Recent content by cranberry

I'm really not up on the latest. But, there is no chance of you overfilling.

If he's still have some bouncy issues, he may stay hitched like that. He won't want to let go. Hopefully he'll let go soon so you can assess better what is going on.

I had a big red one that I couldn't wrap my hand around he was so mighty. He would use his tail to pry my fingers off him.

No single book can include the best advice for everything. I love The Scott Michael books.

You're feeding your lion a food item marketed for our hobby and more specifically predatory fish. You're enriching these food items with a well known trusted enrichment that has been around forever and used by many. Your fish has been nice and fat.... why would you even think he would not be...

There is nothing to treat at this point..... unless that is spot on the fish in picture 1 post #4. I'm not talking about the marks on his side, but the tiny dots. He is indeed malnourished if he has had Silversides for the past year. He is not underfed, so it really doesn't make a difference if...

I have to admit, I started at the bottom picture and went up. My husband was on the sofa and I said "Look Babe, come here! I wonder who is beating the.... ummm..... poo poo caw caw..... out of him". If you've had him a year..... who is biting off his spines? I kept scrolling up..... aha! That's...

It does indeed look like a buoyancy issue. He's trying not to float. At the end there you can see him pinning himself in place with his fins. Can you get some still shots for me? Of your other fish? Is he kind of pink? He is indeed very pale. They will usually shed frequently when they...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaosFyre If you hadn't added any fish during that 1.5 years, sources say the all the ich in your tank would have died by that time. That would probably be why, after being stressed, they did not break out. What sources say this? I know there have always been...

Flower, when my temps hit 82, my fish are stressed. All fish don't come from the same area and all areas don't have the same temperature. So, if someone's fish was used to 78, either because they were just removed from the ocean at that temp or have been acclimated over time, they are going to...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaosFyre @Cranberry: I would love to see more info about the temperature effects on marine ich. I'm not sure where I read about the temp anymore, so I don't know about the credibility of that statement. However, others in the thread have claimed to stop ich with...

Quote: Originally Posted by Devildoc http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1985626 I mean this with the utmost of respect and am pointing this out to be helpful.... but that's someones post, not a valid reference when trying to decipher between correct and incorrect information...

Quote: Originally Posted by ChaosFyre Oh, I thought of something else-- it occurred to me that some sources have said osmosis lyses the ich, and others say the low salinity just inhibits breeding during the Tomont stage. If the first was true, ich would die within 3-7 days. If the second was...

Quote: Originally Posted by Devildoc I forgot to mention your cleanup crew will eat the ick from the sand bed once it falls off your fish Could you please share a reference for this?

Within the temperature range our tropical fish can survive, ich is viable at every degree and beyond. The cold water strain, however, have optimal temperatures below what we would see in the tropical setting. I promise I'll get those exact numbers to you once I finish my set of shifts. I think...