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Hi..was wondering if anyone can help in this question. I bought a coral beauty 3 weeks ago, put him the QT and 2 days later he came up with 2 relatively small spots. They are no bigger than grains of salt. One on the dorsal fin and one on the caudal fin. Neither have them have grown. I was...

I have a newly acquired coral beauty in a QT and it looks like she has ich. I've read they are copper sensitive. Is there any truth to that? I've never had any luck with hyposalinity. What treatment methods has anyone used with any degree of success?

I didn't have much luck with hypo in my last battle but I'm willing to try again. What's your opinion on adding a cleaner shrimp along with hypo in the QT?

I just bought a copperband butterflyfish and a pink and blue goby. They were both in the same tank at the LFS and ate like pigs, no signs of ich. I have them in a QT and now the butterflyfish looks like it has about 4 spots. I understand that these guys are sensitive to copper..is that true...

Great!...thanks! I'll check out that site.

I need some recommendations for setting up the PHs in my 55 gal in order to maximize water flow. I have 3, 2 of which have rotating deflectors, plus the return from the sump. It would be nice to be able to hide them behind the 70lbs of LR. Ultimately I'd like to install some sort of unit (tubes)...

Great info! You guys just saved me $35. I thought about getting a glass hood (for jumpers). I didn't know that affected pH. I'll try the egg crate. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Please don't misunderstand..I did not mean and would NEVER subject any animal to ANY cruelty! I would never cycle a tank with any animals. My point was that clowns, of all vertebrates, will be the first sign of any problems with water conditions, even in an established tank.

Very true!

Just chiming in here...so you feed your critters shrimp from the store? Isn't it funny..we are so conditioned to buy stuff from the petstore for our pets we forget that we can give them what they actually would eat in nature.

Yes. And when I clean the inside of the glass or brush off the live rock (while it was curing) the water would be crystal clear within 20 minutes or so. Pretty sure the overflow is rated at 300 gph. Yep, I was afraid of that, guess there's a trip to Home Depot in my future. I'll try to install...

Ok, here's the scoop: Tank is not drilled. I do have an overflow, but don't know what it is rated. It is a single bulkhead. I bought it at the LFS. It came with the 15 gal sump. Currently I do have it all running using an Aqua Clear 70 for the pump w/ a 5/8" return line. I believe it's a 1...

I didn't think this was overkill for my tank and based on above it's not. I hooked it up the other day and it nearly pumped the sump dry. The return hose the LFS gave me was a 5/8". The fitting calls for a 3/4". Also the prefilter didn't seem to be able to keep up with the pump. Please tell me...

I did start a new thread on the water turnover. Thanks

Generally total gph turn over should be around 15-20 times the tank size i.e. your 55 should have 800-1200 gph total. This can vary with coral needs though. (high flow corals can need up to 30 times turnover) I'd at least aim for a 15 times turnover.

OK, good to know, I've grown quite attached (no pun intended) to these little buggers. Whoa, that's weird..I was just doing that! There is one thing I have learned, I am in absolutely no hurry to do anything in this hobby. Everytime I've done that bad things have happened, LOL! I've got a...

Oh YES! It was wayyyyy of the chart. Online LiveAquaria.com 70lb Fiji premium I did just do the last partial water change per LiveAquaria's instructions. I have all live rock, no base rock. Can I start putting in a cleanup crew?

I think my live rock is done curing..wanted to double check.. Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 5 It only took 3 weeks in the tank..seems kind of fast so I wanted to check. Also, I think I have a diatom bloom on some of the rocks, should I brush it off? Should I resume lighting schedule (I had...