Recent content by scotty

if clown tangs rarely survive why are they prevalent in the hobby???...seems odd and wasteful....just curious....scott

thanks for your replies.....i changed the filters and did a water change and he is acting normally now....i don't know what these marks are on his face, but he is eating well and swimming noramlly now...i wondered about lateral line as well, but since i am new, i don't know exactly what i am...

it is around the eyes on both sides similar to the diagram you posted...it does not, however, go beyond the eye/facial area....it is nowhere else on the fish....the dots seem to be in a random pattern...they appear translucent at times and dark at other times depending on the light....he is very...

this tank is a 75 gallon fo tank....it has been up and running for about 4 months...the yellow tang is the last added of the three fish in there...the hippo and box puffer are acting normally and appear healthy....my water parameters were nitrate, nitrite and ammo all 0....my ph is 8.2 and the...

i cycled with 4 of them...they lived, so i decided to try and keep them...i added a hippo tang and they were relentless in their aggression towards it...needless to say they came out very quickly... scott

i have a yellow tang that is acting very strange. i first noticed it last night and through out the day today...he is staying in one corner of the tank and swimming eradically in jerking motion.....prior to this he swam all over the tank in a normal fashion and was quite active....i also...

yep....my lfs has one and it's labeled a girabaldi....they even turned me away from it! scott

thanks for the response.....what about fresh water dips? i think i remember seeing something about that on here for treating ick...is it advisable? thanks....scott

well, after a weekend away, he now has a few more of these spots near his gills.....without ever seeing ick, i am starting to presume it is...i am going to treat it after researching that a bit more.....what is this "green x" i have heard a bit about? does it work, or is hyposalinity the way to...

these fish are in a 75 gallon fo tank with a dsb, emperor400, emperor260, cpr skimmer, and 2 powerheads. it has been up and running for 6 weeks and these two fish have been in there for almost 2 weeks...these dots are larger than grains of salt...for reference the dot on his eye is...

it is difficult to tell what it is exactly(esp. since i am a novice at this). he does not stay still long enough for me to get a really good look. it is off white in color and looks like it is something that has attached itself there...there is another spot now under the eye near the...

hi there....i am new to saltwater fish keeping.....tonight i noticed that my hippo tang has a small off-white speck attached to his eye....at least it looks like a foreign body and not actually part of his eye....does anyone have any idea what this is? he appears as if he is trying to brush it...

i was just curious how often people test their water parameters(ph, trite, trate, ammo, salinity)? scott

thanks for all your replies! i am going to give the flakes a shot(thanks again sammy).....he has taken a few nibbles here and there on the dry sheets i put in....as much as he likes the regular flake food, i am sure he will go nuts for the veggie flakes.....thanks again. scott

i bought mine(2r) for about 160 dollars at the lfs where i get all my stuff, but i think i was ripped off in a sense....there are others on here who got theirs cheaper...at any rate i love mine and get VERY dark stuff out.....i keep the cup positioned just like the posted pic above....at first...