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Okay, I'll do that today. I just have a few little pieces of live rock at the bottom. Maybe that's part of the problem. He's hanging in there and still alive. I just looked him over real well and he isn't bumpy or spotted or anything so I think he's just sad. I'll try to find some plastic...

And I've never had a fish do this before. I have another ocellaris clownfish and it doesn't swim like this. I wouldn't worry, but he stays at the top on his side at least 95% of the time. I'm just waiting to wake up one morning to find him dead. But I don't want to treat blindly for...

Thanks for the input. No there isn't any sign of ick. He's not eating. I tried to feed him a little brine shrimp earlier and he ignored it. This morning he was swimming a little more normally up and down but now he's back to side floating (mostly) at the top. Doesn't seem to be breathing...

Hey guys - need a little swf.com expertise. I bought a new black ocellaris clown yesterday. Today I noticed that he's staying at the top of the quarantine tank and kind of swimming on his side. I've looked at him closely and don't see any signs of ick. The temp in the tank is kind of low...

That's my next set of questions. Here goes: My LFS gave me something called Copper Power to treat the hospital tank. He told me to dose it once and leave it and it will be fine. I had already bought an API Copper test kit and I've been using it. The problem is that I have no idea what level...

Quote: Originally Posted by Siptang yea... pain in the butt that fish is... treat it with extreme care you must. LOL! Just had a Yoda flashback. Yes we are taking care of him. I think I'm very lucky he seems like a strong little guy. We now have all of the fish in the hospital tank being...

Thanks so much for the suggestions. I'll look around for one.

Yeah, we noticed his tail fin tonight. I haven't noticed anyone picking on him. The only other fish I have are an ocellaris clown and a firefish. Both are very calm and non aggressive. I was pretty sure it was ich too. Will set up a hospital tank and qt all of the fish tomorrow. Pretty...

90 gallon Ammonia - 0 Nitrites - 0 Nitrates - 10 Don't think it's the water quality. I tried to get some pictures. Don't know if anyone can see well enough to diagnose ick.

Well, this is what I get for putting off setting up a qt tank. I bought a little blue hippo tang yesterday. Got him home and acclimated him properly. I noticed a few hours after adding him to the display tank that he was rubbing against some of the rocks. I found out that this can be a...

I know, I'm bummed out. I bought the clownfish together and they really got along well. My husband had cut part of an egg crate and covered the top of the overflow after our firefish jumped in there. (We were able to rescue it in time.) But it still got in. I'm thinking about covering the...

Came home from church to find that one of my clownfish was missing. I looked all over and the overflow. When I looked in my sump, finally found her in the first tray. It's a sad day in our house. We had the overflow covered, but somehow she still fell in there.

I'm actually looking at an Octopus NWB-110 Protein Skimmer. Seems to get good reviews. Ebay is a wonderful thing.

Well, I'm going to keep looking. I don't have to have one right now, all of my levels are good. I think the Octopus 200 is going to be more than I need. Thanks for the advice as usual!

Someone is selling a used Reef Octopus Extreme 200 for $80 not to far from me. That seems like a really good deal. Any opinions?

I am probably going to be buying a protein skimmer soon and wanted to know what I should look for, what brands are good and what to stay away from. I have a 90 gallon tank that's been set up for about 6-7 weeks now and I have 2 clownfish and one firefish in there right now. What size protein...

I think you're right. I'm seeing him a little more today. He's hanging out near the bottom in the back of the tank. The clowns keep swimming over to him whenever they notice him. Not being aggressive, just curious. I think he'll come out more once they get used to each other. One thing...

We've had him for almost 2 weeks. He comes out when we feed in the evenings. I saw him day before yesterday. He comes out a lot more if we turn the powerheads off. The only other fish we have so far are 2 ocellaris clownfish.

Well, I added a firefish to my tank a little over a week ago. It is really rare that we see it. I know that it's a shy fish, but to make it worse he's claimed a spot in the back of the tank. He only seems to come out when we turn off the powerheads. I was worried about him eating and read...