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Thanks for all the advise guys. Sunday I scooped him out of the tank and took him back to my LFS and they gave me credit on him. I guess the final straw was when he started flashing up against the rocks. I'll be keeping a close eye on the other fish for now. Thanks Capt, Melosu, and Thincat for...
agreed. will the rest of the tank inhabitants be ok if i begin lowering the salinity to 1.020 over the next few days? will my CUC survive it or should i begin the seperation process?
ok guys i'm kinda freakin out. Today when I left home to go to work, my sister came over and thought that the trigger was lonely and dumped him into my DT. I'm still at work for 4 more hours. My sis said she placed him in there maybe and hour or 2 after i had left. So thats about 7 hours in the...
I'll post a fresh set as soon as i get home.
As of monday, it was:
Temp 77.5*F
PH 8.2
Ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate ~10
gravity/salinity 1.024
i'm using the Quick Dip test strips. I also had my LFS test my water that day and he stated that my nitrates was a bit high. So I read up on the forums...
Ok thanks Capt and Melosu, I've been using selcon on his diet and he's been eating like a pig. i'll do another pwc when i get home from work just to be safe.
Hey guys i need some help. I just picked up a humu humu trigger a couple days ago and put him in qt. tonite i just noticed a yellow cyst like bump on his fin and one on his left abdomen i would say. To me it looks kinda big to be ich but i'll leave it to the experts to help me out. Any help is...
The main 40 gallon tank is currently housing a 5 inch Peacock Mantis Shrimp. By attaching another aquarium to the main, I'm hoping to at least keep a couple small fish. Maybe a small Clown Goby and a Sexy shrimp. I have 40Lbs of LS and about 20Lbs of LR in the main tank. I'm planning on adding...
Thanks for the Vid HockeyGMC, that'll be perfect. I was thing the same about the water not being able to go through the sand. Seriously I love this site. thanks again Hockey :BIG:
I'm stuck at work with nothing to do, so i figured I can plan out my weekend with a little project. I have a 10 Gallon aquarium I was thinking of modifying. Here is what I came up with. I borrowed a few ideas that I found online and tweeked it a bit. im not sure if there will be enough water...