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Trying to figure out how to treat my entire tank for ich. I had 2 hippos that had it, but I transfered them out and they seem to be good. But now alot of other fish are getting sick - 3 damsels have died, and I want to transfer the entire tank out. I have about 20~ fish, in a 150g tank...

I have two hippo tangs that have ich, and I'm worried they are going to die. ITs getting worse and worse, but I can't seem to catch them. I have a 150g reef, with LOTS of hiding places. They are very skittish though, so there is 0 change of getting them with a net. Should I tear the rocks...

I did a water change of about 35 gallons today on my 150g tank, and came back to my office around 10pm, and turned on the room light (the halides has turned off already) and the I notice my niger triger was a very very odd colour and were acting very weird. The niger trigger was swimming...

I got some pictures of my tangs that have some spots on them. Difficult to see, but each ones has about 4-5 on either side. 3+ weeks ago each had just 1 or 2 spots. Any ideas on what I should do? They seem to be scratching themselves on rocks and stuff on occasion as well Thoughts?

Well it was sharks that actually got me in to salt water tanks, and 150g and 35+ fish later I'm thinking of getting another tank for my new office. I really like the idea of having a shark and wanted to know what good tank mates are for them? I've seen videos on the net with all sorts of fish...

I have a hippo tang that has been scratching himself(or herself) on the rocks lately. I looked at it and there seems to be a white spot on it's side. What should I do? I do have corals in the tank, and no quarantine tank right now; though i could make one with a plastic tub or something. Thoughts?

Hey all - merry christmas to everyone! I just got back into town, been away for 3 days or so can I came to find a really weird mold looking algee in the water. Its on the sand bed, walls of the tank, and even floating on the water line. Its blackish grey in colour. To be honest, over the...

I have a blue ribbon eel that was on the floor for I'm guessing about 15-30 minutes. I put him back in the water when I saw him move around a bit. He did swim around a bit - I tried to clean some of the guck off of him (which he didn't like). He swam around some more, and now he is hiding...

I recently got a gorgeous blue ribbon eel who was very very active when I put him in the tank last night. the LFS (of course) mentioned nothing about them being jumpers (though I should have done my own research as well). The lights turned on this morning and sure enough he was active as ever...

About a month ago i got a Niger Trigger (though he/she is really a gorgeous deep blue). doesn't fight with anyone, other than this Sailfin that occasionally puffs up when they bicker over food. I recently added a small clown trigger - with the plan to move him to a predator tank when I get it...

I just got two baby spotted groupers (I know they loose there color later, but they are gorgeous right now!) I've noticed they've been just sitting on the rocks from time to time. Is this normal for groupers? They swim around lots, but sometimes I just see them chilling on the rocks. All...

I recently had bad out-break of ick in my tank, and its starting to come around finnally. I lost several fish, but my eel (who is my favourite) has been fine for the whole ordeal. Last night he came out to eat as he normally does and I noticed he was alot whiter in colour and didn't have the...

I recently got a Lion fish, and was curious if they change colours as they age, or just different fish are different shades. For example - in the two links below, you'll notice one that is more of a brown colour, and then another that is more white and black type of colour. Volitan Lionfish...

I'm thinking of getting a UV Sterilizer for my FOWLR tank - but I've noticed ALOT of fanworms growing around my tank. Infact- in my sump on my pump I have several 5" long ones that are almost a 1/4" in diameter. This sum was clean an empty about 2 months ago so I'm quite impressed with how...

I've been noticing my fish are moving around my shrimp alot as of the last tow days and acting weird in general. My Nitrate level is a tad over 40, so I'm in the process of doing a 20% water change, and the salinity for some reason has actually gone down to 1.020. Is this at all notmal for...

So some of you may have recalled my post regarding the lunar wrasse I had with a tank I purchased from someone else. Unfortunatley he is way to agressive for my reef build so I'm going to put him in a 75 gal hex tank at my house. I want to make it a FOWLR setup, and put some other agressive...

I recently got some wave makers for my tank, and I got in the habit of turning them off at night as I saw someone else that had his on a timer to emulate the way the currents in the ocean work (or so he said). However, the guys at the LFS said I should always have the wave makers on and the more...

I know there are alot of options, and it'll vary based on size of the fish and such; but is there a general rule? Like 1 fish per 1.5g or something? Also - I have one angel fish right now (not sure which type, he is brownish in color with dark yellow vertical stripes). I think they are awesome...

I have a snow flake eel, and he seems to always hide in my rocks. He has only been in the tank for 2-3 days, so perhaps he is just shy - is this normal behavior?

So when I bought my tank from someone it came with several fish - one of which was a very agressive lunar wrasse. However- as agressive as he is, he is an awesome fish- very active and swims around alot. So I decided to build another 60-80g tank for my house with other agressive fish...

I add two clowns (small) and an eel to my tank (150g with 120lb of LR); and haven't noticed any change in the chemical balance in the tank. Is it safe to add a few other small fish? I'm thinking of a few small hippo tangs (1" in size). Is it safe to say, the smaller the fish the less the bioload?

I'm cycling my new tank with 120lbs of live rock from an established tank, now the only current I have is from my return pump - so I was thinking perhaps if I get some wave makers it could speed up the cycling process a bit? Plus I'm going to buy wavemakers down the road for corals and such...

I was recently at someones place and saw these beautiful clams they had that were about 8" wide. I definitley want to add these to my tank but wanted to ensure there is no downside to having them? Thanks in advance!

So you may have recalled me posting about a huge spike in my 150g tank with 0 live rock. I took out my fish- put them at the LFS, and bought 120lbs of live rock from a running tank (hoping to cut down the cycle time). In less than a day its cut the amonia levals in HALF! Is this normal? I'm...

I havea 150 gallon tank, 40g sump, carbon filter, skimmer and two pieces of live rock. Now in hind-sight, I know I shouldn't have added as many fish at once - kind of wish the store didn't sell me so many fish at once, but live and learn. The amonia level in the tank is above 3.0, I've done...