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Originally Posted by drsteve2001 so you get a QT tank then put new fish in. How long do you keep fish in there and how do you determine it is safe to add fish to tank? It seems to me it would stress the fish even more. that potentially could be 3 or 4 new homes for the fish. IMO six weeks...

finding the gph of your return pump is easy take it out of your sump. put it in a five gallon bucket filled with water take another 5 g bucket pump one into another and time it. now you have approximately the time frame for 5 gallons do the math and you get a close number of gph

It's weird walking into a conversation about yourself..... you think that's weird, i often tell myself jokes i have never heard before

(Joe actually sent me the link, Thx Joe!!) he was very polite Oh sorry at first i thought the polite was directed toward me, and i said to myself what the f... i understand now it was not and i feel much better

Originally Posted by spanko WOW! I didn't even know crabs went to church!

Originally Posted by meowzer OMG HENRY......such dirty talk JOEEEEEEEE where are youuuuuuuuuuuu???? A. bowerbanki are the "hard" ones. taking some pics to send you Lois

0 on all of them, you may have to wait for the proverbial cows to come home if you wait for ALL your readings to be zero

OK. So one of my little clowns shows up with little white sand flakes on him one night. I immediately suspect ich. Then the next morning it was gone so I thought he was just rolling in the sand. That night they are back. During the day he looks fine and at night for the last 3 nights they are...

Originally Posted by saxman this coming from a guy who was in-country... "in country" wow guess you know some vets i am impressed

Originally Posted by saxman just be aware that swimming crabs are piscivores... does that mean if a fish pisses them off they will eat the fish ?

Originally Posted by IbanEz Beautiful Martin Joe, What do you play with it? anything i can finger pick from the bio archive Most all fish spend time in an energy-saving state that can be called "rest", and we might even call their behavior "sleep", though it is probably different than...

Originally Posted by spanko Spoken by the man that "stumps" Cranberry more than anyone!!! Spanko (speaking for Florida Joe in his absence) Henry that is a peanut worm from Henry a man that knows a lot about peanut worms or should i say one in particular

IMO start skimming as soon as your tank is able to cycle organics. give you skimmer time to brake in. CHECK and make sure your return water lines from your skimmer are not clogged or crimped. Dry skim-mate, darker color in your collection cup. wet lighter color and more water removal in your...

take a look at Lissocarcinus polybioides also if you like swimming crabs i believe Harlequin crabs are swimmers

Originally Posted by meowzer LOl...I had a mean one once....The last straw was when it ate my little yellow clown goby :( With mine, I got it use to coming to me for food, and when it did, I had the net ready....(It was in the 29G) I then moved it to the 225G....AND THEN SOMETHING ATE IT...

egg create for jump prevention and a falling light BTW you can paint the egg create black to blend in with the top tank trim

just a note and i am sure everyone knows this but i will say it anyway make sure you test your water a short time after you introduce new fish into your QT even if its been up and running for a while with minimal inhabitants and have a bottle of Prime on hand

yes you need to make sure you have adequate bio filtration in your QT . do you always buy your water from your LFS IMO it does not sound like ick. For your own benefit research the life cycle of ick and then tell me why i don't think its ick

Originally Posted by AquaKnight Yes I QT. There is more to QTing then just disease concerns. It's a peaceful area new arrivals can adjust to tank life, learn that "we" feed them, etc.... exactly in fact the real meaning of keeping it in or on the QTis keeping it in a place of QUITE TIMES

Do you have any pics of it yet you never stop do you