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with a nano expecially i would worry about it and use a refractometer. you dont have alot of room for error with a nano and a little to much either way could really throw things out of wack. for the price of a decent one 40 bucks you will never get me to test water with anything else. if you...

ok any reasons for magnesium to be low in a very lightly coral stocked tank (very lightly) mag is at 1125 i do weekly water changes and i figured that would be enough to keep it at normal but it seems kinda low. I cant test my water change water right now but im assuming it has to do with the...

yep they grow back. at least mine did. i also have three and i think there probalby better kept in pairs. mine went to war for about a week. 1 would hang out in middle of the water colum with the other swimming around him the third would then dart in and attack and the 2nd and third would fight...

garlic will help them fight it off but it will continue to be present in the tank until the display has been fishless for a certain amount of time. beth has written the description for both QT tanks and treatment for ICK in a thread near the top of this page.

thats a good question but just a wild guess would tell me no (i really dont have a clue here) but i would assume the bacteria strains are gonna be diffrent and not that adaptable. hense why you can not do hyposalinity with your main tank if you have live rock and sand.

Originally Posted by Fuppets How did the garlic work for you? My fish are starting to show ich signs and I have read that the garlic extreme is a display tank safe cure. Im not sure its a cure but more of a preventative measure. the parasites will most likely remain in the tank until the tank...

snails wont eat cyno. decrease light time, check for phosphates. turkey baste what you can out. by decreasing nutrients and light should help knock it down, if you dont already add some macroalgae to use up the nutrients to compete with the cyno.

i really dont know much about the CC debate. but what i have noticed is that in my live sand with shells. the sand all sifts down and leaves the shells on top. they then turn color and makes it unnatractive. i would assume the same will happen with the cc on the bottom. eventually it will work...

when setting up a QT tank what would be the harm of using treated (clorine Removed,) aged mixed salt tapwater instead of RO. is this ok, if so it would make doing the daily waterchanges that might be nessicary for a uncycled QT that much easier. Just throwing this out there to see if it is a...

If this is the hard crusty coraline algae than it is good the purple algae is normal, expected and considered good. If you dont like the look you just need to scrap it off of the glass and other items. if you do this in the tank however it may increase it spreading if this is more of a slimy...

better set up an auto topoff as well cause with the evaporation from the halides it'll be bone dry when you get home from work

Originally Posted by jsofield So after the acclimation just net the fish and put him in. by dumping the water that almost equals a water change so I guess thats not all bad. Thanks again. Almost forgot. The question of how long was my fish at the lfs. Is it betterto get him as soon as the lfs...

as the salt creep develops on the lid it can decrease the intensity so it just requires more cleaning. but the biggest advantage of not using them, is it helps to keep your tank oxegenated. as stated above the biggest disadvantage would be security, jumping fish or eels may get out . I do not...

Originally Posted by Jackal6666 At the time before they died they were all swimming at the top of the tank, with mouths wide open and white spots. : from the white spots description i would say Ick. Check the desease forum for description and treatment. there is a Mod in there that is very...

Originally Posted by OMGsaltwat i have a 125. its been up for about 8 mo. all the other fish I added were not at the same time it was over about a 6 mo span then after I added the two clowns 4 weeks later I added the 4 clowns. Sorry I wasn't more clear. oops sorry i must have misread somthing

Originally Posted by OMGsaltwat i have a 125 yes but from looking back at your previous posts it just finished its cycle less than a month ago and you added 13 fish since than. the bacteria probably could not handle the load. but maybe they could, a large tank is harder to get out of wack...

i really dont know but in the future you may want to slow down some on the additions that seems like alot of new bioload for the tank to absorb at one time and then 4 weeks later to hit it again hard, and could be a culprit in your recent losses. 1-2 fish at a time. i ussually wait about a...

i quess it may depend on the size of the tank. IF your critters are anything like mine i dont think there is much of him left at this point. ive seen them scavengers tear up a good size flame angel in a days time (fish was fine at night come home and check on tank at 4pm after work and angel...

i know people worry about the hardiness of tangs but in my very limited experience they have been the hardiest of my fish. my problem is dwarf angels any way to your issue just to know id ask the LFS how long he had been in the store. If he just got there and then you took him out and added him...

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