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Ok so just after losing all my fish to a chemical mishap, I got three new fish, a clown and two dwarf angels. They all now have these little white spots all over them that are multiplying by the minute. I am assuming that this is ich. I know that everyone says that hypo is the best treatment...

Hi all. I was wonder what you all have found to be the best protein skimmer. I have just got a new wet/dry filter in order to get all the filters off the back of my tank. I wanted to add a new skimmer to the sump area so i need one that is not mammoth. I have a seaclone 100 right now and it...

well i went a bought a volt meter today and it really doesnt seem to be that. There is about 7 volts going through the tank with the stuff that was in there before adding the new filter and believe it or not, the new pump when turned on only made about a .3 volt difference. I am definitely...

Sorry, one more question, the rio pump says it uses magnetic rotor technology, so when you guys say mag, are you refering to the MAG-Drive brand pumps???

One more thing, is there anything that can measure loose current in the water or is the current that would be strong enough to kill everything too week to detect?

Thanks for all your help guys, I wouldt have ever even considered the pump issue. Guess I'll have to skip eating this week and go for the mag..lol. With all the money I and probably all of you spend on this hobby, We should each own our own beautiful coral reef somewhere.

The condy seems to be alive, he is opening up a bit and has been all morning and i Just shut the pump down now. He looks really ugly though. The BTA looks bad. and all the corals look bad

Anybody ever had any luck with Catalina pumps, there about half the price of the MAGs

Yeah I'll take out the Rio, but how can I gauge improvement, everything is dead??? I am not putting my little clown back in there until i know everything is safe, I have a special attachment to him.

The pump seems fine to me start up right away, but if rios are bad...hmm. I would just hate to replace it and find out that wasnt the problem and those mags are really $$$$$. But the thing is I had also used this new power head to mix my water, and like I said, the coralline on my heater...

One more question, if there is enough electricity in the tank to kill everything wouldnt you sense it or are they just really that sensitive. I know there is something wrong, the Angel and my Cardinal were trying to jump out. And the cardinal was always so mellow.

Anyone have some advice on what to do now though? My plan was to dump the DI I have left and go get more from another very reputable but overpriced local LFS and do a large water change. I guess I can buy another pump, but those things are$$$ when they are that size and this wt/dry was kind...

so you think loose current from the 2100??

No grounding probe, where do you get one, i have always looked as i heard that tangs especially were sensitive to it(and i loved my little tang)

yes i do, but test for what, chlorine?

It is an aqua clear wet/dry, package deal that came with all the tubing and overflow box and bio balls(sealed together) It looks fine all brand new. I used a brand new rio 2100 pump, also new in the box. The refugium was a cpr in tank, sealed with pump inside.

It is Instant ocean. The same pack I used for my last water change. One more detail, I used the heater from the main tank to heat the mix water and noticed that when i returned the heater to the main tank, the coralline algae had turned this frosty orange color, it is usually pink.

Yeah the cleaners shock me too, I thought that shrimp were some of the most sensitive. I left out that there are also 2 camel shrimp and a banded coral shrimp which are still moving about as usual. And one more detail, my brain(coral) got this weird film over it almost immediately, the film is...

I finally got my new wet/dry filter and decided to hook it up last night and did a small 5% water change and added some new (DI+salt mixed for 1 day) to the sump and fired it up. Within a matter of minutes and over the course of the next hour or so all(most) of the fish began to suffer violent...

havent tried to feed it really. what should i look for in feeding? I did the touch test and it didnt really seem all that bothered until i really poked at it and then it went away. I just found a picture of a tulip anemone online and it does look alot like that, but then again i found the pic...