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  1. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    the puffer stomach now looks inflated and he is breathing heavy and laying at the bottom of the tank
  2. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    i buffer the tank water after i but it in the water. what is aged water?
  3. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    the other fish are acting fine the angel fish has stoped scratching himself. the puffer's stomach was bloated but that was from eating alot of krill. his breathing looks back to normal. and gills look fine. but the water has been cloudy ever since the ick problem started
  4. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    they look better( the puffer still looks sluggish) its day 4 and the salinity is down to 1.10. I'm using the hydrometer (the guy at the lfs said they didnt have a refractometer and that the hydrometer would be fine. i dont buffer the water but i do check and adj the ph after i do 2 2gal water...
  5. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    i've been doing this process for a few days now. the puffer looked good and was very hungry this morning but he now lays at the bottom of the tank. is this cause the salt level is dropping
  6. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    i did my first water change this morning (5 gal of a 55 gal tank) the puffer looks like he is breathing hard is this from the water change. the salintiy level is at 1.018 down from 1.021
  7. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    i need to get a refratometer(i think i did have one but it broke) is it the thermometer that floats in the water that wil measure the salinity as well as the temp
  8. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    i dont have a quarentine tank. can i do this with the fish in tank. it is a fish only tank
  9. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    only 1 treatment. i tested the water and there is a very little trace of copper.
  10. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    i found it. i will read tonight. the puffer who was most effected by the copper treatment has turned a darker color does that mean any thing. should i do a water change in the main tank to help reduce the copper levels?
  11. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    sorry i new to this site where is this FAQ?
  12. jbetti

    help my puffer live

    i have a 55 gal tank with at puffer, black angel, large eye squirrell fish and recently i added a dragon fish. these fish have been in here for 2 years and always healthy. however the new fish i added must have had ick cause the other fish (the angel and the squirrel fish) start showing signs...
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    how long do i wait to treat ick with a copper solution?

    i have a domino damsel and a humma in a 30gal tank. the level are fine and they have been in there for 3 or 4 mths. recently the damsel has popeye and the humma is using the rocks as a scratching post. i treated the damsel and he looks better. the humma still has a strong appitite and shows no...
  14. jbetti

    humma scratching himself on rocks

    i have a domino damsel and a humma in a 30gal tank. the level are fine and they have been in there for 3 or 4 mths. recently the damsel has popeye and the humma is using the rocks as a scratching post. i treated the damsel and he looks better. the humma still has a strong appitite and shows...
  15. jbetti

    damsel has a bubble in eye

    i have a tank with a damsel and a huma. the damsel's eye looks like there is a bubble on it (it does not look like its bulging out) and the huma is scratching himself on a rock. what's the heck is going on?
  16. jbetti

    star fish

    where do you put the piece of shrimp? do you lodge it between the star fish and the tank
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    star fish

    what does choclate chip star fish eat?
  18. jbetti

    domino damsel vs huma trigger

    the huma is only about 2 in big
  19. jbetti

    domino damsel vs huma trigger

    i have a domino damsel that i purchased about 4 mths ago. it has grown very quickly( a lot more than the other 3 i purchased at the same time) and was terrorizing the other fish in the main tank so i put him into a 20 gal tank along with a huma trigger that i just purchased. since the huma is...
  20. jbetti

    control algae

    i have a saltwater tank is their any product that can help stop the growth of algae?
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