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My hippo tang has been repeatedly scratching himself against a piece of live rock the past few days. Has anyone ever saw a fish do this before? I wonder why it's doing that?

I have an 80 gallon tank but since I am moving in a year or 2 I don't really think tank size is an issue for the future. To be quite honest, I never really wanted the gramma, he was sent to me by mistake from etropicals.com. My Father in Law has a tank so maybe I'll just give the gramma to...

I've had my blue hippo tang for about 2 weeks now and the past few days I have noticed that his tail and fins are all tore up. He also has a white spot (I don't think it's ICH) on his side. He also looks kinda bumpy and his face looks a little bit up. I have been watching my tank and noticed...

There is a hippo tang at my lfs that I'd like to get but he is a little dull in color. He seems to be healthy and he ate well, I'm just a little concerned because his color isn't very bright. The lfs said he will get more color once he is in a more stable environment, is this true? I'm...

I have a terrible fear of snakes and my husband just bought a snowflake eel for our fishtank! It's very small right now, maybe 8 inches. What I want to know is...how big will he get and how long will it take him to get that big? Will it eat or terrorize our other fish (clowns, royal gramma...

Yes, the grammas were free. They weren't on our "fish wish list" but we're still going to keep one. I'm just so irritated and mad that we have to go through this.

Yeah the fish were like this when I opened the bag. I just figured it was normal b/c when I recieved my Royal Gramma's on Tuesday they looked the same way (they perked up after floating the bag in the tank for 15 minutes). It got pretty cold last night...maybe 25 degrees. The lady I spoke with...

They do have nice color...very bright orange, white & black. Their eyes look fine too, not clouded over or anything. I did contact etropicals and they will not send another set out, they will just refund my money. At this point I don't think I want their fish anymore...especially since they...

Nope, they just float around when I move them. I assume they are dead? I am so irritated with this company! Yeah, they said they'll refund me but it's still very irritating to have to go through this. Especially when I have a 4 yr old who was so excited for Nemo to come and now he's dead. :x

Their gills are open but they are not moving & their mouths are hanging open. The one fish is laying on it's side and the other is upside down in the corner. They have not moved at all since I got them.

I haven't dropped them into the tank yet...they are still in the shipping bags. I let them sit in the bags for 15 minutes, then I opened the bags & put 1/2 c. of my tank water in every 4 minutes for 45 minutes. I am afraid to put them in my tank if they are not swimming...I don't want my crabs...

etropicals.com is supposed to be owned by the same 2 doctors as liveaquara.com (which I have heard wonderful things about). Anyway, on Sunday I ordered 2 false percula clowns. On Tuesday when the fish came they sent me 2 Royal Grammas instead. So I called them up and they sent my clowns out...

So 2 can live in harmony in the same tank? The tank is 80 gallons. I do have someone who will take the other fish but if we can keep them both I'd like to do that...

I acclimated our new Royal Gramma's today for an hour before putting them in the tank (as told to by etropicals.com). They have been in the tank now for 4 hours and they still aren't swimming around. They're still in the "hybernation" state that they came in. When they first came I really...

You're probably right. I wonder why they would ship 2 basslets together when they can't live together? The person I talked to on the phone said that there is no way that I can keep these 2 fish together in the tank. They do not get along. I'm going to be giving one of them to my father in...

Thanks for the info! We have an 80 gallon tank. Yes, the are letting us keep these fish for free and they are quite beautiful. It's a shame though because I'm worried that my husband may have to drop one of the fish on his wish list if we are keeping these guys!

Has anyone ever ordered from etropicals.com? It's the same doctors that own liveaquaria.com. We ordered 2 tank breed False Percula Clowns and they sent us 2 Royal Gramma basslets! How the heck could anyone get the two of these confused? So, now they are sending us the 2 clowns on Friday...

I was looking at liveaquaria.com but I also wanted to know if there were any other reputable online fish stores?

The tank has been up and running for about 2 months now. He uses a Red Sea test kit that was about $100 if I recall correctly. It's not the dip strips, it's the drops. I'll ask him about the phosphates. Thanks for your help on this! PS - Do you think that is too much LR for that size aquarium?

I'm posting this for my father in law who can't type..... He has 240 lbs of LR in a 125. He has green algae ALL over (i think it is called turf algae), and even the water has a green tint to it. His water tests are all coming up perfect, and he does a lot of them. He used filtered water to...

So, if I dropped the yellow tang and replaced the butterfly & bannerfish with a small school of cardinals, do you think that would be better? Here's an article on Comet fish: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/sept2002/Fish.htm I would love a reef tank but I think we'll wait until after...

I'm going for a FOWLR tank. It has been set up for 7 weeks now. I know I can't add these fish all at once but this is the list I'd like eventually. This tank will only be set up for 2 yrs and then we'll be moving and upgrading to a bigger tank, probably a 6' one. Do you think these fish will...

Here's what I'm currently thinking. Let me know your thoughts... -- Already have -- 1 Emrald crab 12 blue leg hermit crabs 3 red leg hermit crabs 3 turbo snails -- Already have, but getting rid of -- 5 various damsels -- Want list -- 1. Nemo (O. clown) 2. Yellow Tang 3. Hippo Tang 4...

I tried taking a picture but they are so small the picture turns out blurry. Basically they are very small, almost microscopic bugs. They kind of look like fruit flies (without the wings of course) and they are a yellowish brown color. They are crawling all over his head and claws.

I just went to the Aquarium Discount Pet Center on Sunday and I was very disappointed! They claimed to have 10s of thousands of salt water fish but they had maybe 15 tanks and they were kind of expensive, not only that but the store was a mess! I live right around the corner from the Aquarium...