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    wasting disease

    The bumps do not protrude much but if you look down the side of the fish you can tell the skin tends to "bulge" out. The area of the bump is not white but much lighter than the orange surrounding it. There are several of them. I think two on one side and three on the other. They are either...
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    wasting disease

    I had a clownfish develop light colored bumps under its flesh and after 10 days of not eating it died. On this message board I found a description which matches what I saw happen to my fish. I think it is wasting disease. I am not sure how to treat it. My larger clown has developed the same...
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    dipped clownfish with ich

    The tank is a 25 gallon. I have fish only and some dead coral for them to hide in and around. There are 2 clowns, a domino damsel and a yellow tail damsel. I also have a cleaner shrimp which I added recently. All the fish are on the small side. There is only chasing between the damsels...
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    dipped clownfish with ich

    BTW - I forgot to mention this in my initial post. Even if the dip time was not right I am so glad I dipped! While he was in the bath he swam more energetically and his breathing slowed. So I realized the water in the dip was better for him than in the tank. I got suspicious and tested my...
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    dipped clownfish with ich

    Hi, One of my clownfish had 4 ich spots on him so I did the freshwater dip. I had heard about this method and it seems to have worked but I could not figure out how long the dip should be. So I dipped him for 30 minutes. He is doing much better. I am curious if the dip was too long or not...
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    Feeding My Tank While On Vacation

    Use an automatic fish feeder. My fish at work go without being fed over the weekend and they do fine. Any longer then 2-3 days and I would be weary. I bought one 3 weeks ago and it works great. When you mete out food amounts for the days you're planning to be away you soon realize how much...
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    clown fish with ick not eating

    I think there is a secondary ailment affecting my clown. I have had fish with ich and server instances of ich continuing to feed. He does have ich for sure. He has a white grain next to his left eye. Another on his tail fin and two more on his side. It started with one and then he had...
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    clown fish with ick not eating

    Thanks for the feedback and sympathetic messages. Here is an update. I dipped my clown in freshwater last night. He seemed to be more active in there than he was in my tank. Swam around and explored the 5 gallon basin I put him in. I got the temperature close to the tank and dechlorinated...
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    clown fish with ick not eating

    Hi, My clown fish has ick and has not eaten in almost 4 days. He is still swimming but most floats without exerting much effort. I am starting treatment but am not sure whether he will pull through. Is there a chance my other clown will also contract ick? What should I do?
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    traps to catch cycling damsels/

    I guess you could always pick up your tank and pour all the water out and pass it through a strainer. When the tank is empty your fish can be found in the strainer. I know it is crude but if all else fails...
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    how to determine if overstocked

    I am not planning on throwing a percula to the wolves (Domino Damsels) but I thought size matters in this. So if the percula is twice the size of the domino will the damsel still kill it? My enquiring mind wants to know...
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    how to determine if overstocked

    As a newbie I am unsure of what to do with unwanted fish like my domino damsels. Will fish stores take them back? How does this work? Will they give me any $ for them?
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    vacation

    I will be gone for 3 days. I was considering asking a friend to feed my fish. Every time I have done this in the past (I had goldfish at the time) they were over fed and died. This time I plan to buy an automatic feeder and try that route. I don't want my saltwater dish to die like the...
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    how to determine if overstocked

    I have a 25 gallon with one piece of decorative coral. How many fish can I stock? I plan on stocking with small fish. The smallest I can find. Right now I 2 domino damsels and one of them is tiny. I call him Pigmy. The other two fish are blue damsels and they're small as well. If I buy a...
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    powerhead for FO tank

    It is a 25 gallon tank which was setup on May 19th and stocked with 4 damsels on May 23rd. The powerhead is a Rio 800...
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