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Well here's the issue. I had/have ich in my 250 gallon SW tank. I started hyposalinity and got the SG down to 1.009 about 3.5 weeks ago. It has drifted between 1.009 and 1.011 during this time span. Just checked it and it is 1.010. Now my hippo tang who started the whole ich problem when I...

Can I treat Marine Velvet with hyposalinity??

My air conditioning in the house went out yesterday and we are in the midst of a heat wave. My house and aquarium are up to 85 degrees. I'm afraid I might start to lose fish if it gets any hotter. I've got a FOWLR about 250 gal. I don't have a chiller 'cause in San Diego we really don't need it...

I think my Regal Blue Tang has lateral line disease. Parts of his face are developing small pits where is looks like the pigment has disappeared. I have several other tangs in the tank, but none of them show any signs of this. I have read that blue tangs are particularly susceptible to this...

Can all fish handle hyposalinity treatments? I've had two bad experiences with hyposalinity treatments and Royal Grammas. The first time was in my main, when I noticed that two of my tangs and an angel had ich. I started the hypo treatment and about one week into it my Royal Gramma died for...

Has anyone had any experience with yellow goatfish? Are they relatively easy? I have a 250 gallon fish only tank with a few hermits and snails.

Will base rock turn into live rock over time if I have seeded the tank with live rock rubble?

I want to buy some more hermits and snails for my tank. Do I need to quarantine them the same way I do new fish?

So I've had my main tank in hypo treatment for about for about 6 weeks and all signs of ich are gone :D . I originally took all of my hermits out before hypo and kept isolated in a 5 gal bucket doing water changes every other day. I'm brining the SG back up in my main tank now and am...

I'm looking for a good marine aquarium magazine to subscribe to. What are the favorites of everyone?

Some nitrate kits measure total nitrate and others nitrate-nitrogen. Which is a better measurement of nitrate? Does it really matter? I've heard some talk about keeping nitrates below 40ppm for FO tanks. Is that for total nitrate or nitrate-nitrogen? What are the best kits to use?

Well, sure enough. I do the responsible thing by going through quarantine with my new blue tang, everything goes great, eats right away, no sign of disease and one week after putting him into the main tank, a disease breaks out. :cry: Now all of my tangs (blue, yellow, and naso) have tiny...

I've had a large Regal Blue Tang (6-7 inches) in my 30 gal quarantine tank for about a week now. Things seem to be going OK so far, but he seems to be developing one cloudy eye. The other seems fine, just his right eye is cloudy. He eats great and is very active in the tank. What might this...

Can ordinary base rock eventually turn into live rock? If so, how long does it take?

Can I introduce a Heniochus into a 225 gal FO tank that already has a yellow tang, naso tang, and a medium passer angel? How hard are they to keep?

Can I treat a snowflake eel with copper for Cryptocaryon? I've heard that several types of fish do not do well with certain treatment regimes due to their skin type. Is that true?

I'm looking for a very small UV filter for my nanotank. What is the smallest they come in? Good brands?

What is the best test kit for nitrate? I bought a second brand because I thought my first was off. The original kit read 40, the new one reads 10.

Hey, how long does it take for dead base rock to turn into live rock? Can I add anything to the tank to help the process along?

I've just got a new blonde naso tang for my tank. He just came out of quarantine and I can't seem to get him to eat anything other than nori and flake food. I know nasos are mainly herbivores, and when he does eat the nori and flake he loves it and eats a fair amount, but it seems like the...

I have a new sharpnose puffer and a naso tang in quarantine right now. Can either of these be treated with a copper treatment? I've heard some fish cannot be treated with copper.

Will a Naso Tang get along with a Yellow Tang in a 225 gal tank? The Yellow tang has been established for about 6 months now.

I had the wierdest thing happen in my tank. I had a Purple Firefish in my 225 gal fish only community tank. The fish was doing great, eating like a pig, out all the time, picking stuff out of the water column. Then one morning he was gone. Totally dissappeared. Looked all over the tank and...

I'd like to get a blue spotted sharpnose puffer for my fish only tank. I've got a 220 gallon tank with a passer angel, yellow tang, foxface, flame angel, royal gramma and a few other smaller type fishes. I've heard they can be fin nippers. Is that a real problem? And will it get along with...

I've got some base rock in my tank now and was wondering if I was to get some live rock, would the anaerobic bacteria transfer to my base rock?