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  1. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    Originally Posted by sepulatian If your 80 gallon is still cycled then use that. 80 gallon up and running for 18 months. its cycled. but there is aggresive fish in it bigger than these little tangs and other little fish I have in the 120...I have 25 gallons of cycled water in jugs stored from...
  2. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    Originally Posted by sepulatian I am sorry, but this is the poorest excuse that I have heard yet. If you know that you will get tangs then cycle a larger QT! You had ich long before you set up the 120. Exactly. I didn't notice the 55, but you had an 80 gallon tank. You could have treated the...
  3. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    this is a nightmare...I have a flame hawkfish with no signs of ICK also the flame angel looks great the mandarin looks great the goby and tilefish look good and so do the wrasses..slight signs of the beginning of ICK on the BH tang and yellow tangs and on the blue throat trigger. I think it's...
  4. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    well the 55 is empty but I have 50 gallons of mixed water for 5 days not sure what the params are on that water hopefully stable..it's been mixing with a heater and 2 PH's for 5 days. the good news if there is any is I also have 25 gallons of my 80 gal cycled tank from old water changes in...
  5. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    the 80 is full of aggresive fish....
  6. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    wow i'm in for a long night the 55 is empty now but I have 50 gallons of water mixed already for 4-5 days in my rubbermaid tub...It seems I have a long road ahead wish me luck and thanks
  7. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    I don't understand coral and inverts can get ICH/ICK ? I have a 55 a 80 and 10
  8. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    I would love to do that but I can't get the fish out I'll try a fish trap. can inverts get ICK ? Suppose by some miracle I get the tangs out and the blue throat trigger I just leave the tank alone for 4 weeks do i have to remove the inverts ? and how can I put 10 fish in the HT ?
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    anyone have one of these ?

    wow. look at this hybrid.
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    anyone have one of these ?

    I didnt see the web page in the corner trying to edit this pic....sorry.
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    anyone have one of these ?

    $700 for this fish ? wow
  12. sh2000

    Balistes punctatus

    It needs to be in a tank alone ?
  13. sh2000

    Elegence Coral- Why expert only ?

    Mine after about 6 weeks is almost on its way out looks terrible at least I know the water is pristine. I'm sad it was my fav coral and was a beautiful lime vibrant green in color. Anyone have any ideas of corals with the same color vibrant metallica lime green ? look at the pics above please...
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    Yellow Tangs

    They were put in the 55 for a week I have them in my 120 now. they are still 1.5 inches they look microscopic in the 120..lets just say they have alot of room. As far as getting them out nearly impossible for me..as soon as the net comes near the tank they go in caves I have so much LR in there...
  15. sh2000

    Lighting Question

    they have venting holes and are magnetic ballasts so well find out soon...I want to see if there's a difference between generic MH's and the Phoenix lamps.
  16. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    Originally Posted by wifishman1 going through the same thing. from what i was told either hypo/copper is the only way to completley get rid of it. copper wont work i have 100 inverts. I might try kick ICH but I would have to turn off the skimmer and remove the carbon.
  17. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    Originally Posted by ccampbell57 Hypo! Get your salinity to .09 over 48 hours using a refractometer and the fish will be none the wiser the fish are impossible to get. 120 gal. with 175 lb's of live rock 40 corals= impossible.
  18. sh2000

    There's ICK in my new tank

    I don't QT the fish because my qt is a 10 gallon tank and your not allowed to put a tang in a tank less than 6-800 feet its forbidden and I was affraid people would scream at me. I'm tired of being abused.
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    There's ICK in my new tank

    So I noticed on some of my fish they have some ICK..I would say a mild form of it, if you will... The yellow tangs have some black ICK The blue hippo has some ICK The blue throat trigger has ICK So I'm going to try and help them fight it using liquid garlic on all foods I give them..Mysis and...
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