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3 of any clownfish is not good long term. 2 is better and they will normally pair off. You have to watch mixing different types of clownfish too. I've never mixed onyx percs so I can't help you on that front. I presently have a pair of true percs, a pair of false percs and a pair of clarkiis in...

That's a good thing. I just thought of something. Test the alk levels of the water you are using for the water change. It could be on the high side which will make it hard to do water changes to bring your tank level down. If the made up water is high then you can try mixing your own water and...

It's in Levittown, PA. It's right off 95 about 20 miles north of Phila (guessing). The hidden reef still does not have fish or corals for sale and is still dry good only at this point. The target for opening the tanks is the end of the month so you might get lucky. If you want the tanks open...

Ed you have the heater coming on at below 76 and going off at above 78 degrees. You also have your cooling doing the exact same thing! I think you want to change these to: If Temp < 77.7 Then HET ON If Temp > 78.0 Then HET OFF If Temp > 78.3 Then COL ON If Temp < 78.0 Then COL OFF...

Jase, I've found garlic to be great also. It helps improve the immune system in the fish just like humans and other animals. It won't cure ich in itself but can help to have happier fish and happy fish are less prone to be stressed out. A less stressed fish can fight the parasite (or kope)...

I don't even "pretend" anymore. :)

Your alk is probably high because you added buffers to the tank. PH buffers are really alk buffers. The PH measurement is complex and adding carbonates usually isn't the way to fix a low PH problem UNLESS your Alk is also low. What you need to do is totally forget about PH for now. Don't even...

I'll be keeping you, your mother and family in my prayers.

I'd be more then willing to help you out Ed only I might need a ride. I'm going to court tomorrow afternoon and will more then likely loose my license for a minimum of 3 (hopefully) months from the goofy DWI charge last month. The only way to get marine ich is to transfer it into the tank since...

Yes you can use hypo or copper for that matter. Copper is a poison and can't be used with all fish. Hypo can also cause problems itself. The major reason I myself don't like hypo is that you have to nail the salinity exactly right.0.001 to high and the treatment doesn't work. I'd only recommend...

Hello Ed, sorry to hear about the powder blue. :( Last week when I was over I noticed a few fish in your tank with marine ich (cryptocaryon irritans). Tangs are generally less tolerable to ich then many other fish. However, once you have it in your tank all the fish in your tank will probably...

I saw Weldon 3 at Lowes last night (Hamilton Square) so some of them carry it.

He means spare tank filled in case your primary runs out. You can switch it and then get the tank filled at your leasure. Nothing like running out on a saturday evening and having to wait until Monday to get it filled.

OK, make that "few months".

I think that is the ultimate way to go if you can. However for many of us, the volume we are pushing would cause the refugium to overflow so we have to find the sweet spot the refugium can handle and then dump the rest to the skimmer or sump area. Carlo

OK, that confirmed my theary that it wasn't as simple to do as your pic "(from looking clean) made it seem.

Bread and water for lunch for a couple of months should just about do it. :)

Imagine that, I had everything I needed to hook the skimmer box into the manifold without a trip to Lowes (finally). While I was gluing PVC pipe for the skimmer box I did my UV also. 5 of my 8 manifold outs are now used. I know I'll be using 1 for the trigger/lion tank and 1 for the series of...

"Fish Police"??? Better warn those little criters to be on the lookout or they might get a SWI charge from the man. "Honest offeesirr, I's overr my freends side of the rreef and star, err, started feallling a litttle lite headed" "OK buster, I wanna see you swim one foot in a straight line...

I got a lot of good ideas from the link that Phyl posted including the manifold which is a super excellent idea!