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I have had 3 die.. Nitrates = 25-35 Nitrite = 0 ammonia = 0 125 gallon. What am I doing wrong? Tank has been set up for 6 months.. the other inhabitants are fine and not picking on them.

He's eating, but has cloudy almost "cracked glass" looking eyes. Would much like to treat him, I have formalin, is that safe to use for puffers or necessary?

Need a list of fish native to hawaii my buddy there can ship fish

So I met up with an old reefer, who told me never to use copper or hyposalinity ever again unless a fish is BADLY infected. I was told to cure ich, feed the fish copious amounts of healthy frozen foods. Allow them to stuff their faces, add garlic. He has over 30 tanks, none of which have ich...

I have 125lbs crushed coral/gravel/sand. 100lbs live rock Dual fluval 405 filters emperor 350 filter 8 assorted damsels 4 green chromis Has been up and running 35 days. Would ultimately like a clown trigger, but hear nothing but nasty things and that I cannot have one in my tank if I want...

Ok, so in my 75 gal reef, I finally changed out the substrate (while the fish are out of it with ich) Need to know if I have good equipment/substrate/etc. Ok now im running -85lbs live sand (bahamas sand) -5lbs crushed coral (for texture) -100lbs+ live rock -Fluval 405 canister filter -Bio ball...

What do I do? I'm using RO water, but I guess I need RO/DI? How do i make my unit DI also? And how do i get rid of this bacteria

How long do the fish need to be treated via hyposalinity? Since that is to kill the parasites ON the fish shouldn't it be used only for a couple weeks, to reduce stress? the reason for the 4-6 weeks it to kill every lifestage of the ich in the Display tank, right? or should I keep them at...

I've read some fish do not need to be treated, I have a lawnmower blenny and a scooter blenny, do these need to be treated too? I keep getting mixed responses

In my 90 gal fowlr i have a dogface puffer, a rectangulus trigger, niger trigger, 2 hawkfish, 2 damsels, hardwicki wrasse, banana wrasse, and powder brown tang. All are getting along happily but would like to add a yellow tang. I have heard mixed things about these fish, I owned one but he was...

I know I should get a refractometer, but for now, I have two hydrometers. a deep six by coralife, and an instant ocean hydrometer by marine labs. The Instant Ocean hydrometer reads 1.026 The Coralife Deep Six reads 1.0225 Temp is 79-80. Which of these brands of cheapo hydrometers is more...

1/3 or smaller the size of marine ich I got last time. What is it?

Is my diet good for my large assortment of fish in 2 different tanks? I feed jumbo krill, soft bites (tang & meaty variety), sw flakes, freeze-dried plankton, saltwater pellets, brine shrimp, frozen silversides, squid, seaweed salad (for tangs, I clip it to the side of the tank) and i believe...

I was told that a good UV sterilizer will kill ich in certain stages of it's cycle.

Just curious where do I buy this "garlic" and how much, It is mentioned frequently but has not been explained very well, at least not in the threads I can find. Thanks,

Have a bio ball filter, and a canister filter (rena 350 gph) on my 90 gal fowlr, and the skimmer (i think is built in) to the bio ball system, it's not collecting much in the milk jug I have provided. I have had this tank for about 1.5 months. is this normal? The same skimmer on my 75 gallon...

I just purchased one of these, and I have a fish who is.. well likely not reef safe, Klein Butterfly, (just found it spent 30 minutes looking it up lol). Anyhow, I believe it has eaten all 4 of my worms in my worm rock overnight? Is this possible? And if so, can I replace them? What can I...

Can you buy them from anywhere?

Im 21, I figured i'd be one of the youngest but already have read 10 posts, 1 12 year old, 1 16 year old, and a 15 year old. I am impressed at the knowledge of some of the younger folks

Hello all, My name is Jason. I am very familiar with freshwater (not all that complicated) and only about 3 months into the hobby of saltwater. I have already purchased 2 saltwater tanks. I am familiar with forums, but do not yet know the "gist" of this one. I am a member of Chargerforums.I...