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    diatom pros and cons

    im just looking for info on diatom filters the pros and cons i heard they remove ich and parisites that are free swimming and are great water pollishers i just lookig for some honest answers about them and what effect do they have on biological levels you cant get bhonest answers from lfs and...
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    Important question! Please read I need help!

    i can only tell u my method witch works for me i only put my main water in my hospital tank my hospital is 10 gallons i set it up by taking water out of my main tank when i did a water change it always runs weather in use or not every time i do a water change in my main tank i take some water...
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    hot magnum to treat ich?

    im using a diatom filter on a salt tank that has ich i took out sick fish witch were only 2 coppr treared them for 3 weeks i have a diatom not amagnium witch is just a fancy diatom on the instructions it says it can remove ich from tank i dont really know if it works or not and i really havent...
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    ich and diatom filters

    i recently purchased a diatom filter i was wondering they say the diatom can take ich and all free swimming parissites out of tank once u remove the infected fish i took out 2 fish treated them ith copper in hospital tank i m running my diatom for 2 hours a day for 3 days it says in the...
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    cloudy water

    i have a 55 gal with a small bursa and a snf eal i have 2 aqua clear 300 hang on fillters and a ehiem 2217 canister ithe water is clear but it has a slight cloudy haze to it i feed frozen prawn and silversides once a day sometimes twice eal eats silversides trigger eats prawn usally all my...
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    uv hookup

    i have a 60gal with a penguin biowheel and an ehiem 2217 its fish only and everything working great i want to put uv sterilizer on is it better to hook t on return l;ine o f canister filter or in tank with a power head
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    sealing top for eel

    my snf eal jumped out 2 weeks ago hes 8-10 he went under tank stand i dont know how my cats didnt get him amazingly enough when i woke up i found him dried up and all sticky i put him in tank and he swam like he never missed a beat its 2 weeks later and hes doing great lesson learnd...
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    sealing top for eel

    my snf eal jumped out last week hes 8-10 he went under tank stand i dont know how my cats didnt get him amazingly enough when i woke up i found him dried up and all sticky i put him in tank and he swam like he never missed a beat its 2 weeks later and hes doing great lesson learnd seal your...
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    feeding bursa triger and snf eal

    i have a4 inch bursa and a 6_8 inch snfeal i started feeding them silversides that are frozen thesnf i feed with feeding stick he eats 1 every 2 days is that normal the bursa i was givingfrozen prawn plankton cubes and bloodworms the first time i gave the silversides bursa went crazy he was...
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    hospital and quarintene tank question

    i have a 60 gal a 30 gal and a 10 gal hospital tank i put copper in it treating a foxface for ich its always running and i keep it 100% WATER QUALITY INCASE I NEED IT I NEVER USED IT FOR A QUARENTE TANK can i use it for a quraenten tank if thers copper in t and i had fish with ich teated in it...
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    kick ick questions

    use kick ich to get it to work best use with there parisite med cobinded i forget the name they sell it togther its orange and made by rally 1 is for ich he other is for parisites in combo they work but its a med its no garuntee keep skimmer on take out carbon kickich works good when u lower...
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    ick

    freshwaterdip is just going to relieeve the fish once its back in tank it will come back the best thing u can do is hyposalinity get ich out of your tank you can or its going to come back my experiance with tangs and ich is its very hard to keep them healthy withiut getting the ich out of tank...
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    copper treatment

    i have a foxface in my hospital tank treating for ich all spots went away after 1st day hes in ther for2days so far how long does he have to stay or is it safe once spots are gone
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    I Need A Skimmer!!!

    i have a cora life superskimmer its neddle wheel in sump or hang on its good for 125 gal its brand new used for2 days closed down the 125 gal needed room in my house its un the box and i have all the papers and instructions 125 $ ITS A STEAL ITgoes anywhere from180 -225 email tjake68@aol.com for...
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    can u make a 30 gallon an agressive tank?

    i have a 30 with a bursa and a snowflake eal alot of people say no but there doing just fine and seem to have plenty of room just make sure you have really good filtration and use your best jugment im proof it can work not everyone has room for 100 gallon tanks i have a60 a 30 and a10 for hosp...
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    bursa trigger

    i have a bursa trigger i keep it with a snowflake eal there both small trig 4inc eal 8-10 inch how big does the bursa get and what else can i put with it i dont want to disturb the 2 they get along real well but i would like 1 more trig puffer or grouper any ideas ther in a 60 gal and will be...
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    sand sifters with triggers

    can u keep a sand sifting gooby with a bursa trigger and a snow flake eal and if not what can u keep to keeep sand kleen
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    trigger feeding

    whats good to feed a trigger im feeding him prawn but thy make a mess sometimes ill give him shrimp from the supermarket usally my leftovers dosent like myss or krill
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    Fish Feeding

    i feed my snowflake eal shrimp by hand he cant see so he fights with my trigger so i hold the food in my hand and place it by his mouth and he takes still got all my fingers
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    why are my fish scraping against the rockwork?

    that is a deffent sign of ich treat immediatly if u have no invertabrases or liverock treat with copper look for ich questions on here or faq sheet its very contagioous goodluck its very fustrating without a hospital tank
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