Recent content by dmschiff

Sorry to jump in, but I wanted to make sure Aiptasia X is safe for fish. Has anyone used it with fish? The info on SWF says it is reef safe, coral safe, invertebrate safe, but nothing is mentioned about fish. I already tried the peppermint shrimp route. It worked great. I went t bed at night...

I will try to ask intelligent questions, but honestly don't understand lighting very well. Currently I have a Hamilton 2x175 MH with 2x55CF. I believe they are about 3-4 years old. (WE bought it used about 2 years ago. )The CF completely stopped working. So My husband tested them, said the...

I'm paranoid that I didn't perfectly complete hypo. I started to lower salinity from 1.025 but stopped at 1.018 because my kids were sick & needed my attention. Anyhow I let it stay at 1.18 for about a week and then lowered it from1.018 to 1.09 over the next 48 hours. I have about another...

I have a 10 gal QT with a yellow tang. I hoped to have him in my 120 by now, but black ick and possible brook surfaced. So, I gave him formalin baths and started lowering SG for Hypo. The SG has been at 1.009 for about a week now, but the ammonia is starting to rise. I keep changing the...

I understand your concern, you may be completely correct. But actually until a few days ago he looked a lot better than when I attempted to rescue him from the local fish store in no more that a 5 gallon space. He is eating like a champ, comes to see me at the glass and actually doing better...

Earlier I did place the clown in 1 gallon water from the QT in a separate bath and only added 2 drops of Quick Cure for an hour. Not sure that it did anything. He definitely won't eat. Ate like a champ yesterday. The tang has me sooo confused. First he presented with a white-ish powder/velvet...

water conditions: ammonia = 0 nitrites = 0 nitrates = 40 ph = I believe is 8.0 So difficult to tell maybe between 7.8-8.0 phosphate = 0 temp = 78 (Constant heater or else I would increase it a little)

Ok. The local store only had something called Quick Cure. The active ingredients are Formalin and Malachite Green. Nowhere does it state the amount or % of Formalin. The package states that it is for freshwater or saltwater and that it is for "fast relief for ick and Protozoan parasites"...

Also, forgot to mention that I won't be able to get the formalin for about another 3 hours. Should I do anything in the meantime? Freshwater dip?

Beth, thanks for your quick reply! Unfortunately my camera is not working at this time. I will try to figure out how to use my 10 y/o sons camera, but I doubt the quality will be worth it. Yes I did look at the photos on this site, and honestly believe that the clown looks most like the...

I purchased a false perc clown and a yellow tang at Christmas. Placed them in a 10 gallon QT that has been running for months. The clown looked fine at time of purchase the tang was skinny and had a very slight white spots on fin. Clown started t eat the 2nd day and the tang took a few days...

I've never heard of these. Where do you get them? How expensive? My sump is about 40 gallons. The fuge is about 15 gal. I run it opposite my lights to grow my chaeto and to keep PH more constant.

Any suggestion for a quick light for my refugium. roughly 13x18 Currently I have a 23w flourescent clip on light. It has been working fine, but the light fixture is rusting and starting to drip rust into water. I know others here have used a light from home depot. Please list any...

Ok, I did a 30% water change, but used water from my DT which has 0 ammonia. My reasoning is that it should boost the bio filter. IS this correct? I believe I read this in Beth's posts somewhere. Can someone, ANYONE, please explain to me how the fish are going through ammonia poisoning...

Sep, I don't know where to begin. Obviously I did something majorly wrong and I feel like dirt right now. I honestly thought I was doing things right. Can you help me please! Here it goes... I honestly thought that if you start the QT with the majority of water from a cycled tank it was OK...