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Hi everyone, my girlfriend brought a brown tang last week and everything seem fine until last night. it suddenly got these pimples all over it with white heads. was this ich? because we put treatment for ich in last night as soon as she saw it. however the night before the fish was fine, eating...

i had him in the bag that he came in when i brought him and then put him in the tank for 30mins still in the bag then i let him out. i do a 20% water change once a month and put Special Blend water conditinor in, TheraP, Kent purple tech, Kent Nano reef Part A & B, kent Pro-dechlorinator, Kent...

thanks for the reply, my tank has been going for about 4 months now. its 55gallons and only has 3 fish in it and two hermit crabs. they are looking fine but my cleaner shrimp died last night and i had him for 2 months. i brought the test kits in november. So you think i should just leave it...

Hi, i think you should keep to your plan because if you stock the tank too much to quickly you could end up getting an ammonia spike because may make you end up losing all your fish. with the clown loaches i would be careful because i had problems with them the first time i got them because of...

Hi everyone, i did my test last night and notice that my GH & KH was a little high compared to what i normally have it at. i use API test kits and it said that my GH was 12 drops and the KH is 14 drops. im a little worried because the instructions say that this level is for goldfish and my tank...

Ok, thank you for your help and advice. really appreciate it. i will keep on doing my tests every day and do water changes once the ammonia gets high. thanks again

Hi, Thanks for the reply. atm i have it in a 22L bucket with a protien skimmer, filter(without carbon), a powerhead and a LED light that comes on only 6 hours a day(but was planning on increasing that a hour every two days until its 12 hours). the weight of the rock is about 3lb. i already have...

Hi Everyone i just got some uncured live rock and have set up a curing system, with a powerhead, skimmer and heater and have cleaned the rocks very softly with a toothbrush but i have read that you should do water changes when you are curing the live rock but i cant find anywhere any info on...

ok no worries its my computer then. well my works computer doesnt have flash player. sorry its my end then.

i dont know if it is my computer but i cant see the pics. did you use a like from somewhere because they might not show unless you do. here is a link i use to put photos on here. http://photobucket.com/

I think so but you should read the label to double check before using it. or you can set up a small QT tank, like a 5L tank if thats not too small for you fish and treat the fish in there to makesure that the others are safe. but if you do use QT tank i would recommend using the water from the...

Hi Boep, have a look at this chart and see if its similar to what your fish has. if its an infection then hopefully this will help. also i would check your test and see if they are ok, like your pH, ammonina, nitrite and nitrate levels are. http://www.waterlife...water-chart.pdf

Hi Boep, have a look at this chart and see if its similar to what your fish has. if its an infection then hopefully this will help. also i would check your test and see if they are ok, like your pH, ammonina, nitrite and nitrate levels are...

no worries i have found it. its a Stripe Sweetlips - Grunts Sweetlips - Plectorhinchus albovittatus - Yellow-Lined Sweetlips

Hi Everyone, please can anyone tell what fish this is because i just got it and i have no idea what fish he is. he is a saltwater fish, black and white stripes with very thin golden stripes, he has golden eyes with a black stripe through the middle. if you can id it, i would be grateful. please...

Hi kj23502, thanks for all this info. the tank that has the whitespot/Ich is my freshwater tank not the saltwater one. i dont know why this has been put on the marine and reef. i have taken the sick fish out and put it into the QT so i can keep an eye on it. i am also treating both tanks so to...

Hi Nemo, thanks for you reply. would you recommend using water from the main tank or using tap water to do the water changes? i am using this stuff made from waterlife called Protozin which is treatment for whitespot and fungus infections. here is the link if you want to check it out...

Hi Everyone, I am about to set up a Quarantine Tank for my sick fish that has white spot. i have read that i need to do a 10-15% water change every other day. when i do the water change should i add the water conditionors in every time i do the water change? any advise would be great. thanks...

