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  1. shutterbugg69

    new protien skimmer question,helppp!

    Hey sorry.........i had been posting about this in the sick fish catagory.Well we have had our tank for over a yr now.Never had anything wrong never had a fish to die,til now. 55 gallon tank 30 lbs or so of live rock 1 yellow tang(still alive but looks sick) 1 blue damsel(still alive,acts like...
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    hard lesson we have learnd...........

    well......................were totally at a lose!! we did what we were told.........and 5 fish have dies......i think it was just to far gone,..the ick. after a yr wed never had nothing go wrong....and now this.well,........we bought a protein skimmer and were going to change out the bed from...
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    new protien skimmer question,helppp!

    well........i guess we all learn somehwere huh???? And i asure you a hard lesson we have learnd well!!!!!!!weve lost 5 fish in last 3 days........and its lookin like our tang might be next.........all we can do is keep doing what were doing and hope for the best........and if all die then well...
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    new protien skimmer question,helppp!

    ok guys we went today and bought a prism protein skimmer and hubby need to know where the bubbles are supose to stop? at the o ring below or above or what?????help please!!!!!!!!!
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    worried fish!

    ok...i didnt say it went from 9 to 7.7 over nite i said i checked the level it was 9 and i took it to the store and he gave me the stuff to use....i used it and it went then to 7.7,..........an i asked if it was good to change ph fast like that,..........none the less,.... i did a 50% water...
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    worried fish!

    ok need help deciding what to do here...........i have researched the hyposalinity,........have taken out the LR,..........did 20% water change this morning..........need more salt in the tank so went to buy more,........didnt put it in wondering if i need to or leave it as is............checked...
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    worried fish!

    thanks for the info........i did a 20% water change,...should i do more????My husband said all the water reading wwere ok,....could it been from not doing a water change in couple weeks??????well i jumped on the garlic band wagon too.....and put a few pieces of minced garlic in their food this...
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    worried fish!

    yes i was kinda afraid we had to many fish,...and when you mean what kind of tank,..can you be more spacific? we have a few LR and fish, crush coral,....canister filter......and 3 powerheads.......he said yes its ick.........weve never had a problem in the whole yr weve had this set up and...
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    I dont know what happend!!!!! first tank! FISH DIED!

    you know im fairly new to this too......however you really need to learn how to test your tank...things can go wrong in a split second and you need to check your levels often just to keep an eye on how life is going in there! your fish depend on you to keep their living quarters livable..if you...
  10. shutterbugg69

    What causes Ick

    forgive my stupidity but what do you mean by husbantry?
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    worried fish!

    H i all first time here,...hope i do this thing right....lol we have had a 55 gal salt water tank for a yr now,.....and havnt had any thing wrong with our fishes till now. this is what we have in the tank 1 yellow tang,2 blue damsels,1 domino,1 clown,1 bi colored angel,1 blenny,and a fish that...
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