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Hi I have been using my own home-made RO water for the past 8 months. Last month however, I noticed that brown algae was starting to appear in the tank. So obviously I need to change the RO filter producing the water. Which filter would be necessary, as its a 5 stage ro/di ? I don't want to...

I have a banggai cardinal fish that has been in my tank for over a year. I have added no new fish recently. Last night I discovered that most of his fins had been eaten off. Not sure which fish would do that - I did notice that my squiriel fish had now started to chase him - not sure if that...

Thanks guys. You have been a great help. Craig

I have a Snowflake eel for about 2 weeks now. Everytime I feed the fish in the tank, the eel comes out looking for food - so I guess he is hungry. I have been feeding him every two days, with about 3-4 pieces of krill. Is that too much feeding - I have yet to check my "nitrates" sinces doing...

Feed them and put the net in the water. While they are eating at the surface try using the net. Worked like a charm for me - I was doing the same as you, prior to that. Hope that helps Craig

If a lunar wrasse is chasing my other fish around the tank, is there another kind of wrasse that might be more suitable - I can then do an exchange? Thanks Craig

Yes, its a lunar wrasse. I found the best way to catch him was to starting feed him at the surface real slowly so he is waiting for more food, and while he's eating, use the net - worked fine - I was quite surprised. I found that I had to have the net actually in the water beforew feeding as he...

coan't remember the name but is completely green.

I just bought a snowflake eel. I also bought some long plastic tong to feed him. How often should I be feeding him. I tried using krill last night, but over time I released the food it rose to the surface away from the eel. I tried just holding the krill so it wouldn't float to the surface, in...

Hi I had to take out my wrasse (4 inches) out of of the tank last night, as my clown, damsel and other fish are being chased around the tank continiously. It Seemed to have been getting worse each day. I know the wrasee is an active fish but, when I added him, he just seemed to disrupt the whole...

Can a snowflake eel catch ick? I don't know whether to quarantine my new eel before putting him in the main tank Any comments Craig

Hi Based on my profile, could I buy a 10" snowflake eel without it eating all my fish. I know that the snowflake is less agresive than the morey. Have anyone any comments. Craig

Also noticed that my bulb in the UV filter had stopped working

The fish has been in the tank a long time - 8 months - I added a wrasse about 1 month ago - that was the last one. He had been flickering prior to the last fish being added, but is worse now.

I have a clown fish that seems to be flickering quite a lot. I see no white spots on any fish. I think it my be flukes - would that be correct? I did a freshwater dip for about 2 minutes with some formalin and put him back - he is better than before but he is still flickering especially when the...

I bought one a few weeks ago - I had the same problem. I tried all frozen food and still he wouldn't eat - almost 5 days. I tried some live brine - it worked like a charm.

Hi I bought an anthias over the weekend. He has yet to eat - 3 days later. I have tried frozen brine scrimp, dry food, prawns and krill. He seems to be swimming around the tank, and not too bothered with the other fish. The food just goes by him, and the other fish east it. Any suggestions...

Hi I have a hospital tank that is currently not in use. Its all setup up with salt water but no filters, power heads or anything running. I have the filters and bacteria wheel from this tank in my main display tank - actaully in the sump. These have been there for about 4 weeks. If I moved...

I did a little more reading. As Aragonite desolves over time, it may compromise it. "The organisms do not care about the sediment mineral composition, only the particle sizes and shapes. Most aquarists use the commonly available aragonitic sands to "provide a calcium reservoir." Additionally...

I' thinking of moving over to a 4" DSB. I have read a lot on this on the message board saying use Home depot southdown sand. I currently have about 2" Aragonite bed (not sure if that is cc or sand or what). Could I just add more of this kind of substrate to bring it up to 4". Is Aragonite just...