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  1. pwrboat

    When to do water changes

    Originally Posted by Birdy puffer he has 24 fish in the tank, most of them small but 24 fish is still a lot. correction: i have 16 fish in the tank and 8 in qt which will be introed slowly over a month or so i will take water to lfs this afternoon to check my results
  2. pwrboat

    When to do water changes

    i think i got it
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    When to do water changes

    im trying to send pics how do i shrink them to 500x500?
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    When to do water changes

  5. pwrboat

    When to do water changes

    Originally Posted by mcsd22 I think you will find alot of different answers but I do 10%every 2 weeks. I really don't see any rise ain levels but I do it so I don't have problems. I might be doing it to often but better safe than sorry. I do think if you just put 8 fish in at one time you are...
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    When to do water changes

    I need a non LFS answer to when to start and how often to do water changes ?, and also how does one know when a water change is needed?, what parameters to look at. I have a 300g FO tank thats been running for 9 months. no live rock, about 3" of sand, 2 proclear 40g wet dry's, a large proclear...
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    HELP!!! What is wrong with my puffer????

    thats all the fish and none were bigger than him or have the ability in my opinion to puncture a porcupine puffer. im starting to belive that it might be something in lines of a giant hemoroid or a anus pushed inside out. can it be some sort of intestinal parasite?. :notsure:
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    HELP!!! What is wrong with my puffer????

    it is blood and an open wound with his guts sticking out, i have had him for 3 months with no problems and no intakes to get caught in. however he has been eating very little in the last week, i thought it was reaction to me slowly raising the salinity from a hypo treatment. As far as agression...
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    HELP!!! What is wrong with my puffer????

    porcupine puffer, see the pic? thats some constapation.
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    HELP!!! What is wrong with my puffer????

    came home today to find my puffer with what looks like his intestine or colon hanging out the bottom of his body, with what looks like dried blood around it. he is active and swimming fine so far. it doesnt look like an attack from another fish, he is the largest and probably tne most aggressive...
  11. pwrboat

    Tank Crash...BETH

    what about the possibility of electric voltage in the water. a cracked heater? or maybe toxins leaking in from a protein skimmer?
  12. pwrboat

    confused???

    thanks for the reply and the tip about LR, will they survive in 1.020 and copper?. i have read almost all of the threads and FAQ on hyposalinity treatment on this site. is it ok to do with copper still in the tank? and im doing this in my display tank is that ok? i do have a 10g tank but its...
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    confused???

    I need some solid specs on where my temp and sg should be on a 300g fish only tank, no LR or inverts. it has been running since sept 05 and i am getting conflicting numbers. someone please tell me where these readings should be. I also have a ich problem, ive been treating with copper to no use...
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