey I noticed today that my lionfish lost a couple of his non venimous spines (or wings as I like to call them) I am not sure how they came off maybe he got nipped at by my eel but not sure. Anyway will they grow back? He kinda seems off balance now sometimes. Thanks in advance!!

My nudibranch died today only made it one week. If I would have known I would have never bought it. I feel bad letting it starve. And I will make a big stink the next time I am at the fish store!

I will take some more pics of the lion fish soon. We named it medusa she or he is doing fine eating PE mysis and healthy. As far as the nudibranch you are right I found out after the fact that no one can figure out what they eat. The place I bought it never said a word about eating ( I should...

i was using eurithromiacin. I just did a very very hard thing. I had to do a mercy killing on the porcupine puffer his head was all swelled up, he was blind and was not eating he wouldny even swim away from the net. I am so sad I hated to do it but he really seemed to be suffering. I took him...

Just checked it again with both units and it is between 1.019 and 1.020 I will do a water change and bring it up a tad

I have both a refractometer and and floater what do u mean by hypo?

I just spoke with my fish shop buddy and he says the diagnosis isnt good he said it is a bacterial thing and he has been unable to find an effective cure over the years and there is a chance it could infect my burrfish as well. I will start putting antibiotics on there food and cross my fingers.

Sorry, I should have been more precise Salinity- 1.019 PH- 8.2 Amonia-0 Nitrite-0 Nitrate 60

Hey my procupine puffer has a bizaare condition going on all of the blue is gone out of one eye and his skin on a good portion of his head is all faded is the best way to describe it. Its way lighter than the rest of his body. Here is a pic. he is still eating and swimming around. Is there any...

Hey everyone after losing our black boxfish and yellow cowfish we got some replacements a volitan loin fish a porcupine puffer (he was purchased first 2 weeks ago) and a purple nudibranch sea slug for my invert tank he is so cool he swims around and dances its awesome. So far everyone is doing...

I thought about that (toxin) still not sure I buy into the whole toxin deal but as a precaution I did exactly that today (GAC) I did a huge water change and cleaned ouy my canister tonight. I am going to test everything later. Still not sure how quickly I want to replace my cowfish the boxfish...

Well the news gets worse yesterday I noticed that my longhorn cowfish had some abrasions from where the black boxfish was pecking at him. The cowfish was a little withdrawn so I treated the tank last night with antibiotics well I got home today and gunner my cowfish was gone I guess I reacted to...

I do not use RO/DI water what I do is prepare 10 gallons at a time I have a spare tank with a HOF that I pack full of carbon and let the water cycle for a day before using it that helps bring down the iron levels and any other impurities in the water. I dont have any snails in there currently...

Here is a cut and paste from seachem regarding the effects of cupramine on the bacteria in a DT Hello Chris, Thanks for the email. Cupramine is a parasite specific medication that will eradicate most external parasite infestations that should occur in the aquarium. Though all of our...