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I'm NOT a DYI! I'm impressed! Keep going and continue to do what you do best.

Are you using Julian's glue? It worked well on the mushrooms that Almon gave & glued on for me. But Almon is very good w/ softies! Just wanted to ask for future reference...

HI! I have added Cheato directly to my 55 and have not had any problems with it getting stuck or causing problems. I, too, have had to change to tap w/ treated prime and am not having any issues. If you want some Cheato , let me know. I live in Gaithersburg. You could contain it w/ an in-tank tiny refugium but I didn't. It just sits there. Hope this helps.

Not sure what your location is but Gaithersburg Glass in Washingon Grove on rte 124 has been willing to cut glass that was brought in to them to be cut to size. Also, you could possibly ask a stained glass shop to cut as well. There are several in the area or if you're willing and know a stained glass hobbist they maybe able to do it for free.

The answer is not obvious to me but I KNOW you're great at DYI! So would you please clue me in to the answer - and then the cost of getting one from you?

Dandy, I did learn something... ...when I'm ready to DYI something I'll be RUNNING to ask for your help! That is amazing and stunning!! Thanks for sharing.

It sounds good! Maybe someday I'll try being a DYIer. Thanks for posting it.

Is it a fish wheel like the ones used for exercising hamsters?

I honestly am not an expert! But I would definately, strongly, consider quarantining it until someone does positively ID it for you- just in case it IS a pest or otherwise unwanted critter. I've heard of too many stories of someone wishing they had and did not.

Is there still room for the 24th? I think my Dh is not working that day and might be willing to hold the fort for awhile. LMK. Thanks!

Thanks for sharing! Did you go get him or mail order? Very nice wrasse!

The last quote is true! There are too many "floaters" and their sales help isn't any help or even semi-knowledgable when it comes to fish. It's buyer beware there.

Thanks for posting this. It was an interesting read! Just very thankfulI do not live there due to the cold!

Thank you Eve, and everyone else, for a wonderful time and great info!

The UV sterilizer is a Helix Max 9w Aqua medic with 1/2 " to 5/8" inlet/outlets and includes an "In-Cabinet mounting plate". Does this info help? My set up is unique as my pump/ mech. & biofilter/spray bar run across the top of my tank. Anyone want to help? Please?

I am wondering if someone would be available to help me set up my new UV sterilizer. I thought it would be submersible but it is not. So I am stumped, not sure if I need more equipment, and have so far kept all equipment w/in the tank (due to children). Anyone want to help? Thank you! Email : mlhhoffman@msn.com. Also. please bump this somewhere else if needed!

Oh Wow! This thread has taken off! let's keep it going. It appears that my tang has survived the few dots and it was not moved agian to QT in order to keep the stress levels down. I have ordered a UV sterilizer w/ the GB that ALOK put together. As to ditching my Tang, we really like it and as stated before it was part of the deal when this tank was bought used. BUT After there is no more sickness evident for 6-8+ weeks, then I'll discuss new home possibilities for it. I don't disagree with the possibility of a Hippo tang outgrowing a 55 tank. As to Kick Ich, if anyone has some they would like to give away I'd be willing to try it. In terms of low stress, I'd say this tang isn't very stressed, It swims freely, eats freely and hungrily anything BUT garlic flavored/imbibed foods! It gets nori daily, Zoe and Zoe Con daily, a rotation/variety of frozen foods and spirulina. It eats better than my dog! More variety, more food, more attention and nutritiously frozen food. It is the top fish in this aquarium. As to an ich free system, well, it was ich free until my tang broke out! No one else got it, and no one else intro'd it that I know of and this fish was already in the system and I do QT all incoming species. So could it have been in the sytstem prior to my buying it? Yes. But can I really know how this came about? Problably not. So as it stands now for my tang and tank, I'm just watching it and going to put a UV into hopefully in the next week. I'm not moving anyone and I'm not going to assault anyone w/ more meds and stress right now. Phisigs, Sorry for your loss. You've been wanting a tang for awhile. I hope the next does better for you. I too saw stress in my hippo in QT by the loss of color and signs of possible scrapings/sores from wanting to hide and not being able to due to no plave to hide like my main tank. BUT now that it's back in the main tank all the color and beauty has returned. Take care you all.

