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Am I better off trying to set up this tank without it cycling or just getting it to cycle and then qt my fish. :notsure: I am not sure how long it will take the tank to cycle. My fish seem ok right now but that could change very quickly as I have learned....

I am planning on treating with hypo. My refractometer should be here anyday in the mail now....I just lost my gramma so all I have now if the 2 perc clowns...

I thought I had an outbreak of Ich in the 55 g FOWLR this past week. I have a royal gramma and 2 per clowns. I have been treating with Kick Ich until I can get my QT tank set up. Well, this am I found my shrimp dining on my Royal Gramma. He did not have the "salt" type sprinkles on him. He had...

I have been using the distilled water from Walmart for several months without any problems. It has a purple cap....

Ok- I am a newbie with a FOWLR. I thought 82 was too high and I was freaking a little. What is a good temp for a FOWLR and cleanup crew? I have to have a cover because there is a 3 year old in the house (enough said LOL). I opened the hood covers and pointed a power head towards the surface...

The only fish I have right now are 1 Royal Gramma and 2 perc clowns. I was reading your post about setting up the QT tank and do not have small pieces of live rock to start the tank off with...I have a sponge for the filter and a bio bag, 2 cups sand from main tank and 5 gallons from main tank...

So if I am understanding correctly you guys think that I had some dead spots that were much warmer than others and now that the water is circulating more it is raising the temp as the dead spots are getting more flow? If I cool it down that should be that then? It is just the dead spots getting...

don't I want it to cycle so I know I am good to add the fish to Qt them? :thinking: I just don't have weeks to wait like a normal tank set up....I am so confused :notsure: sorry

Do I just have the fan blow on the glass or open the hood and have it blow that way? :notsure: :thinking:

I just purchased a 10 gallon tank kit. I am going to set it up tomorrow. My question is that I need this thing cycled quick. My fish in my main tank have ich and the Kick Ich treatment is not working (as I was fairly warned it would not) so I am going to do the hyosalinity thing. My...

I just installed 2 new Maxi Jet 1200 powerheads yesterday in my 55 gallon and the temp has gone from 78 to 82. I have not noticed the heater come on. Not to sound stupid but can those powerheads cause my temp to rise? I am trying to find out if it is that or if my heater is not working...

Hope I have better luck than you did. He did come out and eat the mysis so I still have hope.....

I am currently treating my 55 gallon FOWLR for ich. I have 2 clowns and 1 royal gramma and the assorted inverts. I am using the Kick Ich product and it said to remove the carbon from my filter while the treatment is going on. my filter is an Emperor 400 with the 2 bio wheels. I removed the...

Thanks for the advice. The gramma is already coming out more but he is acting kind of hositle towards the clowns. He has never done that before. Maybe he is just not feeling good and is cranky? :notsure:

Ok, I was given the smart advise of setting up a Qt tank and putting my royal gramma and 2 clowns in there and treating with hyposalinity. Well, I just ordered 2 Maxijet 1200 powerheads the day before this ich arrived so hubby does not want me spending anymore money on stuff. He said I could...

Didn't think about soaking the food. I noticed that it sank quickly so I just dropped a pellet or two at a time. The fish LOVED it. Should I crush up some fresh garlic and let it soak in that also? I just noticed one of my clowns has very tiny white dots on his body. It almost looks like tiny...

I think you were the one earlier that recommended the different vareties of foods to use. Unfortunately, the only place close to me is ***** so I went there and I was able to get the Formula 1 and Formula 2 foods. I also have the frozen mysis shrimp and I bought some dried seaweed sheets but no...

When you say "treat" do you mean the Rid Ich type medicine or the hyposalinity method? They would have to stay in the 10 gallon for several weeks right? Doesn't the 10 gallon need to cycle etc? Sorry to sound stupid but my 55 gallon is the first tank I have set up. All I know if how to set up a...

On second thought I will go and post this in the disease section....

I think my royal gramma may have ich. I am a newbie and am not very sure. :thinking: My clowns, serpant star, shrimp and hermits are all fine. (I know it only affects fish). Anyways the gramma is hiding more than usual but will come out to eat. When he does come out he is diving to the sand...