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I currently have a 145 FOWLR with a 4" clown trigger and a 6 inch Porc. Puffer. I purchased 6 inch kulwasser wrasse that is still at the LFS. I am certain there will be some resentment towards this latest addition. Just wondering what some methods are when adding agressive fish to agressive...

Thanks, In the past I have treated with hyposalinity, unfortunately I am leaving town tommorow and do not trust someone else to perform hypo on my aquarium... Lion Crazz do you know if Stop Parasite is available at any retail pet stores, or is only available online?

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That looks to be fin rot. If your water conditions are good you can treat with melafix. I had the same thing happen to my clown trigger and it cleared up after 3 days. Good luck.

Does any body know an ick treatment that is safe for live rock?

I left my skimmer off for a week or so to treat with melafix. I started it back up and I won't foam, water seems flat. It is obvious that there is plenty to be skimmed out, visually there is a greasy film that coats the top of the water?

Wow, thanks for the thorough response... I will try the hot water cleaning of the skimmer before the PP. I have been making water changes avery other day becasue my parameters are way off. I have recently added activated charcoal and have not seen results yet.... I have not tried Chemi Pure...

I have read potassium permanganate is used in small doses to treat fish against bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infection. Additionally, it could be used to get your protein skimmer working again after a severe bacteria bloom. Which would be my inteded use. An oily film has resulted and my...

I have a tank that is five months old and got thtrown in to a cycle when I recently added fish. For two weeks I have been dealing with this making many water changes and even adding ammonia detoxifiers. Additonally I have added Bio Spira... Due to stress the fish developed ick so I hypoed for...

A recent addition of fish to my 145 gallon FOWLR started a cycle. It has been 2 weeks and Ammonia and Nitrates are off the chart. I had turned off my protein skimmer because I was treating fish with melafix because of fin rot for about a week. I am hypoing at 1.009 for ick. I just turned...

THanks Birdy and Bang Guy... Let me tell you a bit more about my situation. My 145 tank has been up and running for 5 months. At four months my fish fish all died. I then let tank sit empty for 3 weeks, except for 2 hermit crabs. Last weekend I added a 6" porcupine puffer and a 4" Clown...

Does anyone know what bearing this has on the cycling of the system? If you have a high ammonia problem will it only make ammonia non-toxic to fish while allowing the cycling porcess to take place?

I have a QT. It is holding my LR becasue I am in the process of hypoing. It just seems to be an agressive form of ick, so I wanted to additionally add a half dose of QuickCure. What med would you reccomend for a fin rot, and could you thearetically dose both at the same time?

I have a fish with ick and I believe secondary fin rot. Can I dose for both the ick and the fin rot at the same time? Or would you treat one and then the other? I was going to dose with melafix and QuickCure.

I have a fish with ick and I believe secondary fin rot. Can I dose for both the ick and the fin rot at the same time? Or would you treat one and then the other? I was going to dose with melafix and QuickCure.

I recently disrupted my bio filter and was wondering if my porcupine puffer and clown trigger are hary enough to undergo the nitrification cycling taking place?

I recently added a puffer and a triggger to a five month old aquarium. The tank sat nearly empty for 3 weeks housing only 2 hermit crabs, prior to adding latest fish. The addition of the fish sent the tank into a nitrification cycle. The fish have been in the tank 1 week with about .2...

Well that's good to know... It is an FO setup and I removed my live rock for hypo purposes. The tank is about 5 months old but for the last month had been empty( I lost all my fish to ick complications and secondary diseases) So in the last month all I had was two hermit crabs in my 145...

I recently added a porcupine puffer and clown trigger to a 145 that had been empty for a few weeks. Unbeknownced to me the ammonia spiked starting the nitrifaction cycle. My fish developed ick due to the environmental stresses. The fish have had ick for about 5 days, during this time I have...

Thanks- Just want to let you know I was not cycling the tank. I added two fish that proved to be too much bioload which resulted in an ammonia spike to about .2. Additionally, I was curious if hyposalinity affects this "cycling" which I am going through? I am equally concerned with harming...