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should I be transfering over my eel, sea urchin, star fish and sea cucumber as well? Or can they contract ich?

What % water changes through out the day? 15-20%?

Also - could I just move my LR and corals out of the main tank?

How do I go about killing the remaining infection in the main tank?

Trying to figure out how to treat my entire tank for ich. I had 2 hippos that had it, but I transfered them out and they seem to be good. But now alot of other fish are getting sick - 3 damsels have died, and I want to transfer the entire tank out. I have about 20~ fish, in a 150g tank...

Why not just take my corals out and take the whole tank to hypo? Something like 1.09?

Yes, everyone gets along well. No new additions, the hippos were the newest fish (along with the yellow tang) but that was over a month + ago. As for the Groupers, I'm planning to move them out with the clown when they get a bit bigger.

Contents of the tank: Small clown tigger (3") Niger Trigger 2 hippo tangs (together since they were tiny, never fight) 1 yellow tang (introduced with the hippos)\ 1 Sailfin tang 9 Damsels 3 Chromies 5 starfish 2 urchines 1 snowflake eel 2 lemon wrasses (very small, 3/4") 2 Panther Groupers (1"...

I have two hippo tangs that have ich, and I'm worried they are going to die. ITs getting worse and worse, but I can't seem to catch them. I have a 150g reef, with LOTS of hiding places. They are very skittish though, so there is 0 change of getting them with a net. Should I tear the rocks...

I did a water change of about 35 gallons today on my 150g tank, and came back to my office around 10pm, and turned on the room light (the halides has turned off already) and the I notice my niger triger was a very very odd colour and were acting very weird. The niger trigger was swimming...

Any suggestions then? I really don't want to see this fish get sick(er). The tank has corals, so I can't put in any chemicals. Any ideas for treating it in a QT?

I got some pictures of my tangs that have some spots on them. Difficult to see, but each ones has about 4-5 on either side. 3+ weeks ago each had just 1 or 2 spots. Any ideas on what I should do? They seem to be scratching themselves on rocks and stuff on occasion as well Thoughts?

Will do. It only scares me because of how he has been rubbing him self on the rocks. I had a tang when I first got the tank that was doing that, and it came down with an aweful case of ich later on and died. I'd like to avoid a repeat of that obviously.

Well it was sharks that actually got me in to salt water tanks, and 150g and 35+ fish later I'm thinking of getting another tank for my new office. I really like the idea of having a shark and wanted to know what good tank mates are for them? I've seen videos on the net with all sorts of fish...

tough to get a picture - the glass of my tank is scratched (long story, but from before I bought it). Spot is 1/8th of a inch in size, maybe smaller - white in colour. right in the middle of the fish on the side. I just got the tangs (two hippos) this past weekend. They are about 3" long...

I have a hippo tang that has been scratching himself(or herself) on the rocks lately. I looked at it and there seems to be a white spot on it's side. What should I do? I do have corals in the tank, and no quarantine tank right now; though i could make one with a plastic tub or something. Thoughts?

Hey all - merry christmas to everyone! I just got back into town, been away for 3 days or so can I came to find a really weird mold looking algee in the water. Its on the sand bed, walls of the tank, and even floating on the water line. Its blackish grey in colour. To be honest, over the...

The only reason I didn't wanna go with glass is I've been told it will reduce the light from my lamps. Maybe not visually, but in terms of the amount of light the corals will receive. Thought?

Well I just made a pretty elaborate cover with wire mesh. not as clean as I'd like - but for now it will work.

I have a blue ribbon eel that was on the floor for I'm guessing about 15-30 minutes. I put him back in the water when I saw him move around a bit. He did swim around a bit - I tried to clean some of the guck off of him (which he didn't like). He swam around some more, and now he is hiding...

will eggcrate melt? The lights are very hot.

I recently got a gorgeous blue ribbon eel who was very very active when I put him in the tank last night. the LFS (of course) mentioned nothing about them being jumpers (though I should have done my own research as well). The lights turned on this morning and sure enough he was active as ever...

Yea- they are beautiful fish. No opes on a hippo though? I REALLY like those fish.

Sorry - http://www.fishguys.com/images/334_Striped_Sailfin_Tang_med.jpg This is the one I have. He is about 5" tall when expanded, and about 4" long.

Hmmm - how well would the sailfin do in the predator tank? He is pretty agressive to his current tank-mates. Perhaps I should move him and bring in the 3 small tangs all at once (hippo, yellow & another small sailfin?)