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The "Ick Guard" seems to be working. The fish are starting to swim around again. And the "white spots" seem to be getting fewer and fewer. How long should I continue to treat? It has been since Tuesday Oct 5. The bottle does not say how long to continue treating. It just tells how much of...

Well against your advice.... my husband is treating the main tank. He took the Fluval completely off the system and put another type of filtration on. He removed everything from inside the tank except the fish, bubble wand, bubble stone and the power head. He is treating with "Ick Guard"...

I have a Koran that was a bully to all the fish. He would not let them eat or go into the rocks. I put him into the QT tank for one week. When I put him back into the main tank he was completely different. To this day he does not bother the other fish. I dont know if it works for all...

Thanks for all your help and advice. I really appreciate your opinions. I had 2 tanks about 7 or 8 years ago. One was 45 Gal and the other 55 Gal. I had everything. Seahorses, crabs, puffers, clowns, anemones, live rock with all the little creatures that come along with it and one reef...

this is what is in the tank.... one koran, one coral beauty, one blue damsel, one blue hippo tang, three green chromis, two 3stripe damsels, one raccoon butterfly, one choc chip starfish and five hermit crabs. crushed coral on the bottom. no live rock. no live coral. no live plants. Fluval...

My QT tank is not big enough for all the fish, especially for that length of time. It is only 10 gallons. If I do treat in my main tank.... what would I do after the treatment time has ended? Would I do a complete water change or 50 % water change? I dont have any live plants or live rock...

what is the best way to treat ick? On the internet they say you should treat the entire tank because if you treat the fish in a QT tank you will just put them back into the ick in the tank once the QT time has ended. I think two of my fish have ick. They look like they have been sprinkled...

I have thought about getting a big tank for large aggressive fish. I would love to have a shark tank someday. I have the 10 fish for now in the 65 gal. One starfish and 5 hermit crabs. All the fish are small except for the Koran. I made sure when I bought the fish I got the smallest ones I...

I took the porcupine puffer back. I did a 50% water change. I cleaned then entire filtration system. And the tank is so clear. The tank looks just as clear as when we set it up. I did all of this last weekend. I have been checking the water every day and the readings are all normal and...

I do have a QT tank. He was doing fine. I dont know what happened. I did buy "The conscientious marine aquarist" by Fenner and I will read it. No I dont have any other LFS here that carry saltwater fish. Only the one. I have thought about ordering from Los Angeles. I lived in L.A. for...

I have been wanting to take the puffer back. He is messy and eats too much. If I dont feed him 3 times a day he eats the small fish. And he will eat only mussels. He has already eaten 4 of the green chromis. I do not have any live rock. The skimmer fills up with gunk once a day. I clean...

I have a 65 gal tank with a 20 gal underneath with all the filtration. Bio balls, bubble wand and power head for air and circulation. Fluval and skimmer. I do normal water changes. The levels are Nitrate (NO3) 2.5 Alk is normal range. Ammonia is 0-0.25 PH is 8.1 The nitrite is a pale...

I have a porcupine puffer. I was told he was eating shrimp too. But he would not touch a piece of shrimp. He loves mussels. I buy them in a bag from the grocery store frozen. He likes to eat at night when the other fish are quiet. I cut it in three pieces and just drop it in. I agree they...

I have a Blue Hippo Tang and he always rubs on the coral too. Just on his very bottom of his body. He does not do this all the time but sometimes if you stay out of sight he will do it. He does not do it if he knows someone is watching. I have been watching for any changes too. I have not...

The Clarkii died this morning. I thought he would be OK because last night he was swimming around in the QT tank. Thanks for your help Steve. Sharon

Thanks I will look into that. I have the fish in a 20 gal QT tank. I did put in some formalin. I have had a few saltwater aquariums and this is the first time I have had a sick fish. I think I will be more careful from now on when buying fish. And not just buy a fish because I like it...

I just did a PH test and it is around 7.8 to 8.0 The salinity is perfect. The Alk in normal. The Clarkii is swimming a little but still will not eat. Still has white slime on his sides. It almost looks like his scales are infected. Or oozing white slime. He does rub on the crushed coral...

I bought a Clarkii Clown a week ago. He was fine until yesterday. He developed white slime on both sides from his head halfway down the sides of the body. It looks kind of stringy and like it is lifting away from his body. He has become quiet and does not swim much. He likes to stay in one...