Recent content by wannabeaswstar

ich - good luck! Hi, we battled Ich for more than two months...tried reef safe remedy first, no luck, zero results except out $40. With Live rock and sand, you MUST have a QT. We bought extra tanks on craigs list, pretty cheap. Moved everyone into a QT tank for hyposalinity...worked on...

Oh yeah, and vodka? Dosing Vodka? what is the theory behind this and how do I do it? I'll try anything to keep the tank healthy...I read algae feeds on nitrates, so in theory at least, if I get them down, the algae should at least slow down...

good advice... Yes, I am using an API test kit, will try the other, thank you. I also bought a tap water test kit...just a hunch but we have well water and its possible there are nitrates in my tap. Also, the algae is SINCE the UV light was added...never had so much before. Its a...

Hello again, I posted a thread about 6 weeks ago regarding our "Ich ordeal, trial by fire..." and got some very good advice. Everyone but the hippo tang is back home in the DT after leaving it fallow, and everyone there is fine, its been almost 2 wks now, no sign of Ich. We treated the tang...

I am also using cupramine...and will dilute it a bit tonight, thank you. Maybe thats why Gilda, the blue tang, is flashing lately. Other than that they look good. The tank has been at 6 for about 6 days now, amm is 0, nitrites and nitrates 0....ph went up a little to 8.4, kh is 13? I am...

We have a 55 gal tank with an Aqueon 55/75 filter, 60+lbs of live rock, 3 sea urchins (initially tiny hitchhikers, thriving well, and very large now.) We are only about 5 months into this hobby...all of our fish are tank bred, we have 2 small clowns, a purple psuedo, a blue tang, a longnosed...