Recent content by zapdbf

hi thanks for the advice about the sea slime, i want all of you to read the e-mail i sent to my lfs about this situation. (thought u would like to read it) ********** I am disappointed with the advice I am getting from your stores. I purchased a 65 gal(saltwater) tank setup about a year ago...

i wonder if i am getting some kind of false reading, because my fish are fine, no deaths, not even the seahose, what is the symptioms of ammonia poisining ? everyone is eating fine.

it is spirling out of control, i am doing massive water changes 20 gal a day and the ammo is upto 3 ppm. i can't seem to stop it. i have went through 2 bags of salt and 100 gal of water, i don;t get it. i have cut back on feeding small portions every other day. all of my occupats are ok yet. but...

i got a supprise i had a hitchhiker in my lr that i just bought. it looks like an eel i beleve it is a banded eel. go figure 8O

" really think that a large part of the problem is that you are STILL looking for chemical fixes when water changes will fix the issue." -- No, i never was looking for a "chemical fix" just somthing to get me by untill i could get things right again. - i was looking to chemicals like we would...

btw i have not put the ammo lock in yet, still getting ideas. I did hear some chatter about garlic, but i did not realize it was used for this purpose. i thought it was used to get a fish to eat. If it can prevent ick i will do this reguraly! Is there a recomendation on how to prepair this ...

TCTFish isn't cycle the same thing(well close), i did a web search on nitromax and it looks like it comes in two bottles, one for nitrifing bacteria, and one with oxygenating bacteria. Obviously you feel this is a better product, - do you have any reasons that you beleve this ? I'm not saying...

i also put another 12 pounds of lr in my tank (cured)

ok i have completd a 30 gal water change here are the stats no2 < .1 ppm no3 5 ppm ph 8.0 nh3 .30 ppm sg 1.020 now i was going to use a product to put the ph back to 8.2 but i read the instructions and it said that if ammo is present that rasing the ph will cause the ammo to become more...

i think i will need to purchace some more lr.

i noticed that my no3 is down, does'nt that indicate the lack of bio activity ?

here are the stats as of tonight no2 .1 ppm ph 8.2 nh3 .75 ppm no3 5 ppm po4 1.0 ppm sg 1.022 tank size 65 gal canister filter skimmer been in successful opperaton for 6 months(until now):)

thank you seaham358 , tctfish, yes i do read but my problem is i am listening to th lfs. this is why i am here, i want to have a fantastic tank and i am willing to learn and make it right. all of the fish in my tank are herbavors, and the seahorse is the only carnavor. the seahorse is tank...

what ever i need for this kind of fish i want to do it, what are the conditions that i need to meet?

"As a side note, I must say that you should consider removing that seahorse from the tank after this is all said and done. The environment is less than optimum in its conditions." -- Why, do you think that the tank will no longer be right for inverts? what do i need to consiter to get my tank...