Recent content by talenzmeier

Hello, I have a White Spotted Puffer who has recently (within the past week) developed what look like small, round growths on its body. There are three of them and I swear they look like pimples (hence "zits"). I have never seen this before and I'm completely baffled as to what this could be...

P.S. All of the Loaches have been in the tank for over 1 year; about 16 months now.

I've begun raising the temperature. It's at 77.5 degrees now. I've added salt. The tanks has 4 Clown Loaches, 1 Plecostomus, 1 Angelfish, 4 Neon Tetras, 4 Danios, and 6 Panda Cories and 1 Flying Fox. One more tidbit, it's a moderate to heavily planted tank. I just did a 30% water change...

Hello, I need your help. In my 38 gallon freshwater tank, I have some sick Clown Loaches. At first, I thought it was Ick, but now I'm not so sure. First of all, all of the Clown Loaches are covered in white spots (hence my Ick diagnosis), but they are the ONLY ones that are covered in spots...

RE: Fifty Percent Water Changes Ok, I'm impressed, fifty percent water changes every week! On a 60 gallon tank, I change out ten gallons every week. I use only RO water, which leads me to wonder why 50% is such a good thing. I'd be spending a lot of time getting my trace mineral level back...

Greetings Fellow Aquarists! I have a question regarding my Magnum 350. While doing routine maintenance, I noticed that outflow from the Magnum has dropped precipitously since it was new. I cleaned everything out, which is to day, I cleaned off the blue pre-filter, rinsed out the chamber, and...

Infection(s) . . . I neglected to mention that the Yellow Tang has come down with some kind of infection. He has what looks to be red splotches on various parts of his anatomy. I'm treating with Myacin. He had this infection several weeks ago and I thought it was gone, but apparently not...

Greetings! I am in the midst of being seriously vexed! How on earth does a fish just disappear from a tank? I have a 75 gallon marine aquarium with 1 White Spotted Puffer, 4 Blue-Green Reef Chromis, 1 Flame Red Hawkfish, 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Gramma Basslet, and 1 Percula Clown. Now between...

Diamtom Powder Everywhere Ok, so I follow the directions. I fill my Magnum canister with the powder and dissolve it in the water. I have my bucket in the tank and ready to go. I turn the canister filter on and out comes the white cloud. It's as though a fog has settled in. Although as I...

More Diatom Questions When you say add the diatom powder, which I bought this evening, do you mean to have it sucked up through the intake dry? Is the micron filter dry too? Although, I would imagine it would have to be at least damp in order for the powder to adhere to anything.

Diatom Powder? A charge of diatom powder? Please elaborate. Also, when you say floss, what are you referring to? I can't imagine you're thinking of someting akin to dental floss?

Greetings Fellow Aquarists, My plant tank is doing quite well. However, I have an equipment question. I've got a Magnum 350 that I've been using to polish the water. It certainly works well, but the micron filter gets full quite quickly and my water flow drops to a trickle. Now most of the...

Hello, I have a Yellow Tang that seems to be acting odd and he has some dicoloration near his tail. He seems hyper sensitive to light lately. When the light is on he swims frantically back and forth. His behavior calms down when the light is turned off. Today I noticed that he has what...

I have room in my tank for one more fish, but I'm not sure what to add, so I'm turing to me fellow aquarists for advice. Currently I have a White Spotted Puffer, 2 Percula Clowns (mated pair), 1 Gramma Basslet, 4 Blue-Green Reef Chromis, 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Coral Beauty Angelfish, and 1 Flame...

Greetings and Salutations! I am wondering if I can add a Flame Angel to my tank. I have a 75 gallon fish-only tank. I currently have 4 Blue-Green Chromis, 1 White Spotted Puffer, 1 Yellow Tang, 1 Coral Beauty Angelfish, 1 Gramma Basslet, 1 Purple Firefish, and 2 Percula Clowns (mated pair)...