Recent content by Pghjeff71

I have a Yellow and a Hippo in my 90. They are inseparable. I was concerned because I had the Yellow in there first, but they immediately became best friends, and they swim constantly next to my Heni butterfly. It's really amazing to watch all 3 of these in constant tandem. Anyways, that is...

I had ordered a pair of these online; unfortuantely one was DOA. So I went to my LFS a month later and picked up another one (and at double the price...sigh). Anyways after coming out of QT and into the main the "established" Heni harassed the new one to death, literally, chasing and pecking...

Hey guys thanks for the comments; the main tank I put the hippo into was a brand new cycled tank that has sat fallow for over 2 months. The hippo was placed into qt upon arrival.

Over 6 weeks ago I received a hippo tang from an online retailer. Upon receipt of this tang it immediately developed ich, which I totally expected. I began hypo (which I've had incredible success with as noted in my prior posts); after 6 weeks of seeing no signs of infection I assumed the hippo...

As a followup, just realized drsfostersmith has a $30 minimum order.

Water conditioners/dechlorniators can also create mass bubbles. I would use something that won't affect the skimmer such as 'Prime'. It took about two weeks for my skimmer to "break in" and stop producing microbubbles.

I am big fan of hypsalinity, it's really done the trick for me. Personally I've found copper to be very harsh, especially on certain fish. Of course as everyone else has stated, you'll want to perform any method in a QT. You can find all the details here...

After an outbreak of ich, I had put all of my fish into a QT (including a six line wrasse); for the 6 weeks my tank sat "empty" the pod population got astronomical, they were everywhere! Let's just say that in the course of two days upon returning to the main tank my wrasse has cleared up the...

You might check drsfostersmith.com; however they will charge you $30 for shipping. If you are just looking for a single fish you're better off finding a LFS. Or you could set up a QT tank, order $75 from saltwaterfish.com and slowly add them to your main. I found it easy to hit that mark by...

Hi, I would agree with what everyone else has said here. The Powder Brown Tang is very territorial and is generally recommended to be added to the tank last. I think you'll be pushing your luck adding two or more tangs.

How would you force the water to evaporate quickly? My guess is the water would would stagnant weeks or months before it finally evaporated.