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right - i told was saying in my other thread that i was vacuuming the sand and using my net to get off any build up cause i was getting white slime on my sand, and they told me not to stir up the sand and what not

well so far the lfs said that because i went so long without anything cleaning my sand its probably build up (i had a niger for over 2 yrs i recently lost that ate any crabs i put in there within 2-3 days) but i read awhile somewhere that every few months you should clean 1/3 of your bioballs...

no im feeding very lite making sure there isnt any extras to contribute to the ammonia

yeah i thought so too but it went from bad to worse and ive never had problems like this

yes tank is 2 and half years old. but i have been having nothing but trouble since we moved 4 months ago

i originally wrote in because i couldnt get my ammonia down and i had white slime growing on the bottom of my tank. my ammonia was at 4.0, nitrates and nitrites were at 0. i was told to do water changes by 2 people on the board to bring my ammonia down i have done 3 within the past week and a...

i have used meds and they have been pretty effective for me. in fact the first time i heard of hypo was here in these boards. i havent read it here anywhere but when ive had a bad outbreak on top of medicating ive given my fish a 3-5 min freshwater bath and it has always helped get the ick off...

no i declorinate and mix salt before adding. no ive never tested for those things i thought that was something i only needed to do if i had corals/live rock.

do you have any idea what the white slime is?

we only moved across town but i didnt keep much of the original water. i did leave water in the tank to cover the sand cause i knew it needed to stay wet. i used tap water that i put chlorout in. but i do know the water is alot harder here than where we were. when i change the water i try not to...

my nitrates and nitrites are reading 0. since i have moved i have lost all but 2 fish. i had a fungus outbreak that went after my coral beauty and purple tang because they were healing from hlle from heater putting electricity in the water. i was treating with maroxy and meracin. then outta...

i did a half water change yesterday and tried to get most of the brown stuff off of the sand with my net.

the lfs told me the ammo lock was causing my ammonia reading to be so high (false/Positive) but the blue tang my husband bought me started doing upside down circles then was dead this morning. and my hippo tang has hlle and is sluffing off his slime coat. i dont know what to do

ok the fish store told me that water changes would make the levels spike and not to do one more than every two weeks. but i will do one today. yes i was the one caring for the tank. the tank had been stable for over a year and a half i had a niger trigger, purple tang, hippo tang, clown, blenny...

i have a 50 gal tank i have had for over 2 years. we moved 4 months ago ever since then i have had nothing but problems and fish deaths. lately i have been having white slime stuff growing on the bottom of tank/on top of live sand. i have a protien skimmer and uv sterilizer as well as phosguard...