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Okay, tested water again and used a second opinion since my eyes are not the greatest. Ammonia - 0.00 <Confirmed with second person> Nitrite - 0.00 PH - 8.6 Phosphate - 1.0 Temp - 80deg Carbonate Hardness - 8.5dH Niger is still alive, but still in the bank of the tank, can't tell much from him...

I buffered <increased PH to make sure I have the termonology correct> as my PH looked a bit on the light side, like 7.8-8.0 tops. Heard lots of bad things about a lower PH so I attempted to increase PH to get back into the safe 8.2 zone.

I plan to retest water again tonight and have a second set of eyes tell me the readings, esp the ammonia. I am guessing the PH should have stablilized by now after the buffering from two night ago. If not, I will get another new batch of water finished up tonight and ready to be swapped in a...

I tried to be as detailed as possible, but no go? Anyone?

This is the first real experience I have had so far with a "sick" fish. Every other fish that I had that was sick <besides ich, pretty easy to treat> all died overnight without showing any noticable signs of being sick. They would all eat, moved happily around the tank, then the next morning...

LOL Niceeee! Originally posted by yamaha16 Ive done freshwater dip on my fish for Ich before and everyone single one of them POOPED like crazy. Im talking like huge. So I guess it could work but I would be carefull.

k, thanks! He seems to be muching down on the brine without a problem, not too interested in the flakes though, so we'll see what happens. Originally posted by yaoming713 some People on reefcentral have done FW dip for constipated angel...look it up

lol good! hahaha Originally posted by Chandler04 no :rolleyes:

Holy crap???? Are you being serious???? lol Originally posted by Chandler04 PEPTO BISMAL!!!

If you saw the post called "constepated queen angel" that is where it is talked about. I didn't think a freshwater dip would have any of those types of effects, but they say it seems to help. He also said like 12 minutes, so thats just why im looking for confirmation. I also did just feed...

Hi everyone, I heard that if a queen stops eating, and possibly looks bloated, one of the best tricks to help it out is to give it a freshwater dip. My question is, is it just 1 dip and for how long, or is it a few dips? Any info is greatly appreciated! Im going to see how she eats tonight...

Hey Tyr-Sog, I think my queen may be having the same thing. When it comes time to eat, she swims all around the food but isn't eating much to any. Im trying to figure out your "12 minute freshwater dips", could you give me a better understanding of that? How many freshwater dips, how often...

Ohh boyy, what a project. lol Thanks but thanks anyway, maybe I can find one a color that I want instead. I could probably do it, just I don't have that type of time right now along with trying to rebuild my motorcycle engine cause I blew it up last week, gotta get that going so I can start...

"Why not just build a new prefilter box out of tinted or bronze acrylic" If I knew how to do it, maybe I could. :) Any suggestions, directions, etc? Thanks!

I would like to paint my pre-filter box to my Amiracle Sea Reef sump filter and have a question about paint. First is it even safe to paint it? If it is, any particular paint I should use? I went to Home Depot and saw both "Paint for Plastic" and "Primer for Plastic", the paint for plastic says...

Thanks Lions N ND, i'll have to remember that cause he won't be my only lion. They are such beautiful fish, I am going to get another one. I just hope I can find one as beautiful as he was, when I got him, he was full of color, a nice size, not too small, not too big, beautiful fins, looked...

No, I didn't try to remove them cause like I said, they just looked too "normal" to him, didn't want to go plucking good stuff off of him. Thanks!

Originally posted by LionStorm sorry about your loss :( at least you tried Its a learning experience. I don't feel it was as much of a mistake on my part, but none the less, learn from it. Thanks for the help buddy, Phil

UPDATE: This morning Lion looked better in color, but by the time I got home from work tonite, he was in the same spot in the tank and he died. :( I can't tell what took his life. As you saw by the post my water params looked normal, and he looked really normal. Only thing I am starting to...

Thanks everyone, when I looked at him this morning, he was just laying against the side of the tank, looking down at the sand, but his color looked like it was returning, starting from the front. I have also tried krill to get him to eat, but no luck just yet. I'll make sure I soak them with...