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Also to answer ur question about stocking levels, I have a 75 gallon reef, fish are 1x pair of ocelaris clowns 1x pair orchid dottybacks 1x flame angel 1x scopas tang 3x flame anthias (1 male) But, i also run a large skimmer rated at 200 gallon (more that twice the size of my tank) and a large...

Anthias are not able to pick at ur live rock, which means they can only feed when u add food into the tank. Other fish like angels, butterflys and tangs can pick and feed on the LR allowing them to continually feed all day. it is important to feed ur anthias at least 2 times a day, i personaly...

Originally Posted by Aidos a pair of Coral Banded Shrimp. i understand that they must be matted in order to keep them in the same tank. i guess i will not risk putting a single or paired coral banded shrimp in my system, not worth the risk. cheers guys for ur knowledge.

i do have an RO unit but i only use this for my water changes other wise i would need to run the RO unit 24/7 due to my evaporation rate (the pain of open top tanks). it is alot easier 4 me to use the rain water to top it up, plus i live in the driest state of the driest country and i dont wanna...

Was wondering if any of u guys have an ingenous way of adding kalkwasser to a tank with out a sump. the only real place i can put somethin is on my protein skimmer cup lid. anyway just hopeing someone else has a good idea of how to do this. im having phosphate problems so hope this will solve...

I have a Red Line Cleaner shrimp which i have had 4 about 5 months now and has molted twice. is growning in size well. i would love to add anther cleaner shrimp but was also wondering how they would go with a pair of Coral Banded Shrimp. will the coral banded shrimp be to aggresive and kill the...

i would think that u would still get an ammonia spike, but it would have depended on how u transported it from the store, if it was fully submerged in water i would say it would be small, but if it was exposed to air for more than a few mins i would say that u would have a normal ammonia spike...

best to have ya lights of when ya cycling, u will find that u will go through a stage when algae grows every where and by keeping ur lighting on ur only encouraging it to grow more. its best to leave them of i think, its not essential, but u can always turn them on when mates come ova and turn...

Beth, 2day i got a product called "rapid white spot remedy" by aqua master (for freshwater tanks), it is 37mg/ml of formaldehyde and 0.32mg/ml of malachite green. i hope this is wat i was ment to get, got it from work and my boss said it was the same stuff. i did a 35 min bath this evening...

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yeah i have setup a QT tank and hes in there now, i have slowly started to change the salinity. i have never heard of fromalin and i work at my LFS but i can do a search and hopefully get lucky. wat mg/ml measurement am i after for formaldehyde? is it possible to double the dossage, say 40 drops...

Also beth the white faced tang has white spot so im still gonna treat him with hyposalinty for that, so my question is, is the Fungus-aid ok to be used in hyposaline water and do i have to use water from the aquarium. it is only 2 foot, and doent have heeps of water to spare....can i mix up and...

thanks beth btw i have fungus-aid....a wardley product can i use that? it has malachite green 1mg/ml formaldehyde solution 1mg/ml dehydroabietylamine acetate 0.24mg/ml and acriflavine 1mg/ml its a 125 ml bottle...is this approprate to use in a dipping/bath method? if so would i still use 20...

yeah i know that the formalin baths will work but i would like to know if i can use hyposalinity to treat the black ich. im more comfortable in the hypo method as i dont always have free time to do formalin baths and it also relieves stress from the inhabitants. cheers :happyfish

I have read the stickies on disease....and i just wanted to ask this quick question will hyposalinity cure BLACK ICH or are Formalin Baths the only treatment that will work. cheers guys