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Most everything in the tank looks pretty safe (pvc bits, powerhead, HOB filter) but I suppose it's always possible that he hurt himself somehow. I don't think so though. His other tankmates are a potters angel and 2 percula clowns. We have been using Amquel Plus half dose between water...

We're currently doing hypo in a 20 gallon QT tank to treat ich, everyone was doing fine until today. The tang is breathing hard and he's developed a white splotch on his side. He's barely using his fin on that side either. He hasn't touched the nori I put in today and usually he loves his...

Thanks so much! I feel a little better now... :D

We bought an ammonia test kit at one of the local chain stores last week - got it home, opened it up, the kit was very obviously used and not just used once and returned, noooo it was totally used. The bottles had the number of drops written on them, and they were crusty and half empty. This...

You might try checking out http://www.freecycle.org/ Not sure if there's one local to you but I had no problem finding our freshwater fish a good home through our local freecycle.

Thanks for clearing that up Steve. :D The 8 weeks was mainly for the fallow tank - I figured we'd start raising salinity around week 6 or 7 to get them ready to move back in.. It's good to know the bit about "4 weeks past the last sign of visible spots on the fish"... Just in case they...

Thought I'd pop in for an update. I hate when threads regarding sickness end with no indication of how everything turned out. :D We moved the fish into a QT tank this past Saturday morning. The clowns were super easy to catch, we cornered them when they were sleeping with a piece of...

Thanks so much Steve.. I appreciate all your help!!

Yet another question... Is it possible to remove everything except the fish out of the main tank and do the hypo there? The sand would have to be left behind and there are a few small things living in the sandbed but not a whole lot, a few little mysis, brittle stars and a bristle worm or two...

Thanks Steve! More questions for you. :D This doesn't apply to a fallow tank right? Ok, hypo it is. Refractometer - check... Cycled QT - will popping a fresh bag of live sand into the QT tank work? Regarding PH - how much of a fluctuation is ok? The PH in our main tank does fluctuate a...

Like you haven't already answered enough ich questions. :lol: I spent a couple hours last night reading through quite a few of them but I do have yet another question or two for you. First.. Say a tang were to break out with ich. Obviously it's stressed or ill. But say that sometime...

I want to add that the Pleco will go last too. He's kinda our pride and joy and if we can't get rid of all the rest of the fish then we'll probably just end up keeping them and that includes him. So if you want either of the for sale items (the filter or the pleco) please keep in mind that...

Well, our MTS got the better of us... We no longer have the time or energy to take care of three tanks so we're going to get rid of one. So free to a good home... And by good home I mean an established, heated, plenty big enough tank. I may be getting rid of my babies but that doesn't mean I...

Thanks for the heads up... Definately don't want to be stressing out the torch coral - so far it's our best looking coral...

Thanks for the advice Steve. =) After reading your post we started feeding them more of a variety.. Frozen mysis and something else frozen - not sure what it is as hubby does the feeding. Today both spots are clearing up nicely and no new ones have popped up (knock on wood). We have noticed...

We do have a torch coral but have yet to see him go near it - doesn't mean he isn't sneaking into it at night though. We feed them once a day Formula One flake food and once a week they get freeze dried brine shrimp. Not enough variety maybe?

I'm wondering if anyone can ID this spot for me. It showed up about 2 weeks ago, it doesn't look raised or like anything is hanging from it. Then just a couple days ago another one popped up on his other side in almost the same location as the first. A little info on the clown - we've had...

Thought I'd post an update.. My husband is a member over at Reef Central and he asked about these critters there as well. They too identified the bottom pic as a majano or majano-type pest. The top pic is of a soft coral species. Just thought I'd let ya know in case it ever pops up in your...

Thanks for all your suggestions so far... Here's a pic of the top one from above...

Thanks for your input.. Which one of them do you think looks like an aptasia? The top or the bottom one? (two seperate critters...)

We're just starting to setup a saltwater tank. We got our live rock from a local store and we're curious about a couple of the critters we've found. This thing retracts at night into a crevice in the rock. Some kind of coral? Is this one of the 'bad' anemones? We also got a bumble bee...

Believe it or not we had the large silk plant deal going.. It was right in front of the flow too - I'm guessing either the flow wasn't what was stressing him or my particular plant just wasn't cutting it. I'm going to do some research on how to modify the flow another way and if I can't turn...

No air pump I'm afraid.. It's one of those eclipse tanks with the hood filter and biowheel. I'm thinking maybe we could put a sponge or something around the intake to slow it down - guess I'll have to look into that so I don't end up blowing up the filter.... lol I didn't think the flow was...

Thank you so much for your advice Deb... Today he's on his last dose of Kanacyn. I can't see any difference in his tail which could be good, at least it doesn't seem to be spreading. I don't see it healing though either - there is a dark patch in the middle of the white area that doesn't look...

Thanks TandGirl - I just sent her a letter.. Hopefully she'll have some good news for me.