Recent content by scubasteve

Hey, Let me start by saying this hobby is starting to stress me out between fish dying and now this... i think i'm nearing the end. I had bought 2 clowns fairly small in size and they were in a quarantine for 6 weeks. Finally moved them into my 72gallon tank which only had a bicolor angel and 3...

Not sure if this has been posted, did a quick search and didn't see it but now Dr Foster and Smith (The guys with liveaquaria), have no heavy item shipping fees for salt. I just ordered a Oceanic 200G bucket for $39.99 + 8 bucks shipping came to $48 dollars shipped to my house in 7 days. Just...

Well I finally bit the bullet and bought and installed my coralife super skimmer on my 72g. After a minor incident with running the pump with the output closed = water shooting out the top of the collection cup :roll: I dont have anything in the cup yet, but it said it could take up to 72...

Steve, Do you think that leaving them in QT for 4 weeks is enough time. In other words if I leave them in 4 weeks, and they don't act oddly or show any signs of disease would it be safe to assume they are healthy. I realize there are no guarantees but I'm just looking for an opinion.

Well, The royal gramma I got a week ago from live aquaria that was acting flaky from the beginning died tonight. I kept an eye on him all week and some days he was swimming but the past 2 days layed on its side and finally died tonight. The fish showed no signs of ich, fungal infections, or...

I just got a royal gramma as well and it did almost the exact same thing. Kind of floated around the tank, upside down, hung out on the bottom. It took him 24 hours with the lights off and just leaving it alone and then he came around and is doing great. I would give him time like lando said...

When I get stuff shipped from Liveaquaria thats what it looks like they use more or less. They take a heat warmer pack, wrap it in a piece of newspaper and throw it inbetween the bags of fish in a styrofoam box. I think between 2 or 3 heat packs and the styrofoam box it keeps the heat pretty well.

Just bought a coralife super skimmer 125 off the internet for my 72gallon tank at home. 8O I cringed as i hit the buy button but I think it will be a good investment. My question to anyone who has one of these and is using it as a hang on back skimmer, when I put my tank up I put it close to...

How long are your clowns? I just got some and they are around 3/4" long and I am having a similar problem trying to feed them, I tried smushing up frozen food so it was almost liquid and they still didnt seem to go for it.

not sure about using chemicals on it, if it were my tank I wouldn't just because I have always been leary about using any chemicals near the tank. To clean off stubburn salt residue that is really hardened on my glass top I have wet the glass and used a flat razor blade and gone over it. As...

Anyone have their fish actually lay on the bottom of the tank and sleep. I can't figure out if the new royal gramma I just got is either A)still stressed and getting adjusted or B) thats just the way he is. When the lights go out he lays in the corner of the tank pretty much on the bottom of...

tank raised occelaris from liveaquaria, they are a little lighter in color then I would like but I'm hoping given some vitamins and food once they grow bigger they will get a deeper orange

Here are some pics of my new fish from liveaquaria. They are in QT now for probably 3 weeks, I got two clowns which are 3/4" each, and a royal gramma. The royal gramma had a rough trip to my house and had a hard time acclimating but 24 hours later hes doing much much better. Any one know...

Update: As of this morning I went down and turned on the light on the QT tank and about 10 minutes later the royal gramma was swimming( slowly still), but still swimming around the length of the tank. He still seems to be hiding behind the pvc pipe and sponge filter I have in there but I get...

yea i contacted liveaquaria as soon as i saw it ,have any other suggestions on what to do? i see no signs of ich or any other disease or fin rot. Do you think the clowns will be ok in the same tank with it?