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Simm, Whenever I'm dealing with something I like to know as much as I can. This piece on ich explains what it is and what takes place in our tanks when our fish have it. Understanding whats going on makes the solution seem reasonable and sound. You know what I mean?

Hyopsalinity to cure saltwater ich. Saltwater ich is a disease caused by tiny parasites of either Cyptocaryon or Oodinium. These parasites imbed themselves in the fish's skin and gills, causing great irritation. Initial symptoms usually include loss of appetite, rapid breathing and scratching...

Beth, Thanks for the reply, even thought it wasnt what I wanted to hear. I'm kinda strapped for room here and I was wondering what size QT tank I should get for my fish. I'd say the biggest fish is the emperor coming in at about 3". The smallest being the flathead at about 1". Your suggestions...

I've noticed that my hippo tang has white spots one his left fin and I,m going to setup a QT tank tomorrow. My question is he's not the only one in my 75 should I just QT him or am I going to have to get a bigger QT tank for all my fish. Clown Trigger Juvenile EMPEROR Hippo Tang Maroon Clown...

Thanks for asking he's swimming around now. phew!

food yes lights no but just did now he ate brine shrimp

I just bought a hippo tang and now that I have him in my tank he's just laying on the bottom of the tank! What should I do???

I was wondering what test kits are considered the best and easiest to use. And also what should be in the kits. (ph,ammonia etc) Opinons would be most welcome!

Here's my email gdown@optonline.net I live on Long Island would like everything

broomer5 should I keep a 5 gal bucket with premixed salt water with a airstone in it and top off daily? maybe this is a better way to go.

I guess trial and error is the best way in this situation. I'm just trying to kept the error part to a minium. lol Thanks

If I do a 5% water change in my 20 gal tank (1 gal) How could I raise my specfic gravity from 1.022 to 1.024 using red sea salt mix? Is there some sort of formula to follow? If so please tell me what it is. :confused:

Does anybody have one of these fish. I just bought one at my lfs and paid twenty bucks for it. Are they hard to keep? Have him/her for a week is eating well.

I was worried about kicking up whatever was on the surface of the sand.

when you add lr to a tank does it harm the tank when you move the existing lr around to accomadate the new?

Is this a good sign?

I'm noticing that I'm getting green algae over everything in my tank (20 gal 30lbs lr 20lbs ls 1 damsel 1 clown 6 hermits 6 snails 1 sally) my question is before I go to the lfs for something to kill the algae what is everyone's thoughts on how to get rid of it or at least kept it under control.

should you have both 50/50 and blue actine running together all the time or should you have 50/50 and then blue at another time. I know it sounds silly but i was justing wondering

great, I've been reading some posts and thought it would be a good idea to have a dsb. Will the ls also seed rock too?

Just want to know if I can add ls to sand that's been in the tank about 4 weeks. I want to go with dsb so I want to add ls. :rolleyes: