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After looking into it a bit I've decided to set up a QT and treat it with Rid-Ich. I have a 10 gallon tank with a 75 watt Stealth heater and an airstone that I've put my three fish in and have added the suggested amount of Rid-Ich. My question is this... Do I need to run any filtration if I'm...

Hi, I have a foxfaced rabbitfish who has ich. For the last 2 days or so I’ve noticed little white specks on him that looked like grains of salt. I thought it might be ich but I wasn’t sure if it was just bubbles stuck to his skin. Today I came home from work and it’s blown up all over his body...

Hi, Sorry, this is slightly off-topic... I got a notice that my power will be out monday from 7 AM to at the latest 5 PM for mainanance. I have a reef tank. Do I need to get a generator to keep my tank warm durning this time period or could I just get a battery-powered air pump to circulate...

So I've set up a 10 gal. QT for him. I added Nitrofurazone to the QT which is supposed to treat bacterial diseases. I wasn't sure what else to add and that's what the guy who I usually work with at the LFS suggested. He's not doing well though. He's floating upside-down again and not moving.

Here's my parameters: Ammonia: 0 ppm Nitrate: 0 ppm Nitrite: 0 ppm PHG: 8.2 Salinity: 1.025 Update: Okay... So now he's no longer belly-up. He was just sitting in place and now he's kind of swimming a little bit in place and the bottom of the tank behind my rocks. Should I still consider him a...

I have had a flame angel in my 46 bow since February 10th. On about the 1st of March I noticed he had a cloudy eye. I read up on it and it seemed the consensus was to just wait a while because it was only one eye and see if it gets better of make a quarantine tank. I admit laziness on this...

Originally Posted by Nemo's Mom Am I looking at this right? You have 9 fish in a 46 gallon tank??? As a matter of fact you are looking at that wrong. I have 6 fish in the tank. 4 of which are very very small.

Hi, I have a flame angel that I got on Feb. 10th and about a week ago I noticed that he had developed a single cloudy eye. The other eye is normal. I've read that this can be caused by poor water conditions. I've checked all of my parameters and they're all great except the pH is about 7.9. I'm...

Hello, I'm looking for ideas for colorful anemones or corals that are easy to to medium difficulty to keep for my 46 gallon bowfront. Almost everything in my tank is so bland and boring looking. Right now I have a couple of Condys and a leather coral with some mushrooms and polyps. Here's my...

Howdy, About a month ago I bought an Rena XP3 for my 46 gallon bowfront reef tank. I also have a Emperor 280 filter. I got the Rena XP3 because I wasn't satisfied with the Emperor. Now that I have the XP3 and a Coralife Super skimmer do I even need the Emperor 280 filter? I've been just...

Mushrooms/Coral Question with Pictures Hello, Back on November 20th I bought some mushrooms and polyps and they still haven’t spread whatsoever. I’m not sure exactly what kind they are, but I have pictures… If someone could identify them, that would be awesome. It’s my understanding that...

Howdy, I've recently realized that my nassarius snails aren't able to sift through my sand because it's too coarse and they can't get into the sand. They just cruise around the top of the sand. I have mostly crushed coral with a bit of live sand mixed in (I know, this is a bad combo, I'm working...

I'm using water from one of those drinking water machines at my local grocery store. My nitrates were at 160 ppm when I got the tank, through water changes I've gotten them down to their current level of 0-5 ppm. I have 0 nitrites and 0 ammonia. I don't have a phosphate test kit. I feed my...

Howdy, Recently I’ve been having some issues with algae getting out of control in my tank. I got the tank from a friend and when I started taking over it there was already an algae problem, that I can’t get to go away. Since I got the tank, I’ve increased water flow significantly. He only had...

Howdy, I got my Rena XP3 canister filter today. After I hooked it up, it's pumping huge amounts of microbubbles into the tank. Will this go away? Have I done something wrong? Any tips are much appreciated, Bobby

Howdy, I'm thinking about getting an RO/DI filter but I have a few questions about them.... First off, looking at pictures of them, I can't figure out how they work. Do you pump water through them? Do they have some sort of source that they siphon from and then drain into another container...

I have a Coralife Super Skimmer and the following fish: Scarlet Hermit Crabs Royal Gramma Basslet Blue Devil damselfish Four Stripe Damselfish Red spotted Hawkfish Bicolor Blenny Coral Banded Shrimp Serpent Starfish Percula Clownfish

Howdy, The folks at my LFS have suggested that I upgrade my filtration. I have a Emperor 280 on a 46 bowfront FOWLR. I intend on getting corals and probably anemones eventually. I'm told the 280 isn't sufficient. My Nitrates were also high recently. They were at 160 PPM or so. I've got them...

I recently purchased a set of Current USA 192 watt 36" Power Compacts w/ 1 - Dual Daylight Lamp (10,000K and 6,700K) and 1 - Dual Actinic Lamp (420nm and 460nm). Is this lighting adequate for a 46 gallon bow reef tank? What kind of corals and/or anemones could I keep? Thanks, Bobby

Originally Posted by CrawDaddy I have the same tank with crushed coral, my nitrites are high too. So I am thinking of switching my cc with ls. I have 75 lbs of lr and have had a blue damsel for 2 wks now. I still have not bought any lights yet because I don't want to buy the wrong ones or not...