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Can I jump in here and just recommend (from sad sad experience) to add ONE fish. and read up on how to acclimate it....really vital!

I agree! (not that my opinion matters LOL) All in one place would be great. But honestly, all the same questions probably will come up as every tank is different and knowing how best to treat each tank (what to move and when) will probably still come up. Or maybe not. What the hell do I...

Originally Posted by ScubaDoo Can you tell I think msot UV's are garbage when it comes to ich? haha nah...didn't really pick up on that!

Originally Posted by MolaMola I'm personally going to buy a walking batfish and train it to ice skate and eat nothing but canned whipped cream and wheat thins. It's our job as responsible hobbyists to try different approaches, experiment, and find out as much as we can about these fish. If I...

kinda feel like I'm talking to myself...and in my own thread Usually it takes me 100-200 posts before that happens ;)

This site really needs a banging your head against the wall smilie.

Originally Posted by F1shMan aww scully you ended up losing the hippo, i think it was me that helped you And you did help me. I did what I could. I have a QT set up now and that's a good thing. I know more about how to treat ich and MORE IMPORTANTLY how to prevent it. I'm sure it was the...

Not that it matters to this 'debate' but no LFS guy has ever tried to sell me anythign UV. LOL

Having just flushed my Hippo (she didn't survive tranfer to QT ) I'm truly saddened by this thread and your (soon to be) actions. I killed her out of ignorance. I did not aclimate her properly. I just didn't know. Another contributing factor is that I took the advice of my LFS that she was...

QT tank set up Fish in tank day one. fun fun fun... hahah THANKS AGAIN!

okay cool. That's what I thought. Not to be a dumb [hr] but I DO put ALL 3 fish in now right? Even the (currently) uninfected ones? (hippo got first signs of ich yesterday)

Okay hubby got all the goodies y'all recommended for a QT tank. While there the (f'n) fish buy sold him on Ich Attack (100% organic, safe for inverts blah blah blah) claiming it was necessary because the ich was in the live rock and if we didn't the fish would just get it again afraid coming out...

see this thread https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=172147 the post from swg65galma tells you (well me lol) exactly what to do good luck

Thanks y'all. Hubby is off to buy the necessary supplies for the QT tank. Here's the saving Dory! Wish us luck! Oh and I"m sure I'll be back. So much to learn about this hobby!

Yeah...everyone's got their own way. It's the most frustrating thing about this hobby. And well I suppose like raising children, there isn't only ONE right way and everything else is WRONG. But, honestly, I'm looking for the most probable way of fixing this problem. I'm so close to quitting that...

55 gal flake and seaweed

Okay, Having problems with my Hippo who got ick today (my fault turns out). Here is the thread I started earlier https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=172097 So SPECIFICALLY what do I do now? :notsure: I do not have QT tank. I'm really super frustrated with this whole fish thing...

I have 2-65 watt power compact.

I posted all that before some of the other replies. I do know not to add copper, or much of anything for that matter, to the main tank. I'm constantly checking the clowns. They still look great and are acting normal. So far so good there. I'll do smaller more often water changes (yes I know...

thanks for the quick responses. the tank is tiny, like an 1". I respect that my tank is small...and we do have plans (if we figure this out) to get at least a 125. But for now this is what we have. And he's very small. The star is out. While pulling him I saw a hermit that was dead. So I'll pull...