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Okay, well I have gotten all of the fish out of the tank, the neon goby, the Kole Tang, and the strongest and fastest hawkfish ever. My tank set up is ruined but maybe I can keep the fish alive. Now-looking at pictures and symptom lists it looks like ich vs. the marine velvet. Should I use...

I have been out looking for treatment supplies, couldn't find anything, lfs was closed already. I am going to try to catch the fish and put in QT and try the freshwater dip. I am going to try some fresh garlic with nori also, the tank is full of hair algae so that is what they have been eating...

Originally Posted by Barracuda1 ALERT!!! ACT FAST! Fish has Amyloodinium. kills very quick. Quarantine and treat with a dip of the following; methylene blue and fresh water for 1 minute get back to me after this ps make sure no copper is used...

The spots look like grains of salt, on the surface of the fish definately, like if you touched them you could feel it I think. There are more now then there were a few hours ago when I orginally posted, isn't that too quick...? We are using a refractometer that we ordered the last time when...

they are small spots, definately not string-like...not giant lumps either though

Okay, most of you know that I have been using hypo since my 92 gallon crashed due to ich, every fish died except a flame hawk. I took him out and used hypo on him, he never showed any signs of ich or distress. I left the DT empty for 8 weeks. I put him in the tank and he has been fine, no...

If your fish get ich in the future I would consider using hyposalinity to solve the problem. This is a really easy technique and other than copper the only thing that actually kills the ich parasite. If you are interested check out the Disease and Treatment forum and look at the treatment...

Okay, I decided to dip new corals I buy in flatworm exit before they go into my coral QT. I did this for the first time 2 nights ago. I dipped each coral for about 30 minutes in a container with water/flatworm exit. Two hours after I did the dips and put them into the QT the tank became...

I just wanted to say that you know you are an obsessed reefer... when you spend your Saturday driving the countryside for fish and watching the flatworms come off in your qt that night!!

thanks for the info. I have had a pteroforfia-purple blade gorgonia since November that keeps its polpys out each day and at night usually goes in for a few hours. I have been thinking it is normal but suddenly today started to question it. The red sea fan I have been working with kept its...

I have a quick question...gorgonians, sea fans, etc...how often should the polyps come out? I have been assuming that it is good for them to be out alot, like most corals opening during the day and closing up at night...? Is that correct or should I be looking at it differently?

Beth's thread at the top of this forum has an outline and timeline of the lifecycle of ich. When my tank crashed with ich a few months ago-I noticed one fish had a few spots and for 8 days it stayed them same-on that 8th day I had 1 fish without any spots die suddenly and another was covered...

Check out the disease and treatment forum and you will find a thread at the top on treatments that will help and give you several great options. I recommend hyposalinity.

Okay this information is directly from "The Complete Guide to Dwarf Seahorses in Aquariums" by Alisa Wagner Abbott. It is a long section, but sounds very specific. Here goes... "If your seahorse is a male and his pouch looks puffy, your seahorse most likely has air bubbles trapped in his...

you do add buffer if the ph drops...not sure about the alkalinity

Sep...not to go off subject but where would those extra bubbles from the skimmer appear in the tank, where the water enters? We are having a problem with microbubbles too and can't figure it out, but we weren't looking at the skimmer for causing it. We had heard that if the skimmer isn't big...

I may have missed this, but are you doing the hypo in your dt with the LR, because that low of a salinity will kill your LR and any inverts (but I know you said you don't have any inverts yet) I love the flame hawks as well! Have one in a 92g and he is wonderful!

Hi, welcome to the boards, I too am fairly new, but these boards have saved me several times. I have 2 tanks but no seahorses yet, soon I hope. I have always wanted seahorses but I wanted to learn all the basics first. I have a really great book on Dwarfs that says that the pouch thing...

I can't really tell from the picture, is it attached at all and is it seperating into seperate parts?

Hi, I am still learning myself but I wanted to suggest that you look at the disease and treatments threads at the top of this forum, they are full of valuable information. I am learning to QT myself and using hypo, which is working great for me. Hypo is detailed in the treatment thread. I...