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if i have an established fish tank 60 gal FOWLR if i threw in say 5 small fish like damsels 1-2 inch all at one time would that be a bad idea for my bio load???

the blotch is on 2 different fins kinda at the tail end of the fins. it looks kinda milky and its not transparent. white cloudy in color, not in ick or wart form...???

today my trigger died in the hospital tank and now i did a 50% water change to rid the system of the antibiotics. my puffer seems so so a lot better than the trigger did but i noticed the puffer has a white blotch on his fin much larger than an ich stain. im raising salinity now to get my...

trigger still laying on his side not moving much and barely breathing, puffer is ok but not fealing his best becasue hes not the usual all over the place... i did many water changes and im stopping the treatments... i think my puffer might make it but not sure about trigger... any more advice???

u think i can use the lamp clips already used to keep the lights attached to the fixture? i can go eiher way right, end caps or lamp clips? would i need a drill to screwthem onto the canopy or just a philips will do? p.s. as u can tell im not a handy man

greg youve been a great help so far, the lights are 55w fluerescent power compacts witha reflector heres a pic...

no i only did a water change before day 1 treatment, ill do one now

ok i have my puffer and trigger in my 20 gal QT with a divider.. i finsihed 3 weeks hypo and all is well until i started the 5 day maracyn 2 treatment... day 2 and the puffer is fine but the trigger is laying on his side???? is he gonna die he looks all off balance and laying there and...

what would i need to make my own retro?

wow cool setup greg and thanks for the pics, my lights are already in a fixture or ballast whatever its called, thats what i need to screw into my canopy not just the lights...

do u have a pic of yours greg?

that didnt help me, just screw them in?

anyone have there light fixtures (bigger tanks) drilled onto the hood of their canopy, so when you lift open the canopy the light fixture will be attached to the hood???? i wanna have mine setup that way... anyone know how i can accomplish this???:help:

ok i have a 60 gal FOWLR, my lights are cool they are 4 55 watt compact fluroescents.... anyone think its worth it for me to upgrade for my Fish only set up and if so what would you guys recommend and how much am i looking at???

beth, the puffer had ich, hes been in hypo for 3 weeks now and hes fine, i just wanna get rif of his hazy eye... well i already started the antibiotic treatment just now with maracyn 2, hope it clears his eye up :notsure:

so elf, should i not even bother with the antiobitic or should i give it a shot anyway? also i use 2 garlic products - garlic guard is what i soaked my frozen foods with and i drop kent garlic extreme into the tank water... what's your method with kent and is it just as effective by dopping the...

2 weeks into hypo and the fish are ichless but puffer still has hazy eye... should i start mracyn 2 treatment??? oh and as far as treatment do i just drop the [hr] in the tank?

set your heater higher to like 81 degrees that way it only fluctuates 1 or 2 degrees max

im thinking medium size fish that the porky wont even get to like a flame angle, maybe a clownfish, a royal gramma, just to add life and color to my tank. plus my porky puffer is never interested at whats going on in the tank, only interested in me and feeding times haha

anyone have a porky puffer with non aggressive fish??? fish only setups