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Hey all, Im half way thru a treatment for Ick. So far so good. No losses except for some small green chromis...and no sign of the ick after the initial outbreak. Tank is going fallow. Hospital tanks are going thru Hypo. I got fish/invertibrates from 4 different LFS, 2 different online stores...

Hi all, We are both thrilled and saddened. We bought 4 horses back in October. The LFS did not know what type they were. 2 were Redi we think, and the other 2 I think were Kudo?? The latter 2 survived 6 weeks and then suddenly perished within 36 hours of each other. The system is several...

hi, 'Crusty' the Clownfish has been our most voraciaous eater for the last 2 1/2 years. He has watched his bubbletip anenome grow from a 3" dia to almost 9" across. Over the last few months he has dropped down the pecking order as a Sailfin Tang has vied for the number 1 or 2 spot with The 2...

sorry folks for the frustration! The incoming water source is about .05ppm Phospate on the test...Ive been told and read to keep it under .03 or even zero. So I put in an RO/DI unit, which has been in place since June, and at best the levels were down to .025. Some success, but the Hair/Beard...

Hi, We got 4 horses almost a month ago. The LFS did not know what they were....they were listed as 'medi seahorses' ???? anyways 2 are larger and 2 are smaller. I think they are 2 reidi and 2 erectus or all 4 are reidi and the 2 smaller ones just are juvies. anyhow....the 1 larger definately...

Hi everyone, Just wanted to pass this along: I have a cheapy plastic box hydrometer. It has worked fine for almost 2 years. Almost monthly I will clean it with some distilled white vinegar for the recommended 20 min. Well a bit back I left the vinegar in for over 24 hours as I had forgot about...

the chainlink moray eel. Can anyone give me some insight. So far half the sights online say the fish is under 30" max growth and half state that it gets 165 cm {about 5 feet} So what is it??? They also require from 30 gallon to 130 gallon minimum tanks....so what is it?? I've read that they...

Hello, Last month while on vacation I harvested some tidal oysters from Georgia. I did this after consulting with the folks at the GA Marine Extension. I also purchased some bleached and very inexpensive sea fans from a shop. I ended with about 4 handfuls. The little buggers have a few dozen...

Hey all, My tank has cycled...all my old LR, LS, and fish have acclamated well to the new bigger system. I think I have narrowed what I want to have as the main attraction in my DT. {sorry Centropyge heraldi you will have to take 2nd seat!!} Heniochus Butterflyfish or Bannerfish Will choose from...

Hey all, I have a couple refugiums that I grow different species of Caluerpa and chateo. something that came to mind last week while I was harvesting some for my angel to eat. I never harvest the algea and dispose of it...It can barely keep up with the hungry appetites of my fish. So I was...

Hello, I was gluing some of the pipework when I thought that my drain plan was something of a problem. I did some research on the net and found that I do have a problem. I have a 220 set up to use a Aqua Supreme 1800 in sump pump with a head height of 6.5 feet. 3/4" return line with UV offshoot...

After some preliminary searching: Am looking into these species with some damsels in the tank. Which one would you pick? Chainlink Eel {Echidna catenata} Ghost Eel {Uropterygius concolor} Banded Moray Eel {Myrichthys colubrinus} or Fimbriated Moray Eel {Gymnothorax fimbriatus} thanks

last summer my Flame Hawk of 10+ months up and died. I found him behind my live rock in a corner. he was about 3 inches long. He was a wonderfully adapted bugger and was shocked when he died. I had not introduced any new fish or live foods for months. I was just reading about Engineer Gobies...

hi, do you think I could get a pair of bicolor angels{already together} and put them in a 220 with a golden pygmy angel? Would have some tangs, wrasses, hogfish, etc in the tank eventually. will have a couple hundred pounds of LR in tank The golden pygmy is bossy so I would add him introduce...

hey, I have a 47 gallong, 30" high tank that I want to make a home for an eel, a lionfish and maybe a panther grouper. Lionfish would most likely be volitan. The eel would be Zebra, Banana/goldentail or snowflake Would that be too many fish in the tank? thanks

hello, I am setting up a large system. Several tanks all tied together. Want to make the 47 gallon 30 " high tank into a SeaHorse tank. Never raised them. Right now, I was planning on all tanks running from the same sump. the guy at the LFS suggested that the seahorse tank should be on its own...

Hi, The last 2 pieces of live rock I had were covered with some form of organism. The tank at the LFS also had lots of miniature featherdusters growing from the sandbed and all the live rock had these tiny organisms. They are not your normal polyps. The are different from the sessile sponges...

Hello, Well after last year when I thought I was having Ick...and luckily it was just undisolved salt attached to my clown from poor preparation...I have my tank fully stocked. The tankmates seem compatible for the most part. Why do I say that? 25lbs+ Live rock 50lbs+ Lava/tufa rock 60+ gallons...

Hey all, just back into the hobby after 10 years and trying to catch up on the tech. Did not have a quarantine tank and might have problems Read a lot on the saltwater ick and some on clownfish disease. 55 Gallon FOWLR Tank...set up in August. lots of tufa/lava rock and 12 +lbs live rock. 1...