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My LFS keeps their saltwater fish in 1.018 SG and recommended the same to me. Me SG is 1.025. Should I gradually lower it to 1.018? Isn't the Ph more stable at 1.025?

Hello all, quick question. Just out of curosity, I asked my LFS manager what SG they keep their SW fish in and they told me 1.018 and recommended the same to me. They even have some LR and LS in their tanks. I was told that this SG is healthier for the fish in the long run and it won't harm LR...

Hello, I just set up a 150 gallon freshwater tank about a month and a half ago. I already have some fish in it. However, the water just won't clear up. It's not too cloudy, but it just has that light milky cloud which is enough to make he tank an eye sore. The tank has about three inches of...

Hello all. My parents don't have access to a computer. They have a 150 gallon FOWLR system. About two weeks ago, they got a 3" maroon clown. The fish is in a 10 gallon QT treated with cupramine and the salinity is 1.021 and the temp is 78 degrees. Anyway, they noticed that the fish is starting...

Quick question. I have a 10 gallon tank with live bearers that are not doing good. I think they have internal parasites since their poo is white and stringy and look skinny. If I postpone treatment any longer, I'm afraid I might lose my fish!! I tried garlic but my fish don't really eat enough...

I'm having a problem with my mollies and playies in my 10 gallon community. They do fine for a while and then all of a sudden they get stringy poo and start to lose weight and eventualy die. I went to my lfs and they told methat it was internal parasites of some kind and they recommended...

I had a yellow longnose butterfly in qt for 10 days now. He had no ich on him when I first got him. However, he is now covered with ich.The funny thing is the SG is 1.008-9, the temp is set at 82 degrees and there is coppersafe in the water. He still eats pretty good but I don't understand why...

Hello everyone, I have a 20 gallon tall glass tank that I got about three months ago. I have a couple saltwater acclimated mollies in it along with a blue damsel. These were used to cycle my tank. There is also about 10 to 15 lbs of live rock along with 3 inches of live sand at the bottom...

I have tons of tiny cone shape snails plagueing my aquarium. Can they carry parasites that affect fish?

I've got six female platys in my 29 gallon tank and two of them are not doing good. They have white stringy poop thats hanging from them. They are not eating well and they look skinnier than the others. I think it's an internal parasite of some type thats attacking them. My tank has ALOT of...

Is paraguard, which is made by seachem, effective in bare QT to treat ich, velvet, external bacterial infections, external fungal infections and external viral infections such as lymphocysts? I bought a bottle of it a while back and I want to try it next time I buy a fish to be QT'ed. I read the...

About a month ago, I purchased a five gallon tank and put a thin layer of gravel on the bottom. I then added about an inch high of brackish water at SG 1.010 to 1.012 to the tank. I decorated the tank with a few small stones and a plastic aquarium plant and added an airstone for some...

I have had a school of serpae tetras for a year and three months now. One of them is acting funny. He is constantly swimming up to keep his balance, but keeps sinking to the bottom. No probs with the other fish. What is the problem with him?

I have a couple of questions about turbo snails. Will they eat spinach, zuchinni or romain lettuce as a substitute to algae that grows in marine aquaria? I like them alot and I'm interested in adding a couple of them to my tank in the near future. I just don't think that enough algae can grow in...

My 40 gallon fowlr has been fully cycled for three months as of now. I have since added a pair of false percula clowns, a small sailfin tang and a long nosed hawk fish along with two shrimp, a cleaner and a pepermint. These fish have been in my tank for about a month and two weeks. My clowns...

Hi, one of two perculas is acting funny. Occasionaly, I see him consuming air bubbles from the surface. At times, he has difficulty swimming down as he wants to float back up to the surface. He still eats fine. What kind of behavior is this and can I stop it? I feed them a diet of flake food and...

Which is more effective against Brooklynella Hostilis parasites, Quick Cure or Clout? Both of these products are produced by Aquarium Products. I heard that this parasite is not curable by copper or hyposalinity.

I'm a happy owner of a thriving 100 gallon freshwater aquarium thats been set up five years ago. Here's my advice, I found that adding exactly 1 teaspoon of Instant Ocean salt mix per gallon of water works wonders on your fish. You have no idea how healthy your fish will be with the salt in the...

Just got done QTing my first two false percula clowns. I'm ready to add them to my 40 gallon display tank. By the way, I spent the good part of a week raising the SG to 1.025, the same SG of my display tank. They look much better now than they were at 1.008. I've decided that I want to dedicate...

I need advice. My sister has a an 85 gallon FOWLR system with 2 inches of live sand. Water properties are fine, 1.025 SG, 0 ammonia and nitrite, 15 ppm of nitrate and 8.3 ph. She has five fish in that tank, a yellow tang, a small queen angel, two clarkii clowns and a yellow tail blue damsel...

Sorry, I tried your link about brooklynella that you provided in your response to my message, (quick cure or no quick cure) and it did not work. It must have been removed or its down because all I got was a white blank page when I clicked on it. Is there any other way to access that page? Thanks

I have had two perculas in my quarentine tank for about three weeks now. One of them seems to have brooklynella hostilaris since he's breathing hard and not too interested in food and also has a milky white slimy film on certain parts of his body. The salinity in the Q tank is 1.008-09. I added...

I have a question about low salinity. I have a FO tank without inverts. My first fish are two percula clowns. They are in my quarentine tank with low salinity at 1.008. They've been in there for three weeks now and they are not showing any signs of stress nor disease. They are also eating like...