Recent content by Westwood

Originally posted by Westwood: I'm in the same position as you, with no hospital tank and no quarantine tank. I don't want to see any of the critters die but at the same time I don't want to see the fish suffer, either. Currently only one fish is showing signs of ich and it comes and goes...

I'm in the same position as you, with no hospital tank and no quarantine tank. I don't want to see any of the critters die but at the same time I don't want to see the fish suffer, either. Currently only one fish is showing signs of ich and it comes and goes every few days. I've used garlic...

Thanks, Terry. Guess my LFS person doesn't know as much as I thought.

vinman, thanks. I've decided to go back to my normal salinity and continue to treat with garlic which I realize isn't a cure. I can't believe the LFS person told me to lower the salinity in the first place. He knows my system and its inhabitants and I've purchased my fish from him as well as...

I guess I may be stuck with the garlic route. I only have one other small saltwater tank that could be turned into a hospital tank or QT. Thanks for your advice. Really the garlic route is working but every couple of days, the gramma has spots again and the next he won't have any. From...

I've been advised to lower the salinity to 1.016 and raise the temperature to 82 over a period of 3-4 days as a method of combatting Ich. I've also read that salinity of lower than 1.021 is stressful to inverts and corals. How long can I leave the salinity at 1.016 without killing the inverts...

Hello. Eight days ago I purchased and acclimated some star polyps in my tank. They haven't opened yet. Any suggestions? Helpful info: Ammonia, Nitrates, Nitrites, at zero. Ph at 8.3 Specific Gravity at a slight bit less than 1.023. Calcium at 415 Alkalinity at ±3.0 meq/L. 120 lbs of...

I did the same thing about 6 weeks ago. I went to the hardware store and got a 3 wire cord for power tools and then matched the white to white, green to green and black to black and then butt spliced them together with those connectors used for auto wiring. I taped over the connectors and then...