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Thank you for your advice. Any other advice on how to treat a swim bladder problem.

Basically I have a very large spiny puffer and he all of a sudden will just float around and spining (clockwise only), letting the current take him into the wall. He will come out of it for a few seconds then resumes, it seems as though he has an equilibrium problem. All the other fish are fine...

the problem is not simply the wastes, it is also the fish themselves. I learned this the hard way. My water is reef quality even its a fowlr. i have always wanted a school of fish. so I got 4 monos. my undulated trigger (the dominant fish) felt overcrowded and decided to kill his biggest...

i would not do such a large water change. that can cause the fish a lot of stress you are much better off doing weekly 20-25% water changes. cleaning the glass will definitely help. other factors that can help are increasing water flow and reducing light in the tank. I used to have huge algae...

I have a banded bamboo shark, he is over 3 ft long and has been extremely hardy through some tough tank situations. The only thing that harms them really is copper, no one at my LFS mentioned that when I medicated my tank and he does seem to bite around food more than at the food but he eats...

i would give him some time, try a fresh water bath, then acclimate him to your main tank. I had a fish that I was convinced was dying for about 3 wks. He somehow pulled through however, I did not do anything but give him time. If you do give up on him the freezer is the way to go. I remember...

i actually intentionally switch up which salt I use frequently what is wrong with that???? I figured they probably all vary with respect to trace elements and that switching around would give me the best of all salts. Also there is that designer salt that comes in a box and is twice the price...

i feed every 2-3 days, no problems whatsoever. just throw in some seaweed for grazers.

there are no long term feeding stones for sw fish. i put my food in baggies and have a friend come over and give one bag every 2-3 days. I already have my fish on a every other day schedule so they deal with this very well.

you can buy live sand which speeds up the cycling process also a panther grouper eats and poops alot so they can help out the process as well. the LFS actually bought my giant sized panther grouper just to use him to cycle tanks.

definitely starting with a small lion would be better. plus I recommend that you just feed him frozen lance fish. break them up into individual fish then feed with a feeding stick initially then just sorta let the current take individual fish. You have to be patient with him. Mine took almost 3...

for small hardy fish, nothing will outlive a damsel, there are some really cool looking small ones. also a mandarin goby would work well but can be a little more difficult to maintain.

i bought one once to treat a parasite problem and unfortuneatley all they eat is the parasites then when your tank is cured their purpose is done.

i have noticed my fish do a lot better with a variety of foods. I feed them 5 minutes of food every other day. But mix up lance fish, squid, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, blood worms, formula 1, spirulina, and angel formula (contains sponges). Then daily I throw in some seaweed for the grazers...

I had a niger trigger. he did not do well living with an undulated trigger but then again what does. He was no where near 19inches. I doubt that they get half that size in a tank.

I have a large marine all fish aquarium. Sorry no pic, but I have these very small things that almost look like they are made of dental floss. They are very small and have a short stem then a ball with all these filaments coming off of it. They almost look like the the white dandelion pollen...