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Wow Marineman, I'm glad I found you! Yours is one of a dismal few success stories... and you were able to add 3 more to boot AFTER the Lineatus! Now are you concerned that he is going to become a terror and start cleaning house as he gets even larger? I am surprised that he is in check at the...

Marineman... Never mind, I jumped the gun and did not even read this before I posted... Can we chat here? Am a fellow Tang lover myself... had my 7" Naso for about 9 years... and 5" Achilles 4 yrs Old 5" Hippo 4 yrs recently replaced w/ 3 month 1.5" hippo 2-3" Yellow 5 months 2+" Desjardini 5...

Marineman, have been waiting for you to post to contact you... Please PM me regarding Clown Tang. You have your PM turned off so I cannot contact you! If you have trouble please let me know. Thanks.

I also have a Quad that I have not wired yet... wondering how long did yours last? Did you wire yours with their wiring harness? Does the dimmer work well? Just wondering what to expect with mine. You may have a time finding anyone to sell you a ballast because not many people even know of...

This question is primarily directed to Beth and Terry B. but as always I am receptive to other's experiences... So what product do you all use to boost or maintain pH above 8.0 during your hyposalinity treatments? :thinking:

Please note that the search feature at this forum is very powerful/useful... The answers to most of your questions can be obtained by typing them in on the search option. If you are new to the board just a pointer that general questions like what is Ich... will most likely not get answered...

On tank size... you could go as small as a 15 (crowded but doable) as long as you have the proper bacteria bed for filtration SOMEWHERE in some sort of system be it hang on the back, bio balls, (even live rock tho- the rock may become dead depending on what meds you use, hypo, etc.)... LARGER...

I 2nd guitarfish! He has the right idea... right on! We definitely think alike... AGAIN read all you can about HYPO before starting so you get it right from the start...

agree with all the above... ALWAYS Q if you want to be SURE you are not introducing something into your display tank... I will say tho that when I stocked my 125g I ordered all my new fish from SWF.com and they were all great specimens in great shape and my adult IMP was PERFECT! (already had a...

Take ALL that Terry has said to heart! Again he does not mean to insult as he offers much of his time and knowledge on this forum daily... to all of us whether we have 30 years at this hobby or 30 days! I could give you a mouthfull but I'll spare everyone... What I DO want to offer is somewhat...

Great that you have not added fish yet... I suggest you go ahead and add all your live rock and inverts, etc. and let them settle in for another 4-6 weeks to let any possbile parasite introduction (YES! all of you out there shaking your head... ICH can be introduced in the tomant stage while it...

If you look at any of my posts you will learn that there is NO substitute for QUARANTINING!!! with that said I think that if you don't have a tank full of corals that benefit greatly from the microscopic planktonic lifeforms that eventually are produced in a healthy reef system adding a UV...

IFFFF you take the plunge and go for it... i.e. take your fish out and put them in a Quarantine setup... READ ALL THE RECENT POSTS ABOUT QUARANTINING AND HYPOSALINITY FIRST!!! GOOD LUCK...

O.K. I think you may be a perfect candidate for HypoSalinity!!! First, if the live rock is your only form of nitrogen cycle filtration ADD a sump w/ bio-balls or at the very least add a few "hang on the back filters w/ high density bacteria media"... OR selectively decide to leave say 1/3 of...

Just to chime in... I usually do the type of dip you are referring to PRIOR to putting my fish (sometimes a new arrival from SWF.com) IN the Quarantine setup itself. Furthermore I actually add the Methyl-blue (forgive my spelling and possibly not exact discription of the substance but I am...

Don't worry too much about the heavy breathing... his gills may be saturated w/ parasites, etc. and they will have to run their course (do their damage) and then drop off say within the next 10-14 days... then after they have all dropped off they will not be able to reproduce from their tomant...

From my experience with Effective, successful Hyposalinity treatements, your bacteria bed wherever it may exist (i.e. in your bio-wheel, substrate, even live rock) will NOT be affected. BUT, be advised that HYPO at the correct salinity (i.e. at or below 1.010) will kill all inverts, pods, worms...

O.K. I have read about this on this forum... if you look thru Terry's posts he explains it in detail... Do a search on osmoregulate or osmoregulation... I am straining my memory but I believe below 1.008 you risk loosing the fish! AND there is no need to go any lower than 1.009... I only did it...

Hi, If you have the time and patience please read my Hypo Epic post in thie forum... Re: buffer I have used Kent Marine Marine pH Buffer Designed for fish only tanks, adjusting pH to 8.3 with reasonable results. (I was actually a little lax on monitoring my pH at times but my fish did o.k.)...

Hello Again Terry, All readers out there, do you see why I like this man so much! He answers questions with as much detail as possible! Thanks for elaborating for me and the benefit of our readers on the stages of the Ich parasite again... I hope all gather from this that YES it IS possible...