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Terry- Post the articles!! PLEASE!! if someone complains about space on a public message board, they have way too much time on their hands. That is what this forum is for!! Please make them perminant posts like your stress series!! If you decide not to, could you please e-mail them to me at...

Ed- I am much less experienced than Beth or Terry, but I am one of those fresh water dip fans. I only know from my own experience, but the five times I have encountered Ick in my new fish, I get a big bowl of R/O water, put a capful of Novaqua in it, catch my infected fish, and dip him in the...

Terry- I have a small request…could you put one of those permanent posts on this board like your 9 on the fish board that refers people who want to know why their fish got sick to your other messages? Or better yet, could you post those nine in this forum as well. I see a trend that most new...

Fish fool- I feel your pain. Sometimes the folks here get frustrated with us new guys. I have tried to keep a Clown Tang twice, failed, and have decided not to try that species anymore because they are so fragile. The first thing you need to know about Ick is that every fish has it in them...

So I guess the question is, “How much PAL (photosynthetic available light) do I get from the 12000K bulbs, and is there another bulb temperature that has more PAL?” Also, if I want to keep the LPS corals, do I need a different light, or will 12000K give say, a torch coral, what it...

Sorry, but I vote for your freshwater idea. Sounds like you have persistence, which is good, but no patience, which is deadly in this hobby (for your animals). Sorry to be the voice of doom. If you really want a salt water tank go get a good book, like "The New Marine Aquarium" by Michael...

Option- Of course you don’t include enough information to really figure out what the problem is. Try this: Do several small water changes with high quality salt (I like Kent). This will fix any trace element problems you may have like low Magnesium, which will drastically affect the...

Sam- I’m not a chemistry major, but as I understand it, the kalk is not concentrated enough to raise the Ca level in most cases, it is specifically designed to keep the Ca level constant. Oh by the way, don’t forget to dose trace elements like magnesium as these trace elements can have a...

It's unusual to have a unanimous opinion like this. Does anyone have a good experience with 12000K bulbs? I thought they gave you the greatest choice of corals, everything but the light loving SPS? Is this not true? Can I keep all the same corals with the 10000K bulbs too? BurnNSpy, what do...

Is it true that with the new 12000 Kelvin MH bulb that I won't need any VHO, PC, or any other supplemental lighting? As I build my new hood, can I save the cost of VHO ballast and end caps, by just using that specific MH Bulb? I have duel 250 Watt MH ballast, in my hood I plan to place the...

Is it true that with the new 12000 Kelvin MH bulb that I won't need any VHO, PC, or any other supplemental lighting? As I build my new hood, can I save the cost of VHO ballast and end caps, by just using that specific MH Bulb? I have duel 250 Watt MH ballast, in my hood I plan to place the...

Old Yeller- Thanks for the words, I think I’ll shy away from them now. It’s a shame, such good-looking fish. Good luck with yours! Misty- It is an 8-inch snowflake eel. It has dug a little cave under some of my base rock in my DSB, and seems very happy. Doesn’t bother any other fish, and I...

Check out the posts on "stress in fish" on the fish only board. Lots of good info on some of the reasons your Tang might have died. The biggest point is that what ever killed it, might have happened to it several weeks ago, and the stress of the new tank was just the straw that broke the...

I just lost my second clown Tang and I don’t know why! My first one was found sucked into a Power head one day when I got home, and my second one was found being eaten by my hermit crabs this morning when I woke up, after looking OK last night??? My water quality is good. Tested nitrates...

I recently lost a Tomato Clown to what I think was Fin Rot. I did not recognize it at the time, but upon further research, I am confident that is what did her in. In the future is there a reef safe treatment for fin rot, or is a hospital tank with antibiotics the only answer. Thanks for the help.

OK, how do you do that? (reduce the salinity) And if you do, what would it do to the other inhabitants of the tank? corals? anemones? shrimp? And I thought a fresh water dip meant "fresh" water. As in no salt, as in 7.0 pH, as in hyposalinity. Is that not what a freshwater dip is? I have...

Mine mostly filter feed and I give them strong light as well. But I like to watch them devour a gold fish once a week. If the gold fish gets away from them, my eal jumps on it in seconds! I think I read somewhere that it is healthy to feed them live fish once a week anyway.

Another question- Are shrimp ok to add to a newly cycled tank? My tank is 2 weeks old, and the nitrates have been down for 3 days now so I think it has cycled. How sensitive are these shrimp to potential fluxuations in water conditions. Is one species better than another in this respect?

My Yellow Tang won't eat! It's been 4 days, she's looking pretty skinny. I've tried seawead, lettuce, and frozzen food from my LFS. She was eating fine at the LFS before I got her, I thought at first it was just stress but... Any help would be greatly appreciated! :eek:

It depends- If you leave the dead fish in your tank, it will cause a rise in your ammonia level, and if your tank is near the end of the first cycle, it may start a new mini-cycle all over again, delaying your ability to put sensitive things in your tank. If you have no intention of introducing...