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Hey Guys - I am looking for some ideas on stocking my 55 FOWLR. My quarantine tank is ready for a friend. After my ich nightmare, my main tank has been fishless for 2 months. Right now I have 3 snails, 3 hermits, 2 Sallylightfoot crabs and 2 peppermint shrimp. I would love your thoughts on...

Well, he was showing signs of ich again tonight, so I have taken him out, put him in the qt and hope to get him treated. At this time I have some snails and hermits in the dt. I don't need to worry about them getting ich right? Also, I have to wait 8 weeks leaving my tank fishless right? That...

I tested my water again last night and it was showing no nitrites or ammonia. I honestly believe that since I bought live sand, live rock and a filter from an established tank )that was running until I picked the stuff up) that it didn't take much to cycle my tank. At this point I was thinking...

Yeah, I didn't take any. Seriously it was there for a day max. Then it was gone. That is why I am questioning it. I just don't want to move him to the qt and add more stress if it's not necessary. I know I sound like a pain in the butt..but I promise I am not. If you guys feel its better to take...

Thanks guys. He has yet to show any other signs at all. I think I will wait a few weeks to see if anything returns. At that point do you think it would be safe to assume that I was wrong. I have read every article you guys have sent me. I appreciate it. I tested my water again last night and...

Can you tell me what the time frame is for seeing ich on him again if it is in fact in my tank?

He looked like it for a day or so, but then I came home from work one day and he was fine. I was told the tank still has ich. That they just fell off him.

I set up my QT tank last night and have it running. Its a 29 gallon with a hob filter and a heater. When do you think it will be ok to put my Damsel in and start hydro treatment for the ich? He seems so happy in my dt tank..I hate to move him. He is eating well and not showing any signs of ich.

A Month or so.

Yes, the kit I have is API. The results have always been the same with it. My boyfriend brought home some strips from Petco that the guy gave him..he put them in my dt but I had nothing to measure it against..this was my bf's quote "he said the hot pink was bad" but he couldn't remember what the...

It's fish only with LR.

I have the Master Test Kit right now...are the Virbac Mardel 5 in 1 Test Strips for Saltwater just as good? For as much as I will need to be testing my water the strips will be much more convenient. Are they ok to use?

I cleaned the qt tank, but have no set it up yet. I don't have a good biological filter that I can put on the qt tank as of right now. I did put some polishing foam that I had left over into my filter on my dt. My old hob filter I have I do not have any filter media for. So, I will be getting...

Awesome. So, at this point I am going to put together my qt tank, put him in it and do the hypo salinity. I will leave my dt just as it is...it will be fishless but will still have the live rock. If I do this for 8 weeks or so the parasite should die right? I need to add more live rock, so may...

So, I come home from picking up the qt tank and my fish looks just fine. He is swimming, eating and looks great. Ummm??? Did I overreact thinking it was ich? I am still going to set up the qt tank...but I don't want to treat him if I was mistaken that he was ill...

Thanks. I assume the refractometer is different then my hydrometer... Also, should I drop the salinity down before I put him in or after? I have a full on test kit for my tank, do the strips work just as well? Since I will be testing so much the strips might be easier.

I was able to round up a tank to use for quarantine. I am picking it up after work. Now, do I need to cycle this tank as well, or will I be ok with a filter, water from my dt, and a heater?

I haven't yet. Noticed it this morning. I will be taking him out of the dt tonight..hopefully by having a qt tank set up for him. I am sure if I take him back to the LFS they will just let him die. I think he has better chance with me, if you would believe that. I have been reading about the...

Fabulous. I guess that is what I get for being naive.

Yeah..getting that from everything I am reading. I am going to set up a q-tank tonight. I am just so dang frustrated. Right now, I am trying to find a cheap-o tank to setup a q-tank with. I have my old hotb filter so I can use that. I bought a new bio-wheel so, that is what is currently running...

So, I had my water tested over the weekend and they said my water was good to go. So, I pick up a few damsels to start out with. Two were dead by the next morning. The other one was doing great...eating, swimming around etc...now he has Ich. Seriously? I can't catch a break...going to start...

Thanks. I removed the shrimp days ago. I only had it in the tank for 3 or so days. The ammonia amounts remained the same before and after the shrimp. I was just reading about the Aptasia anemone. Apparently I have two of these little hitchhikers in my rock.

I checked my levels again last night and still no movement. I am not seeing any nitrates or nitrites. There is coraline algae still on the rocks and a little patch of greenish plant stuff on the rock. Could it be that I am already cycled? I should be seeing a little of the nitrates or nitrites...

I have about 10lbs of LR. The LR was never out of the water...I brought it home wet and it went right into my tank. Do you recommend taking off the HOB that I have? I removed the canister last night, it was leaking pretty, so right now the ph and the hob are the only things running until I get a...

Fish only with live rock. The lights are just the standard ones that came with the tank kit. Nothing fancy.