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I looked over the various pictures of fish diseases and I would still have to say that it was likely ******. I described the spots as wart-ish like, and they were indeed, but they were still more so like ****** than anything else I could find. When the spots showed back up under hypo salinic...

Hello everyone! Thanks to all of you for your advice and suggestions. I should have tried to get a picture of the regal tang up on here and I was in the process of doing so, but sadly the regal is no longer with me. He died two days ago and I just now found my way back to here. I know for sure...

Hi Beth, I see your point on the lower S/G being a danger. I am thinking at this point of slowly bring it back out of hypo. Just a minute ago I got a good look at the regal again and the spots no longer look like regular ****** anymore. They look like larger wart-ish looking spots but I though...

Hello everyone! I had a nice long letter typed up instead of this explaining my situation better but then the computer froze and I lost it so here goes the "short" of it! After eight months of the same strand of marine ****** and two separate six week rounds of hypo, I am now about two months...

Crypt keeper, I take no offense to you or anyone else saying that my tank is too small at all. I can see where your coming from and thank you for your opinion. I don't wholeheartedly agree on the small tank size in relation to the size of the fish right now. Here is why I think this: Naso tangs...

Well the tank is 5 feet long and 110 gallons! I know that isn't huge but the Naso is just a baby at this point along with the emperor, I know what you guys are saying though but this tank is rather empty still so I am not sure that is the problem b/c she is not attacking the smaller fish in the...

O.K. I am at the end of my rope with one of my fish. Please help! I have a five inch Hawaiian Naso Tang (Orange Spined Unicorn fish), which will not leave my large juvenile emperor angelfish (4.5 inches) and porcupine pufferfish (4.5 inches) alone! I have tried everything to stop this that I can...

Well, I am again battling ick (******) right now myself and I have put my guys in my 30 and 10 gallon hosipital tanks for the next couple of weeks. You got a few choices but judging from your reply you won't like either one I bet! 1. If the ick visibly appears on the fish you could fresh water...

I use garlic guard consistently and I have been for months and months now. I have purchased two large SeaChem bottles of the stuff and I have noticed that it does seem to help entice finicky eaters to eat, but no where on the bottle does it even make a claim to any effectiveness in fighting...

I hear you on that one! One of my LFS guys says that you can never irradicate ick completely from a tank, but as the life cycles shows that must be false! I also think that if the fishes can completely resist the ick for a month or so and does not allow the parasite to attack and encase itself...

Oh yeah...btw Are the hawaiian emperors more expensive? I see that a indo-pacific juvenile is running about $79 on here. I am sure they are, but how much are they typically? Also..is the color more intense on the hawaiian? I saw a picture of a $500 adult red sea emperor angelfish once that was...

Oh man... that is very sad to hear about your emperor! I hope that never happens to you again. Sometimes this hobby can be discouraging due to such disasters like that. I really would not like to loose any fish period, especially not one that cost in the $100+ range. I am by no means rich and I...

I'm glad you mentioned that about a juvenile emperor! I had heard that somewhere else about the juv. emperor being easier to acclimate too. That is a very good point, plus I can have some "breathing room" with the 110 with the juvenile and can save some money! That is always nice these days...

Thanks! I have a 110 gallon long with a 20 gallon sump. The tank is 60Lx18Wx22H inches, so I would not get one that is over 5 or 6 inches max. Most likely 3-5 inches if possible. Do you know what their growth rates are? I mean how quickly does this fish grow? I am planning on getting a 200-220...

Hello everyone, I am very soon about to be in the market for an emperor angelfish. Recently while I was doing some further research on the emperor angel, I came across some information that suggested many captive juvenile emperor angels may never fully develop their adult colors. I was...

I am very sorry to hear about your angelfish not doing well. I would lower my s/g. because 1.027 is on the high side imo. I would not exceed 1.025, and most people run more around 1.022 or 1.023. I run 1.023 to 1.025 to more closely mimic the ocean salinity. I don't know if this was a factor or...

Thank you very much Mr. tuskfish. I agree that with these final fish selections I will order online too! I am now leaning more towards a standard naso tang (not a blonde or unicorn) since I have been told they are very peaceful and pretty hardy. I think the look is close enough to satisfy me for...

Thanks for the info, believe it or not I have cured a couple of fish of ick recently by use of hyposalinity. I am aware of the life cycle of ick also, but I greatly appreciate your link too and I realize how ignorant my first post reads. I also surprisingly have a QT, but it was too small for...

Well, I bought a 3 inch powder blue tang yesterday, and he took the big current to the sky this morning. That was alot of money wasted that I should not have spent anyways. I should have bought it from and I would have had a guarantee and most likely a better/healthier fish. I even hand-picked...

Yes! My new puffer is very reluctant to eat too, and I did that very same thing with Garlic Guard and a fresh littleneck clam and he always will eat the clam, but not always the other things. Most of the time with the garlic he will try just about anything. Good luck, I hope that it turns out well!