porkypuffer
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HERE SOME HISTROY. HAD A FRESH WATER 55 GAL. TANK FOR YEARS, NO PROBLEMS. CONVERTED TO SALTWATER OCT 99. WASHED THE TANK AND UNDER GRAVEL FILTER AS WELL AS THE HANG ON FILTER, REPLACED THE GRAVEL WITH CRASHED CORAL, USED POWER HEADS FOR THE UNDER GRAVEL FILTER LIKE THE BOOK I BOUGHT SAID TO DO. BOUGHT A WATER TEST KET AND 4 DAMSELS TO CYCLE THE TANK, AT 3 WEEKS I ADDED A PORK PUFFER, THE STORE OWNER TOLD ME TO REMOVE THE DAMSELS WHEN I PUT THE PUFFER IN BECAUSE THE BIO FILTER WAS NOT COMPLETE, THE PUFFER TOOK CARE OF THE DAMSELS FOR ME. SINCE THEN I ADDED 1 LARGE YELLOW TANG, WHICH I'M RETURING BECAUSE HE IS TOO LARGE FOR MY TANK, 1 PICASO TRIGGER ABOUT 2 INCHES LONG, 1 CORAL BEATY, 1 LARGE RACCOON BUTTERFLY WHICH DIED AND A VALENTINO PUFFER. THE FISH WERE ADDED ONE AT A TIME, AT LEAST ONE WEEK APART. THE STORE ADVISED ME TO GET REID OF UNDER GRAVEL FILTER WHICH I DID AFTER NEW YEARS, REPLACED IT WITH A EHIEM ECCO, PULLED UP THE PIPES FOR THE UNDER GRAVEL FILTER LEFT THE BASE UNDER THE GRAVEL AND COVER IT OVER, ALSO ADDED A PROTIEN SKIMMER. ALL WAS GOING WELL UNTIL I ADDED THE RACCOON, IT HAD ICK. ASK THE STORE AND THEY SOLD ME A COPPER TREATMENT (NO LIVE ROCK), THE TREATMENT CURED THE ICK FAST, FOLLOWED THE INSTUCTIONS. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OR 2, ALL OF THE FISH BEGIN TO SCRATCH, I THOUGH IT WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE ICK REAPEARED ON THE BUTTERFLY AND THE VALINTINO PUFFER. RETREATED THE TANK, THE BUTTERFLY DIED BUT THE VALINTINO PUFFER CLEARED UP. THAT WAS 3 WEEKS AGO AND THIS PAST WEEKEND I LEFT TOWN, AND WHEN I RETURNED, THE VALINTINO PUFFER WAS DEAD AND THE TRIGGER IS SCRATCHING AGAIN, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY ICK ON HIM, NEVER HAVE. WATER TEMP IS 80 DEGREES, PH IS 8.2, SULINITY IS 1.023, AMONIA IS 0, NITRITES IS 0, NITRATES IS 40, COPPER IS .30 PPM AND I DO 20% WATER CHANGES EVERY WEEK, I USE TAP WATER WHICH SEAMS TO TEST FINE. I REMOVED THE CARBON AND TURNED OFF THE SKIMMER WHILE I TREATED THE ICK. I FEED LIVE FISH TO THE PORK PUFFER AND TRIGGER AND FEED A VIRIETY TO THE REST. I RESENTLY ADDED A UV LIGHT. THEY ALL ARE SWIMMING AROUND. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING. WRONG.
[This message has been edited by PORKYPUFFER (edited 02-21-2000).]
[This message has been edited by PORKYPUFFER (edited 02-21-2000).]