Does anyone have any ideas??

lol yea i know. that could have been similar breed and that was small (young) one. it has a similar body shape. but i can see i was wrong. it was just a suggestion because i didnt really know what it was but it looked similar. oh well i hadnt done much research then. but i know a lot more now...

lol i meant as in clown loach. well they look similar expect clown loaches are orange and black.

is your tank new? because i have heard that this is because of the beginning of the cycle. makesure that you put in the conditioners, like cycle, aqua plus and waste control. also i have found out that the kent product call pro-ammonia detox by Kent is very good. its meant for saltwater but it...

if i was you i would do what that wikipedia link says. weekly bacteria treatment and see it that eventually kills the infection. but yea by what that the pic shows and what that like describes it looks like it is Lymphocystis. so i would treat it asap to see if you can get the fish to survive...

Hi Everyone, just a quick question. just wanted to see what you think. right i have been doing for the last 8 months weekly water changes on my freshwater aquarium but i just brought this really good conditioner and on the instruction it say that i should use it every other week. do you think...

Hi Everyone, can anyone advise me how to get rid of hair aglae? my girlfriend has set up a 90L marine aquarium and on the gravel and liverock there is hair algae growing. we have brought 3 hermit crabs, ok they are eating it but it is growing faster than they are eating it. is there any other...

im not sure but it could be some kind of fungus. why dont you take the pic to a LFS that you trust and see what they have to say and how to get rid of it.

hey guys just wanted to let you know that your advice worked :good: . they are swimming around happily again. thanks again for all your help. hope you all have a good new year :thanks:

thanks everyone, you were a great help. i have changed the filter to make the water surface move a bit more and i will bring the temp down too. happy new year to you all. thanks again

thank for the advice my temperature is 27.2 degrees, is that too hot because i was told that is about right to keep it at. but my filter outlet is probably lower than an inch so thanks for that info, i will change that now.

my airstone is 18" long and works well. cooked peas, whats does that do? that interesting i have never heard of doing that. ok i will try that thanks for the advice. i amuse if they dont eat it within 5 minutes i should take them out straight away.

not as far as i can remember

Hi Everyone i didn't water change of about 20% about 5 hours ago and my guppies are swimming at the top of the tank like they are trying to eat. i just did my test and they all came out fine, ammonia is zero, nitrite is zero,phosphate is zero and the hardness is 71.6 so i dont understand what...

thanks the_lock_man for doing some research on this. i have put the shrimp in the breeding net and made it so it cant get out and since i have done this i have notice that my fish are fine now and all ready their tails are healing nicely. before i would see the guppies tails looking bad...

hi everyone, i thought i would get a picture of him but cant yet but i have found a picture of someone elses and mine looks the same as the one in the picture.

he is a Macrobrachium shrimp. i have seem him attack my guppies before but didnt get them and i thought he was just scarying them away from him. but yea i just measured him and he is 7 1/2cm long. so you wouldnt think it is him? because the guppie was fine in the morning and most of the day and...

Hi everyone i just want to ask do shrimp eat guppies, live gruppies that is because i found one of my guppies dead tonight and it looked fine this morning when i checked them. it looked like it was half eaten and i haven't had this problem before i got the shrimp. i would say the shrimp is...

hi everyone thanks for the replies. in my tank i have mollies, platies, tetras and guppies. would the tank mates eat the tail completely off though because i found one of them dead yesterday and its tail had competely gone and when i am home i never seen them having a problem before. thanks again

Hi, my usual routine is, every Friday i use a gravel cleaner (Siphon) and make sure that the gravel doesnt have any dirt in it. i also do 30-40% water change on fridays. then i will add water conditioner (cycle, waste control and aqau plus made by nutrafin), also add aquarium salt and then...

Hi Everyone please could you advise me what to do. my guppies tails are rotting. So far i have read a book called freshwater aquarium for dummies and it said do water changes and treat with fungus treatment. so far i have been doing water changes of 20% everyday and then adding the treatment to...

hi everyone, thanks for all your help. to answer some of your questions, the nitrate was 110ppm but i have manage to get in down to 50ppm now. my tank is 140Litres. i also read about the tap water having nitrate in it too but the test came out as 0ppm so its not that, that is the problem. i do...