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I looked over the various pictures of fish diseases and I would still have to say that it was likely ******. I described the spots as wart-ish like, and they were indeed, but they were still more so like ****** than anything else I could find. When the spots showed back up under hypo salinic...

Hello everyone! Thanks to all of you for your advice and suggestions. I should have tried to get a picture of the regal tang up on here and I was in the process of doing so, but sadly the regal is no longer with me. He died two days ago and I just now found my way back to here. I know for sure...

Hi Beth, I see your point on the lower S/G being a danger. I am thinking at this point of slowly bring it back out of hypo. Just a minute ago I got a good look at the regal again and the spots no longer look like regular ****** anymore. They look like larger wart-ish looking spots but I though...

Hello everyone! I had a nice long letter typed up instead of this explaining my situation better but then the computer froze and I lost it so here goes the "short" of it! After eight months of the same strand of marine ****** and two separate six week rounds of hypo, I am now about two months...

Crypt keeper, I take no offense to you or anyone else saying that my tank is too small at all. I can see where your coming from and thank you for your opinion. I don't wholeheartedly agree on the small tank size in relation to the size of the fish right now. Here is why I think this: Naso tangs...

Well the tank is 5 feet long and 110 gallons! I know that isn't huge but the Naso is just a baby at this point along with the emperor, I know what you guys are saying though but this tank is rather empty still so I am not sure that is the problem b/c she is not attacking the smaller fish in the...

O.K. I am at the end of my rope with one of my fish. Please help! I have a five inch Hawaiian Naso Tang (Orange Spined Unicorn fish), which will not leave my large juvenile emperor angelfish (4.5 inches) and porcupine pufferfish (4.5 inches) alone! I have tried everything to stop this that I can...

Well, I am again battling ick (******) right now myself and I have put my guys in my 30 and 10 gallon hosipital tanks for the next couple of weeks. You got a few choices but judging from your reply you won't like either one I bet! 1. If the ick visibly appears on the fish you could fresh water...

I use garlic guard consistently and I have been for months and months now. I have purchased two large SeaChem bottles of the stuff and I have noticed that it does seem to help entice finicky eaters to eat, but no where on the bottle does it even make a claim to any effectiveness in fighting...

I hear you on that one! One of my LFS guys says that you can never irradicate ick completely from a tank, but as the life cycles shows that must be false! I also think that if the fishes can completely resist the ick for a month or so and does not allow the parasite to attack and encase itself...

Oh yeah...btw Are the hawaiian emperors more expensive? I see that a indo-pacific juvenile is running about $79 on here. I am sure they are, but how much are they typically? Also..is the color more intense on the hawaiian? I saw a picture of a $500 adult red sea emperor angelfish once that was...

Oh man... that is very sad to hear about your emperor! I hope that never happens to you again. Sometimes this hobby can be discouraging due to such disasters like that. I really would not like to loose any fish period, especially not one that cost in the $100+ range. I am by no means rich and I...

I'm glad you mentioned that about a juvenile emperor! I had heard that somewhere else about the juv. emperor being easier to acclimate too. That is a very good point, plus I can have some "breathing room" with the 110 with the juvenile and can save some money! That is always nice these days...

Thanks! I have a 110 gallon long with a 20 gallon sump. The tank is 60Lx18Wx22H inches, so I would not get one that is over 5 or 6 inches max. Most likely 3-5 inches if possible. Do you know what their growth rates are? I mean how quickly does this fish grow? I am planning on getting a 200-220...

Hello everyone, I am very soon about to be in the market for an emperor angelfish. Recently while I was doing some further research on the emperor angel, I came across some information that suggested many captive juvenile emperor angels may never fully develop their adult colors. I was...