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I had ich in my 190 gallon tank and could not take all the fish out to do hypo. I ran Kick Ich for 2 weeks and there was still half of my fish with some ich but they were still eating and acting ok. Had to turn the skimmer off during the treatment with Kick Ich. This stuff had marginally worked...

Well? Just because they don't get any turkey in the ocean doesn't mean it would be bad for them.

Hi, I was thinking of buying three more true percula clowns and putting them in my 190 gallon tank and letting them pair up themselves. Should this work if I get three more of different sizes to stick with the male who lost his wife tonight? I was looking at my tank with a flashlight at...

Hi, I have had saltwater fish for the last 5 years and have had ich problems on and off but have not lost any fish to it. I was wanting to get a UV to help to control the ich but wonder if the UV will kill off the benificial copapod and amphipod population? Also I have a small moderate amount...

Hi, I just purchased a cleaner wrasse to help keep ich out of the tank as my two cleaner shrimp are too well fed to clean the fish even when they sit near them and wait to be cleaned. I have read a bunch of threads where posters stated that cleaner wrasses should be left in the ocean as they...

I was just watching my tank when I saw my large orange striped leg hermit cleaning up on a piece of screen that I had used to anchor some food for the fish. Strange thing was as the crab was eating I saw two small clams taking a ride on his shell and they had their long cleaning snouts (or...

Hi, Just set up my new 190 gallon tank and put all of my live rock from my old 90 gallon with most of the live sand. Had the rock and sand fallow for 6 weeks after ich outbreak. Now all I have are two new angelfish and my pair of clowns that I have had for years. Had the new 4 inch Majestic...

Just got a 190 gallon 6ft. tank and I am going to try to put three large angels in there. A Majestic 4 inch, a Goldflake 6 inch and a Scribbled 5 1/4 inch. I know a lot of people think it cannot work but a lot of people overseas in Japan do it with successfully. These are three of the more mild...

Hi, I am setting up a permanent 29 gallon quarenteen tank and want to add some type of non-porous substrate in the bottom to grow bacteria on. How about some glass stones or balls? Does anyone know if they are lead free? Any other ideas? I don't want to put a sponge filter in with an airstone in...

I am going from a 90 gallon to about a 180 gallon tank and need to know if I should buy and acrylic tank this time as it is lighter and will never leak. I do have fears that it will scratch and look bad in time. Any comments from people who have had plastic tanks? How do you like/dislike them...

Well, Hi guys....I had ich in my 90 gallon and took all the live rock out last week to treat the tank with hypo and it was a real mess as I tried to get all the live sand out (have lots of worms that would not survive hypo). I was going to start hypo but got scared as I have been reading on line...

Hi, I have been using the Kick stuff for almost a month and all fish are well except for two fish keep showing a few spots. I am changing out to a new 180 gallon tank in two weeks. Can I take all my sand and inverts as much as I can as there are a lot of nice worms, small starfish, and pods in...

Hi, I need advice on making saltwater with my new RODI unit. I have been having a 90 gallon saltwater tank for the last 4 years and am upgrading to a 180 gallon in 2 weeks. I have been buying 4 five gallon containers of saltwater at my LFS for this time about every three weeks for water...

Hi, I always thought that one could not keep multiple large angelfish in the same tank, but am now finding mixed information. I found a fish store on line in California who has a 400 gallon tank with multiple (at least five or six) large angelfish. Saw pictures of the tank myself. Emailed the...

Hi, I have been using the Kick Ich stuff for about three weeks and only one fish that is new and bullied by another fish keeps getting spots. No spots on any of the other fish that have been exposed and recovered from the ich years earlier. I could not get the one fish out with all the spots...

Hi, I was thinking that I would hook up a Lifeguard in-line pleated micron filter up to my mag-9 return pump in the sump to filter out the ich swimmers. My ich is nearly gone after two weeks of the Kick Ich stuff but wouldn't this filter be a great help? It says it filters particals out that are...

Hi, I just wonder why the moderaters on this board say that hyposalinity is the only way to go for ich. It seems that hyposalinity does not work well for a lot of people. Why doesn't anyone suggest using hyposalinity in combination with a medication like reef safe Kick Ich for higher cure rates...

Hi, I am upgrading from my 90 gallon to 180 gallon in the next 2 to 4 weeks so I am going to buy a R/O unit and put it outside near a hose and make water into a large trash can. I am trying to figure out the best way to pump the water into my tank in the living room. I don't know if I need to...

Hi, I have a 90 gallon tank and will soon upgrade to 180 gallons. I have been buying 20 gallons of pre-mixed saltwater at my LFS and bringing it in 4 five gallon containers to do water changes about every three weeks for my 90 gallon tank. I just cannot see having to tote 8 of these heavy...

Hi, Does anyone know if you can have a single lyretail male and a Bimaculatus female together in a 150 gallon tank? I found this female Bimaculatus that is about the same shape but different coloring than the lyretail female. Do you think that they would get along? Anyone mixed antheia...