Recent content by tunafish

Coral Beauty is now back in the reef tank. She is looking shaky, but I guess that is to be expected with all the tank transferring of the last hour or so, not to mention the change in temperatures im sure she had to endure. Immediately upon re-entry the cleaner shrimp went to work. I turned off...

I didn't think you were crapping on me, I was just trying to explain the situation as throroughly as I can. As most of the tank has been procured with my moolah, I am trying hard not to kill it all off. I've found that descriptions lacking in detail lead to me losing money, so I'm just trying to...

The quarantine tank is nothing more than a 1 gallon pitcher. It's what I normally use to do water changes. I got the water in it from my reef tank. And no, I don't plan on pouring it back in. I also only plan on using this quarantine for a short amount of time, as it does not have filtration or...

So it has developed like this: All small fish in my tank have been killed off. Currently the watchman goby, purple tang, flame cardinal and coral beauty angel remain. The coral beauty however is showing signs of weakening. We've been treating the tank for two weeks now with little...

My tank is already established to the point that my star polyps are continuously happy, a feat that I tried hard to accomplish in my old tank. My shrimp, crabs and snails seem to do very well which leads me to believe that my water quality is at the very least decent. Hell, my pacific carpet...

The medication isn't something that kills ich actively, its more something that strengthens the fish's chances. It's Chem-Marin Stop Parasites, and i don't think it's copper based. Also my tank does have invertibrates and corals. It was a functional reef with consistant environment before this...

I started reef keeping nearly a year ago. I bought one of the beginner-trap 12 gallon nano cube tanks. I stabilized it and kept a limited amount of live rock and fish for 6 months. I was forced to move home due to financial reasons (not broke from fish tank) and decided to upgrade. I picked up a...