Recent content by kleake

Yea, I agree.... I knew powder browns liked bigger tanks, but I ask the guy at the store and he said it should be fine. I would still like to have a powder brown, so I think I'll hunt down a smaller one at some point after I am a little more prepared. I have used hyposalinity once, but only...

I agree on the cyanide,,,,, and lets all hope all efforts to stop it, work.... The Kole never showed any signs of ich,,,, not a single bit.. In fact, he never showed any signs of anything until that last day. The powder brown looked perfect in the store, but he had only been there 1 day. I...

hmmm,,,, I have heard many people that use water from the DT in the QT because it will help acclimate the fish to the same water that is in the tank? It is a good thought though, and maybe start with fresh water, then slowly change over to the DT water as you get close to the end of the QT...

I have been doing PWC of about 20% once a week and add about a half a gallon of fresh water every other day due to evaporation. I check my parameters every couple of days as well and everything is always at 0. I have a sponge filter that I keep in my sump for natural bacteria, and I have a...

Ok, I'll add some pictures.... I need to get some newer ones as I've added alot of rock since these. Here it is in the build phase. And what it looked like about 4 months after getting started. Here is some of the things I have in there. The two clowns have been laying eggs regularly...

I have always looked here for info, and finally decided to join so I could contribute some of the things I have learned. About 15 years ago I had a 55 gallon setup running for a few years and didn't have very good luck. I have since learned alot of what I was doing wrong. I got back into...

I have a 4" Kole Tang in my QT. He has been in there for almost 2 weeks and has been doing great other than really shy, but tonight I noticed him breathing heavily and laying down often. He has been eating some dried algae on a clip pretty good. I have noticed that his mouth is open all the...