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    New fish Qtine and Treatment Procedures, Thoughts, Tips, Points, and Plans for ich & velvet PART 2

    Well, I just came home from an LFS 1 hour away, and have some fish in bags - so lets set up a quick Qtine tank for them. It's ALWAYS best to plan ahead for new fishes - but an ich outbreak can happen at any time - unexpectedly if new additions are not qtined - and require fast action by the...
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    New fish Qtine and Treatment Procedures, Thoughts, Tips, Points, and Plans for ich & velvet parasites Part 1:

    New fish Qtine and Treatment Procedures, Thoughts, Tips, Points, and Plans for ich & velvet parasites Part 1: (This answers A LOT of common questions prior to starting – I tried to get ALL the most common ones answered – I see these all the time in various forums, on multiple websites and...
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    Lightning Strike - too close for comfort!

    Last nite (sunday) we had a little thunderstorm form over the neighborhood and this is the neighbors 6 foot+ diameter Oak tree. The strike that did this about messed my pants, as it was only 200' away. Notice the bark missing up high: A little bark gone from the trunk: A yard full of tree...
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    "Where's Waldo" game - aka find the lawn-mower blenny

    This is a challenge "Slice" and I have been playing a bit, so here is it's own thread. The object is to find the rockskipper (jeweled blenny, Lawnmower blenny, Salarias fasciatus) in the picture: (this one is easy, for starting out )
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    So far so good, 6 tangs, 2 angles, and some friends

    Well, last nite and this morning, both sets of fish that were in isolation are now in the 475g. The current fish stock list is: Achillies tang (4.5") Naso tang (6") Powder blue tang (6") Blue (hippo) tang (7") Purple tang (6") Orange shoulder tang (2.5") <new> Bluegirdled angle (3") <new>...
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    Anyone else buy the Purple Undata today?

    I just called SWF and added the ora purple undata to an order I'd placed earlier - Mary there said I was the 2nd one today to call in and add it to their order and was wondering who else had done this too. This is one of those sps species SFW had a hard time keeping is stock.
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    Bigger is better? Lets try 475 gallons...Tangs gonna be happy!

    My new tank project: (to get rid of 3 each 100 gals tanks) 8ft x 3ft x 3ft - 475g.......I'll post how much it weighs tomorrow when I pick it up!! (with help)
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    Palytoxin - experience and cautions

    This thread is to INFORM and not scare but please be advised: My experience: I have these (Palythoa sp. {large button polyps}) for many years - and 2 weeks ago I moved them, bare hand in a main tank(dropped them) and when I picked the frag back up, I touched one of the polyps a bit and got that...
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    Skunk shrimp & peppermint - do they get along?

    A quick Q for those who know - Am picking up 4 skunk cleaner shrimps in an hour at Fedex, and was planing to put them in my 125 main, with 6 small peppermints (3/4") already there. I assume the skunks are about the same size, will know when I open the shipment......The tank is fallow, at the...
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    A great fish tale

    A good while back, I ordered a medium Purple Tang from swf and picked the shipment up from Fed Ex the next morning at 0900. As always, it was sent "hold for pickup" as who needs their livestock riding around in another truck for several hours. The quarantine tank had been prepped 2 weeks earlier...
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