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The thing about ich is... It's not always visible when you purchase the fish. But best of luck to ya! (I set up my QT fairly cheap... it's a pain setting it up, but in the long run IMO its worth it) Good Luck! *JD

Can ich survive without fish... no... but that doens't mean you have to ditch your tomato. Hypo is not an option for you because you have inverts. Do you have a QT (quaranteine tank)? If you have another tank you could put your tomato in there for about 5 weeks and lower the salt level to 14...

How many fish are in the tank? Is it just the tomato? Any Live Rock? If it is just your clown and no inverts you can do a hypo salinity in your tank for about a month. This will take care of it.

So after 30 days with no visible ich is safe to add the fish back to the main tank?

awsome thanks for the advice. I am going to wait a couple more days since I didn 't start my hypo on the first day. But I still have not seen ich in 30 days. Thanks again! *JD

If I have not seen my ich in 30 days since my hypo is it safe to say they are dead? It has not been 6 weeks yet like I had planned on waiting, but I have not seen any ich in 30 days. It was my understanding that 30 days without a fish to live on kills the ich. I guess i'm asking if its safe to...

That may very well be true. I put the sand in before I lowered the salinity. I'm not even sure if the bacteria will survive the low salinity levels at all. You would have to ask someone smarter than me :yes: Good question though - JD

***Day 18*** It's day 18 and all is well. My fist in the QT seem happy. My main tank is starting to get some green algea, but I have had the lights on a lot latly. (just got new lights and I wanted to see them in action) Now I'm cutting back to 8 hours a day... hope that helps. My LFS had a...

Originally Posted by sin looks nice is the blue linkia starfish good for a beginner Not at all. Can be very difficult for a begginer to care for this starfish

you want to shoot for 20 times your tank per hour ( 10 gal tank X 20 = 200gph). That is a good estimate, but it all depends on what you are keeping.

I have heard about the rubberband method working pretty good. I think I m going to try that method. Thanks for the responses

I got my first reef addition today. Some shrooms, and a green star polyp. I was wondering how to get them to attatch to a rock?

800 X 600 is ideal IMO. Gives most clearity on one page... almost regaurdless of the resolution they are running at. I run at 1280 X 1024. computer just looks cleaner that way.

about 2 months, and nearing 2,000. Thats HUGE for a poor college student taking microsoft certification tests all summer long. Those tests are costing me crazy amounts of money.

yes... like a cup. Is this a bad thing?

if they are hungry enough. that will work. I cought mine by myself. flake in one hand... net in the other. Contrats on a good catch! -JD

I use my power head to blow stuff of my rock. Works gread for spot cleaning, and does a better job then the turkey baster. I have a 55 gallon tank with about 60 - 65 pounds of LR and I couldn't even imagine cleaning it all every week. I'm hardly home enough to enjoy my tank, let alone empty the...

So did they change the 500 X 500 pixel rule? Guess so. If not.. you'll have to let me in on your little trick

Carbon will help alot. A lot of filters have carbon in them. Water change will also help. Definatly look into the carbon. My water was crystal clear even during the cycle. Good Luck -JD

It is my understanding that they are reef safe. They are not very difficult to care for if your tank is stable. If you have an established tank you will do fine. Good Luck!