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Thanks for the help-my clown died.

I cant figure out how to post a picture. I think that the file size created by my digital camera is too large to upload. Anyway, the clown has been in the system for about 4 months. All of the parameters are fine and the tank (72 gal) has been up and running for about 9 months. The other fish I...

]Yesterday noticed a weird spot on the white part of my clowns tail. It is not really a spot, it looks more like a growth on the inside that is red and pussy looking. Today when I got home it was even bigger and now it is coming through the top of his skin and it is white around it. He is acting...

I just bought my first bubble tip anenome and it is doing some weird things. When the lights are off it goes completely into its base with no part of it showing, but when the lights are on it is completely out. Maybe this is normal but I am not sure if I am supposed to have a night light for it...

I am using cupramine and testing the levels with a copper kit(not sure of brand). The ph is at 7.8, but this is what it was in my main ever since I set it up. I got some buffer and raised the level to 8.2 in the main while it was fishless but I didnt do this in the qt because I didnt want to...

Well my clown was doing really well in my qt for a week and the ick went away but today I went into check on him and he was laying on the bottom of the tank breating very heavily and then about an hour later he died. I have been battling high ammonia with daily water changes since I set up the...

I bought the same Ro/di unit as Phyl on ebay with the hose adaptor and it works great. I mounted it on the wall in my laundry room and use the hose for the washing machine for the unit.

Im pretty sure that you can use your main tank water to setup the qt because you are going to be treating it with copper and that will kill any parasite in the water. I did that with mine and my fish were ick free in 2 days. You are going to want to use a sponge or something from your main in...

My tank is currently fishless due to ick(they are all in qt). I got a camel shrimp so that I could have some life in my tank. My question is what do they eat? There are no fish in the tank so there wont be any left overs so what should I do to feed the shrimp?-thanks

I bought this same skimmer for my 72 gal and I never got it to work right. I battled with it for a month and all it did was pump tiny bubbles into my tank. It never skimmed anything. Save your money until you can aford a better one.

I want to add a BTA to my 72 gal tank but am not sure about the lighting. Would this light be suffcient? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=46314&item=4368915715&rd=1

Check out filtersdirect on ebay for a good ro/di unit. I bought one from them and it works really well and was only $100. They also sell different attachments for them so I was able to hook up the filter in my laundry room. As far as skimmers go, I would stay away from a seaclone. I had one and...

I decided to set up a qt. I got a 10 gal with a penguin hob filter with a bio wheel. I treated the qt with copper and my clown and chromis are doing better. I know that I need to keep the main without fish for about 6 weeks to let the parasite die off so my question is about keeping the qt...

I am planning on buying a refractometer? Anyone ever but one on ebay? Or is there any other ones that you can recomend? Thanks

Ive had my 72 gal fowlr tank set up now for about 4 months. At one point I had a lionfish(small), 2 chromis, 1 true perc and a royal gramma in it. I added a bi color angel to the tank and since then have had nothing but problems. The angel died 2 days after I introduced it into the tank. Then I...

One day while I was at my lfs I saw a large zebra eel come out from under the rocks and grab a very large lion by its tail and pull it back under the rocks. The guys at the store had to rush to save the lion but it didnt make it. They told me that the two had been living together for over 2...

Check and make sure there are no bubbles on the arm of your hydrometer. The bubbles can throw your reading off by alot and new hydrometers are known to be full of bubbles.

It was a normal size piece of food that I usually give him. Since my last post the lion died. One of my chromis died as well showing the same signs as the lion. And now my clown is doing the same thing. Im not sure whats going on. My water conditions are all great and I took a sample to the lfs...

I have a baby volitans lion. I usually feed him mysis shrimp, but I decided to get some prawn to mix things up. Last night I gave him a piece of the prawn and as soon as he ingested it he began heaving. His body was constricting in and out very hard. When I went to bed he was no longer heaving...

Ive heard the same thing. I think because windex contains a high volume of ammonia.

I agree with Phyl. It took me hours to catch the aggressive damsel in my tank and when he was gone the remaining damsel became just as aggressive. I should have removed them both at the same time. The only way I was able to catch them was to remove all of the live rock which was a royal pain but...

I was originally looking for a coral beuaty but this fish was less expensive and more colorful but now I think that I am going to stick with the more hardy coral beauty. Thanks

IM not really sure how much Ive spent but if I added it up I know it would be too much. Its all worth it though. Im only about 4 months into the hobby and its almost consumed my entire life. I am always thinking about new things that I could do or doing some more research for future plans. In my...

I have about 50 lbs in my 75 gal tank. Maybe I should have done a little more research on the fish before I bought him. I found him at a lfs that I usually dont go to and he was only $19.99. Maybe this deal was too good to be true.

I used a method that others on this forum have recommended. Slowly adding a shot glass of water to the bag every 10 min. or so for an hour. He was doing well the first 2 days I had him in the tank. He was swimming and eating but when I woke up this morning he was on the bottom and the hermit...