Thanks for posting this coupon !

Thanks for the IMO's. The tang was MORE stressed in QT. I don't think the tank is overstocked as I've stayed w/in the lower end/ cautious stocking limits.In the 55 is 3 green chromis, 2 PJ cardinals, 1 clown, 1 orchid/ strawberry psuedochromis and 1 hippo tang that came w/ the tank when it was bought. No one else has been sick in awhile. The tang is the one. In terms of swim space there is much open space for swimming and hiding due to building the tank w/ caves on the lower 1/3 and leaving the rest open to swim.As to removing all and letting it cycle, they won't fit in my 10 gal. Qt tank that ALL fish MUST be in for at least six weeks. As to the size of it he is a fat medium sized Hippo tang that eats anything BUT food tinged w/ garlic! It knows the difference. To this tang garlic is awful. I'm tempted to treat the tank w/ cuppermine ( I know- you are cringing) and then reverse it all BUT I don't want to lose my feather dusters attached to the rockwork. I am interested in upgrading to a larger tank eventually and I am also interested in seeing how the tang does after this next day or two as it seems to be fading. he has 2 spots left; 1 is the size of a pinhead and is pinkish/red. the others are nearly gone. HMMM... I think that in the end this guy will need a larger tank but I am unwilling to afflict someone w/ a hippo sick w/ ich. BTW, The tang came w/ this used tank. I knew that they were not a beginner SW fish. I almost refused him but where would he have been put after the tank left the former owner? Don't want to think of it. Again thanks for your comments and thoughts.

MMM. .. That sounds yummy- not. Thanks for the non-technical answer.

Okay, My Hippo Tang has Ich AGAIN after being QT'd for 10 weeks in a 10 gal. After 1 week of Happily being back in my 55, it has a small case of ich again. Now it is midnight, and, yes, all would like stats, but I don't have my test kits yet and the local LFS is NOT open at this hour. I know that the tang has been greedily chomping down on lots of good food whereas he was NOT in QT despite not being sick! In QT he also had lost his color. The SGH is 1.25, temp is 80, water changed weekly 2 gallons out with 6 more gallons to top off. other stats have always been good in the past. SO here's the debate: Treat the main tank as it has no corals currently other than a small kenya tree frag and 3 hermits or treat the fish in the QT OR GET RID OF THE TANG! I'm so sick of ich. ONLY the tang gets it! I can do HYPO on either tank or I can do cupermine on either tank which can be removed w/ water changes, charcoal and cuprisorb which I can do/ have all of that. I have done all of this to that tang and it does fine for either. Although Cupermine seems to suit him better as when he was in HYPO he got very ill. I know the debate on using copper in the main tank as well as on the fish itself vs. using hyposalinity. Now part 2 is if I treat the main tank in your alls experience does it kill of the ich? I can't isolate the tank to leave empty for 6 weeks as all my fish would NOT fit in my 10 gal QT.- it would be a little too tight! So what are the IMHO's?

okay, so that's how you get rid of it. BUT what is "IT"?

I can't believe somone is up at this time! Almost No one is EVER on this board at this hour!!! Have a great night, er, morning! As to the shoal of clowns, well, you aren't you usually hunting for a reason for another tank, right?

Jason, My understanding is that ALL clownfishes start out as male! Then 1 becomes the dominent one and also becomes female. I think RC has some good articles on this. Somewhere I heard you could get 2-3 but as soon as they pair off and 1 becomes the female you HAVE to remove the 3rd one or it will be killed off. Don't remember where that fact was learned. I have 1 clown and sometimes it acts, shall we say, "odd' to my other fish or just is that way for a few days & after that it seems to be fine. They are not hard to care for. I hope this helps. Let me know if you do get an "odd" 1 after pairing. I might be willing to see what mine does. . Maybe it will act not so "odd"?

Dandy, ( or any one else) Why dip Macroalgae? Would a quick rinse under tap water w/ a dip in RO/DI also be effective for why you've dipped it? Hav you ever QTed it? BTW, what are "red bugs". Hope I never get them.... which is why QT is Good. I agree w/ 6 weeks plus. esp. for ich (!) but is this timeframe true across the board for all corals and inverts too?