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  1. nickborowitz

    Questions, hopefully easy to answer!

    I have been out of the game for years now (moved and gave away my tank) and I am now working on setting up my BioCube 29Gallon I just got. on week 2 I put in 30lbs live rock, and 30lbs live sand, then let it cycle, 2 weeks later put in a bunch of hermit crabs, then a month later put in...
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    Help with new clownfish!

    i have a biocube 29 with 35lbs live rock and 30lbs live sand I cycled and have been running for over a month now. 2 weeks ago I put in some hermit crabs to clean up the tank and finally I decided I wanted to put in the clowns since it's cycled. I got a nice bonded pair of clowns who stick...
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    I am moving to a new apartment.... Advice?

    I have a 90 gallon Saltwater tank, pretty much FOWLR. I have 120lbs of live sand, 200lbs of live rock, a false percula clown fish, a blue hippo tang, damsel, saddleback clown, snowflake eel, a mated pair of coral banded shrimp, as well as the snails and hermit crabs.   now I have to move. It's...
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    Help! White Spots on fish

    So my fish had Ich. I have had them in a QT tank with copper for over a month now. the ich cleared up quickly and hasn't come back but my blue hippo tang has these big white spots growing on him. they kind of look like mold.... they are the size of a pin head and all over his body I don't know...
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    HELP! Maroon Clown looks like Mold on her

    So I bought a pair of Maroon Clowns, The male passed away so I got another and they seem to be doing fine, no fighting or anything. They looked like the female had ick and infected the tank with it so I have been treating for over a week now with Quick-Cure in a QT tank. The ick looks like it...
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    Clown Not Eating

    I got a pair of maroon clowns, now I honestly don't think they were the type of pair i thought because in the bag and in the bucket and tank they stayed away from one another, then the next day the male died. I replaced the male with a new one a few days later, and she has yet to pick on him...
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    Blue Hippo Tang HELP!

    I got a few new fish today, one of which was a blue hippo tang. Now I acclimated the fish for an hour with the drip method and I seem to be having problems with her. When I opened up the bag she was floating on the top of the water sideways, now I thought she was dead but she started swimming...
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    how long in QT when purchased new

    I bought a new Saddleback Clown fish and I have had him in my QT tank for 4 days now, when can I put him in my tank and be sure he doesn't have ich? i would be putting him in a 90 gallon tank with 2 clown fish and a damsel.
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    White Fuzz growing on Zoa Rock

    I have this white stringy fuzz growing on the rocks where I have my zoas growing. I tried to search but for some reason this damn thing only shows white screen when i do. I tried taking a pic but i can't get one for you guys, does anyone have any ideas as to what it could be? kinda looks like...
  10. nickborowitz

    Christmas Present?

    Well I bought my 90 gallon tank, got the sand, moved over all my live rock, then got screwed with money. I can afford PB&J and stuff for lunch and thats about it. If anyone has anything they want to get rid of, please send it my way. I'm in Yonkers, NY and at this point want my tank back. I...
  11. nickborowitz

    WTB 48" light, anyone know any cheap places

    I am getting a 90 gallon tank, it's 48" long and I need to get a light for it. Anyone know where I can get a good one CHEAP? New or Used is fine.. NickBorowitz@aol.com
  12. nickborowitz

    i'm Moving.... Which sounds better?

    I currently have a 45 gallon Tall Tank maybe 75lbs Live Rock, 40lbs Live Sand, 1 Zebra Dwarf Lionfish, 2 false Perc's, 2 yellow tail damsels, 1 4 line damsel, 1 snowflake eel, some hermits, some hermits, and 2 turbo snails. I also have some Zoa's in there but nothing fancy. Wellll I'm moving...
  13. nickborowitz

    Nyc

    I will be in NYC tomorrow and I want to go into some saltwater/coral stores just to browse. Does anyone know where I can go just to look at stuff?
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    Will Hermit's eat Corals?

    I saw a hermit crab crawling on my new corals tonight, Can they eat them?
  15. nickborowitz

    Problem with Algae

    I got new lights on my tank a few weeks ago and noticed the algae on the sand growing like crazy. I've been keeping my lights off ALOT to keep the algae under control and to let the snails eat it. Today I looked and didn't see any more of the brown algae. I turned the lights on and 20minutes...
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    Beth.....

    This may be the wrong thread, but being I read her posts on Fish Disease all the time I honestly wanted to just thank her. Beth, thank you for everything, you have taught me more than I could ever have expected to learn and I just wanted to give you my sincere thanks.
  17. nickborowitz

    Ich

    How long will the ich spots show on a fish? I had a six line wrasse who showed white spots on his body, He had them for about an hour then when i went back, they were gone and I have yet to see them again. It happened after a water change so I was thinking it could be sand. Wouldn't ich last on...
  18. nickborowitz

    Clown with Pop-Eye

    I have this Saddleback clown, the tank got infested with ich, and now he has pop-eye. I've been treating for ich and have yet to see a spot on any of them for 2 to three weeks. About a week ago I noticed he had pop-eye so I started treating him for marycin-two but it doesn't seem to be helping...
  19. nickborowitz

    How is this light for a 45 gallon tall?

    Here New 2008 Design 36"Aquarium Compact Light 192 watts Approx Fixture Size: 36 1/4"L x 7"W x 2 1/2"H Output: * PC 96W x2. Straight pins (....) * Dual Lunar LED module x3. Feature: * 3 Individual power cords & 3 power switches for PC bulbs, and lunars. * German made light reflecter. *...
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    I Introduced a disease into my tank, when can I put fish in new?

    So here is my whole story. I had a 29 gallon tank running smooth with no problems. I read online if you put a large clownfish with a smaller one it has the possibility to pair and one will become a female. Well i brought home this clown fish and from what it looked like it had Brooklynella. I...
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