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I am planning to move a moderate size juvenile French Angelfish from the QT to a 125 gal display tank. The other fish are 2 fairly large Heniochus butterflies, 2 Ocellaris clownfish and 1 moderate size Green Chromis. All have been in the display tank for several years. They had a previous...

I purchased a juvenile French Angelfish one month ago from the LFS. The LFS guy stated that French Angels are prone to bacterial infections and that I should consider buying a UV sterilizer. I have not had any disease problems in my tank for many years and declined the suggestion. The fish has...

In NJ and lost power in hurricane. May be without power for 3 - 7 days. I have 125 gal FOWLR with 1 juvenile French Angelfish, 2 adult Heniochus bannerfish, 2 adult ocellarus clownfish 1 green chromis, 3 shrimp, 1 starfish,Water temp down to 70 and dropping. I have 3 battery operated air pumps...

I have a 125 gal FOWLR tank with 100+ lbs live rock. My water parameters for PH, Ammonia and Nitrite are always great, though Nitrates run 20-40 most likely from overfeeding. I change 20 gal (sometimes 30) every other week when I clean Fluval cannister filter.The stock included 2 Heniochus...

just had a 3 day power failure during which tank temperature dropped from 78 to 60. Fish survived but brittle star seems near death. Moves a little if I touch a leg. Should I remove him from tank to QTtoavoid amonia or wiat it out?

Lost electricity for 3 full days. Temperature in 125 gal FOWLR tank dropped from 78 to 60 over 1st 2 days. Had battery powered air pumps and air stones, but no other circulation or heat. Electric came back on this afternoon and temp has climbed to 68. I'll let it come up slowly by tank heaters...

I posted a thread "Yellow tang Fighting with new arrivel" in Fish Discussion, but i'm not getting much response. Can you please take a look at it or tell me how I can best deal with a new fish being stressed by tankmates. I have a 2.5 inch French Angelfish being bothered by a similar sized...

I just added a juvenile French Angelfish to my 125 gal FOWLR tank after 5 weeks quarantine. He's about 2.5 inches and very healthy. The dominant inhabitants are 2 Heniochus Butterflies who are about 3.5 inches each and seem to rule the tank. I also have a Klein's Butterfly and a small Yellow...

I have a juvenile French Angelfish that's between 2-3" currently in a 20 gal QT shared with a tiny Green Chromis for company. He's adorable and behaves like a little puppy dog. He is very social and eats out of my hand. My question is I'm a little concerned that his future tank mates are a lot...

I have tried to keep a Flame Angel in my tank twice and both times the fish died after a couple of months for reasons I cannot determine. In both cases, I planned for the Flame Angel to be the last fish added since they are supposed to be more aggressive than the other inhabitants. I have a 125...

I have a new coral beauty in my 20 gal QT for 18 days. He has been in hypo at 1.009 for 11 days as I always hypo new stock as an ick preventative measure. The water parameters are good at 8.3 PH,0 Ammonia and 0 Nitrite, but Nitrates are about 40. I changed 7 new SW at 1.009 three days ago. I...

I am in the hobby 2 years and almost quit in the first year because of problems with ick. Have had no problems in over 1 year since I started to QT and hypo all new fish. I have had some die off of snails and crabs over time and am thinking about buying a new crew. I think I should QT them as...

I have a 125 FOWLR set up approaching two years. Within the past month or so I started seeing what looked like small tufts of cotton. There's 3 or 4 of them and they are about the size of a nickle. They look kind of like the cocoons you see in trees that contain Tent Caterpillars, except they...

About a year or so ago I found a large bristle worm had come into my main tank when I added a large piece of live rock. He was about 10" long and about as thick as a pinky. I was told that he was harmless and would feed on detritus, so I never tried to remove him. I used to see him every 1-2...

I have had a Flame Angel for about 3 1/2 months. He started in QT 6 weeks and has now been in the DT about 2 months. I have a 125 gal FOWLR set-up. He seems fine except he recently developed a white spot toward the back of his head. It looks like a whitehead pimple. Much larger than an ick...

My water parameters have been good for a long time except for nitrates which are 40 right now. Yesterday, I cleaned out my Fluval FX5 cannister filter. For the first time in 6 months, I changed 50% of the Biomax media. Today, the Nitrite is between 0 - 0.25. but Ammonia is still 0. Just be be...

I have a 125 FOWLR up 19 months. My water parameters are good (8.3 PH, 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 1.025 SG and 78 degrees tem) except for Nitrates which run 40-80. Are these levels a danger to my fish and how can I lower them? My fish are all fairly small and include 2 Heniochus Butterflys, 2...

I have a Yellow Longnose Butterfly in a 20 gal QT with a Flame Angel. They have been in about 3 1/2 weeks of which the past 2 weeks have been at hypo 1.009. In one more week I would start to increase SG. For the past several days I have noticed black splotches on the Longnose. It's very easy to...

I bought a Royal Gramma 3 weeks ago. He is in a cycled 10 gal QT by himself. He seems to constantly hide out in the decorations and doesn't even venture out when I feed. A couple of times I have found him motionless either in a bottom corner or up top near a powerhead. I thought he might even...

I have had a 20 gal QT up and running and fully cycled for for about 8-9 months. Each new fish is QT's for at least 5 weeks including 3 weeks hyposalinity. I have been adding 1 or 2 new fish every 5-6 weeks and I usually add them to the QT within a day or two after fish are moved from the QT to...