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Location and what species of lion fish? Can you post a picture of it?

I have mine hanging about 10" off the water, 14" may be too much. I hung mine on retractors so I can adjust them if need be.

I have 2 of the PAR38's hanging over my 30 cube. Just put them up about a week or so ago so can't really say much besides they look great.

hard to tell but I don't see a hard skeleton that would be present on a goni. Looks like a pom pom xenia to me.

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I would suspect either the puffer or the burrfish as they are a type of puffer too. I had one that would attack anything else in the tank with him. Everyone that is suggesting that the fish died then was attacked, tat can't be the case as she said the fish was alive when she took it from the...

You're only talking about a 4/1000 drop in salinity. Tidal changes cause a larger swing than that.

Paul there really is no need to wait to drop the salinity you can do it in by just adding some RO water to the tank. Raising the salinity needs to be done over time but dropping it can be done immediately. Especially with such as small drop as what you're doing.

Predator tank is going well. Got one of the LEDs hung over it for now, gonna let the tank adjust before adding the other one. Both fish are doing great and eating frozen foods. The fuzzy is a huge pig. I can't wait to see the tat in person. I may have Chris do some additions to my leg piece.

That looks awesome. He did a great job with it.

FW dips will do nothing for bacterial infections, they are used to treat parasites. Formalin/Malachite also will do nothing for bacterial infections. They may clear up the symptoms but not kill the infection. Only an antibiotic treatment will kill off the bacteria causing the infection. But it...

If it is bacterial I would treat with Furan 2. Most LFS carry it, just dose according to package directions. It is an antibiotic so you will have to treat in a hospital tank.

If you have a film forming on the top of your tank then you don't have enough surface agitation. The film is most likely dissolved organics and a skimmer would definitely help remove them. You need to increase surface agitation though, try aiming a powerhead towards the surface that usually does...

Swollen eye, aka popeye, is usually the result of a bacteria infection. The infection could be the result of an injury to the eye or any number of things. If the condition doesn't improve in the next few days you will want to consider setting up a hospital tank and treating with antibiotics.

If you feed heavily on a daily basis yes it could contribute to a HA outbreak. Feeding 1 or 2 times a week shouldn't matter, but that would also depend on your nutrient export methods. As you said, every tank is different. Some can get away with it more than others.

It's not just a small amount if you feed every day. Thaw some frozen food in a cup of RO water and then do a phosphate test on it. You would be surprised on how high it actually is.

Phosphates are used as preservatives in the frozen and gel foods. With the frozen foods you can at least thaw and rinse them in freshwater in order to get rid of the phosphates. Gel foods you can't so you will be adding it all to the tank.

Well since you already bought him and are acclimating him, unless you have another tank set up and cycled there really isn't any options other than putting him in. Pretty much all you can do now is hope for the best.

That makes 2 of us, well sorta cause I do dive. Maybe we could leave the wives and kids behind so it's be more affordable. LOL