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    quarantine tank.......

    Please reconsider a 10 gal even for a small Regal tang. At minimum you would need a 20 gal long for most fish except ones that remain small. A 10 would also be a bad idea for the angels. Large tanks mean larger QT will be need for the eventual fish you may end up getting. If your display tank is...
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    Achilles Tang

    You mean salinity? If your salinity is still low, you won't be doing much until next weekend minimum. You want to increase this as slowly as possible. No more than 0.001 each day. Even after it's a full seawater, you want an additional 2 weeks for observation.
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    Achilles Tang

    I look forward to seeing the one in the display. It's not too far off now!! :cool:
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    Doseing calcium chloride

    Matt, as long as the CaCl is properly diluted and the quantity does not exceed the recommended levels for the tanks volume on the whole, large additions are not a concern. True CaCl will not generally impact anything. As Don indicated, adding buffers for alk is your main concern. CaCl will not...
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    Too high of salininty for hypo?

    It's best to keep the salinity at 12-14 ppt for 4 weeks past the last spot seen on the fish. 3 could most likely be enough since you haven't seen any spots except in the beginning but it's better to be safe.
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    Bi-Color Blenny Eating SPS

    http://www.floridadriftwood.com/fish_trap.htm
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    Tang Capacity in a 210

    I'm assuming we are discussing Paracanthurus hepatus, the Regal and not Acanthurus leucosternon, the powder blue? At the very least they'd have better chance of hiding. :eek: In all honesty though, a large blue (Regal?) tang like that is going to be a very obnoxious bully. It's a fairly large...
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    Too high of salininty for hypo?

    C. irritans is unaffected by salinities near or above 16 ppt. This is basically the level you've had it at since keeping it in the QT. You cannot consider the fish treated under those circumstances. Since you have never seen symptoms there are two possibilities here. Either the fish never had...
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    Bi-Color Blenny Eating SPS

    Bicolor blennies are notorious for nipping these types/species of corals. I would only keep them in a soft or "LPS" style system. Catching it would be fairly easy with a trap. You can also just remove the rock it's hiding in if small enough. Too bad, such a nice personable fish!!
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    Quarantine supplies and acclimation procedures

    I really don't recommend it but you could "theoretically" have a UV on the overflow to the QT and one from the QT to the main. The wattage would need to be ramped up pretty good to ensure proper eradication of the most common pathogens accompanied by the right flow rate, usually slow and...
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    Jawfish stupid question

    The live Mysids in your tank are nocturnal and not likely to happen out during daylight hours purposely. The jawfish is also not that kind of a predator where it might seek these kinds of animals out as a food source. Same goes for the gammarids but they are more likely to bee seen in the day...
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    Tangs and Ick

    There some good info on this site. I would highly recommend reading it. http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/marineich.html There is also a 5 part study here... http://marineaquariumadvice.com/aquarium_fish_1.html The biggest reason fish get sick after being added to the tank is...
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    coral beauty problems

    Let's just say freezing is not what you might think. Clove oil is the prefered method. On the antibiotics, duration is just as important as dosage. It's very much the same as when your doctor tells you to finish the entire script even nif your feeling better. You have to make sure the bacteria...
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    is there such a thing as TOO MUCH KH?

    Either the over use of chemicals or the saltmix itself can sometimes be a problem. It would not occur on it's own.
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    Sick Clown!!!help Plz!!!

    Toxic water could be just about anything amiss with water quality. From a severely skewed water parameter to something potentially introduced. generally excess turbidity in the skin is high ammonia or low pH though. Unless anew tank, it's often caused by neglect, something inappropriately added...
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    is there such a thing as TOO MUCH KH?

    This is the absolute best solution. Balance your saltmix before you use it and the do a series of water changes. Do not try to chemically alter the alkalinity.
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    Sick Clown!!!help Plz!!!

    Excellent questions/observations Meche! :cool: Toxic water poisoning/parameters or Brooklynella could be a possibility. Too hard to nail down without more history on the fish/tank mates etc. Was this fish or the recently deceased ever treated for anything?
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    Red Cyano?? (Asparagopsis)

    No crabs, same method as the red algae. It's a bit of a chore but will make a huge difference in beating it. Crabs will do more to spread it that eliminate it. Valonia sp. become sexually mature and can spore once about a ¼" or more in diameter. As soon as they are popped, they spread...
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    Red Cyano?? (Asparagopsis)

    Be specific on which snails you choose and I would only buy one or two at first. As I said, the Zebra Turbo is the only one I ever found that would even touch's it, none have ever beaten it. Be sure the one(s) you get are going to be effective before spending too much money. They are also a...
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    Sick Clown!!!help Plz!!!

    What tank is the clown currently in? Do not use the pico. More detail on whitish color on the fish's face. Solid, like a splash of milk, cottony, excess mucus or something else? How long have you have it? How was it acclimated? What tank mates? Please post all test numbered results for all...
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