Recent content by AndrewD

A week ago, after noticing small white spots (ich) on my reef butterfly I treated the tank (55 gallons) daily with Ich Attack. His physical symptoms seemed to have disappeared, and yesterday after a week's treatment I cleaned the tank and ended using the Ich Attack. Today, he has much more ich...

I am a newer saltwater enthusiast and don't have an extensive preventive medicine cabinet. What do I need? What are my options? What are your suggestions? Thanks for your help. -Andrew

Yesterday, for the first time in my 55 gallon tank's life (6 months), I moved all of the LR around to change the landscaping, hopefully making it better for my fish and for me aesthetically. And today...ich on two of my fish (Reef Butterfly and Fiji Puffer). The other two fish I have (Blue...

I was interested in changing the landscape of my FO tank. Would it be healthy to move around the LR for the fish, for me from an aesthetic perspective, or a detriment? It's 55gallons and I have a Blue Damsel, Gold-Striped Maroon Clownfish, Fiji Puffer and a Coral Butterfly. Please let me know...

No physical marks whatsoever. No other fish is picking on him. He's been in the tank about a week and the system has been up for two months. Numbers are dead on. Thanks for the response quarry.

I have a yellow tang who is looking awfully lethargic. I just found him resting sideways on the bottom, was going to grab him with a net and then he slowly, very slowly turned upright and swam away. He looks perfectly fine, the other 3 fish in the tank are doing great (blue damsel, percula...

I have a Fiji Puffer and three times I have found him at the bottom of the tank, motionless, discolored (paleish), barely adjusting his eyes and barely breathing. I have taken a net to give him a slight shove and his state remains catatonic. The first time we found him like this we thought he...

I have a 55 gallon tank that just cycled, I have 1 Blue Damsel (the other two were murdered by this Alpha-Damsel), Fish Only tank and I am looking for it to be a peaceful environment. I just purchased a clean-up crew as well consisting of 6 snails and 6 crabs. I would love to get as many...

and I didn't even realize it? A week after I added LR to my 55 gallon tank, I added "Turbo Start" http://www.fritzpet.com/turbostartmain.html A few days later I added 3 damsels (I know, don't give me grief about not using the shrimp method) and have been doing regular water tests for a month...

Pardon the pun. Got a 55 gallon, LR, 3 damesels, has not cycled yet. I see a lot of people talking about a "Cleaning Crew", what exactly does that mean...crabs? I have some grennish/turquoise algae beginning to grow on my crushed coral and I hear getting a crab will help, help what, I'm not...

Thanks for the response Rocket. I forgot that base rock will eventually turn into LR and is a cheaper alternative. Also...would a protein skimmer be considered a HOB?

My tank is 55 gallons, I may add more LR. Right now I have 3 blue damsels in there and like I said around 20 lbs. of LR. It seems like 1-1.5 lbs. of LR per gallon is a lot. Right now I do have adequate caves and hiding places for the damsels, but I really wish to emphasize the fish and...

I already have 20-25 lbs of LR in the tank. Won't BIO-Spira speed up the process?

What have you all heard about BIO-Spira, good and bad? Please tell me about your experience? Thanks.

Tap water coated with Seachem Chlorine remover and Instant Ocean salt...what kind of water should I be using???