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burnsie2005
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I have a 42 gal bowfront that has been up and running since thanksgiving. I have a cascade canister filter with a spray bar. I have no protein skimmer. I cycled the tank with damsels. Over the past 2 weeks, I've removed all the fake aquascaping and replaced it with 42.5lbs of LR purchased from my LFS. I added the final 26lbs of the LR yesterday afternoon. I also purchased 5 scarlet hermit crabs and a CA 800 powerhead. I ran the powerhead for a while last night, but it made a lot of noise, so I took it out and plan to return it. I have 4 damsels in the tank now, and I just tested the water and the ph is 8 and amm is 0. Unfortunately I ran out of my nitrate and nitrite tests, they are currently in the mail. My concern is that my most active and aggressive damsel is not moving around. He is hovering in the same spot and seems lethargic. I see one large white spot near the top of his head, and it looks like the top of his body has little red dots on it. I see a lot of posts about HLLE, but I can't seem to find out what actually causes it. Does that sound like what my problem is? I'm not able to get a clear picture of him with my camera. Any help is greatly appreciated.