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Beth, what is wrong with the medicine? I have seen my LFS use it before so I thought it would be ok. I set up the QT with about a cup of sand from my old tank and 50% water from the old tank as well - hoping it wouldn't need to be cycled. The clown is there right now. Let me know what you think...

I have had a big fish wipeout due to ich for the past 8 weeks. One by one, 7 of my 9 fish died. Remaining: 1 tomato clown, 1 sand perch goby The sandperch has been itching a little, but neither one shows visible sign of ich. Last death to ich was 1 week ago. Question: should I transfer both fish...

I got a piece of devil's hand tonight at Ocean Exotics that was fragged. It seems to be doing well in the tank - hope yours turned out alright! Ciao, Felipe

Tinydove, I had a similar thing happen. I had 3 Xenias and once the main one goe eaten by my choc chip star, the other 2, thought hey looked ok 2 days later, died overnight with no apparent cause. They were growing just fine and then dead. Sorry for your loss. Felipe

I will make sure the lights are only on 7 hs. tops from now on. How can I dip him again without taking him completely out of the water? Even if I use a container to get him out and onto the formalin bath, how can I get him out of there without exposing him to air and at the same time not using...

Yes, it is the sahrp nose puffer. The way my lights are set up, I can only turn both bulbs on at the same time. Do I have to slowly lower the amount of lights starting tomorow or can i cut it down immediately? For the next few days, would it help to keep them only on for 6 hours total? Thanks...

Oh, and I keep my lights on ( 192W odyssea PC) about 14 hours/day. Felipe

Tank is 55 Parameters Amonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 10 pH 8.1 Salinity 1.023 Water temp: 80 Livestock: 1 Tomato Clown 1 Long nose puffer 1 Clown Goby 1 Red Weaver Sandperch 1 Mexican turbo Snail 1 Turbo snail 1 Tiger Cowrie Snail 1 Coral Banded Shrimp 1 Sally Light Foot Crab 1 Serpent Starfish 1...

Sean, thanks for all the help. I did a formalin bath in freshwater on a 5 gallon bucket with only 1 galon of water in it. I wanted to keep him there for 2-3 minutes max, but took him out immediately after he puffed up. If I don't treat the ich, will he certainly die? Or can he recover all by...

He deflated and is swimming fine now. However he still has ich, and I don't want him to die from that. What can I do? Thanks, Felipe

Can I squeeze him lightly and get the air out?

My puffer has white ich all over his body and fins. I got a formalin bath prepared and dipped him. He immediatly puffed up, so I put him back in the display tank. I don't have a QT tank. It has been half an hour and he is still puffed up. Do I put him back in the formalin bath? Please help...

NM, I have the same problem and was wondering what type of epoxy is safe for a reef. Will it affect my protein skimmer? Thanks, Felipe www.Felipe-Bastos.com

I had the same problem. I looked at the protein skimmer and it was pumping water gack right over my return pump, creating the bubbles. I don't think it can hurt any, but it is not the best look for the tank. Aside from that, no big deal. Ciao, Felipe www.Felipe-Bastos.com

Yeah, I used a net. I never used any water I get from the LFS. Haven't seen the litte guy yet, though. Quite the bummer. Felipe www.Felipe-Bastos.com

I got a clown goby last night. Drip acclimated him for about 30 minutes. He came out of the bag, swam a little and perched himself near my overflow box. I left for 2 hours, and when I came back I couldn't find him. No problem, will find him tomorrow. Now, it has been about 20 hours and I haven't...

I am in Richmond, VA until Wednesday on some business and would love to pay a quick visit to any LFS. ANy ideas where they are located? I will be staying in the Glen Allen, if there are any nin that general vicinity. Oh, and where can I get southdown sand up here? This stuff is impossible to...

I just think the process of being caught ( twice) would really stress out the fish. Also, if I use ocean sand ( not just beach sand) do I still run a risk of it being contaminated? Thanks, Felipe

I have CC right now and am battling nitrate problems ( constantly hovering around 40). No amount of water changes seems to them lower. I want to switch to Live sand, and thought of the following: 1) Remove all LR, and put it all in a big rubber maid container. 2) Remove all CC from the bottom...

OK, after a lot of work, my girlfriend and I got the protein skimmer running. there is a water level mark, and that's where the water is. but the foam is barely 1/2 an inch thich. How is it supposed to go all the way to the top? i have that valve opened almost all the way and the foam is pretty...