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  1. fishcrazee

    Vacuuming sand bed

    I lightly vacuum the top inch or so of my sand bed on a weekly basis. Some people will tell you to never touch the sand others advocate some vacuuming. It seems your alk is a bit high? What do you feed the fish? Do you have a lot of algae? How big was your refugium and what did you have in...
  2. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    Oh I know, they are trying to sell their product, but I like to explore all the info out there and see what's what :) I thank you for your help, I'm sure if the tang had lived longer, the hyposalinty would have proven affective. The fish may have very well been ill when I got him, hard to say...
  3. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    The Tang did die, sorry to report :( The white spots disappeared, but I believe he was so weakend and stressed from days of not eating, that he succumbed to a secondary infection, poor thing.
  4. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    Reply from Makers of Rid Ich RE: Hyposalinity + Rid Ich I wrote to the company about using Rid Ich and hyposalinity and this is what they wrote back............. Subject: Question Rid Ich+ effect on pH and hyposalinity Date: 4/10/2006 3:16:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time From...
  5. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    There is some very slight red color around the mouth and I think I can faintly see a small artery or two on his face. His body looks fine, except for this small faintly rectangular section on one side. It's no bigger than a dime. It just looks as if the skin there is slightly thinner. I...
  6. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    I have the nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia at 0. I have a mark on the tank that represents where the water level must remain in order for it to remain at slightly below 1.010 according to the hydrometer and I keep it there. The greens are from a spring greens salad mix sold for humans. It...
  7. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    No, I don't have a refractometer, just the plastic gauge. It reads at 1.010. the water chemistry was 2 posts ago....... his diet is in the first post
  8. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    But how long do I wait using the hyposalinity, if he's not eating?! He is eating almost nil now and it worries me that he's getting weaker. The temp is down to 80 today and I turned it down some more. I will put the carbon back and do a water change tonight, but I am skeptical this alone will...
  9. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    pH is at 8.2, alk is at 11.2 DKH I've lowered the temp and it should be about 80 degrees by morning. I will lower it a bit more after I come home from work tomorrow. Don't want to do anything too drastic too fast. He seemed better today, despite still having the white spots, and the only...
  10. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    The hyposalinity solution seems to be doing nothing for him, so I did dose with the Rid Ich and he seems much better today. His dorsal fin is up and he's swimming around normally again as well as trying to eat some fresh greens. I'm not sure what I should do now, as this seems to be working...
  11. fishcrazee

    Yes, another sick tang thread :(

    I know this has probably been dealt with a thousand times here, but my new yellow tang has ich and I'm wondering if what I'm doing is enough. I got my 2 1/2" yellow tang about a week and a half ago and he looked great at the store. Get him home and put him in a QT with a few rocks and for a...
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    Using bleach to clean filters????

    When I worked in the pet store as a teenager, we always cleaned the tank aparatus with a bleach water solution, worked like a charm! We rinsed everything really well before putting back into the tank and we had no problems. I've used tapwater to cure LR before and that has a small amount of...
  16. fishcrazee

    ID Please...pix included.

    It is indeed aiptasia, and will multiply rapidly, so don't let it get a foot hold! Joes juice or concentrated kalk squirt right on it will kill them. There are certain creatures that eat it too, but once the aiptasia is gone, they may starve unless you pass it on. Watch your alkalinity and pH...
  17. fishcrazee

    predator crab

    Well, he's just doing what he was made to do, he's not evil, he just happens to be in a place that doesn't appreciate his special niche in the web of life :) Put him in your sump and find a good home for him in a FOWLR tank, somebody will always take something for free. If I lived closer, I'd...
  18. fishcrazee

    predator crab

    creepy little buggar, and that's not even the living part of him! I can just see him coming out at night to pick apart your corals! He is sort of cool in a unique sort of way, maybe you could put him in your sump if you catch him?
  19. fishcrazee

    Need Extra Room? Make a Movable Shelf

    Very cool, yet simple idea!!! Thanks for sharing!
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    PC or T5 lighting on a glass canopy

    Why do you want the glass canopy on? I think most people put the lighting directly over the water, with varying distances between the light source and the water.
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