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Sale starts friday and ends monday. 30 % OFF of LIVE STOCK and DRYGOODS Frozen foods are buy 3 get one free (equal or lesser value) Happy shopping Sean p.s. the discount excludes salt, however the discount pricing on salt applies if minimum purchase req. are made. refer to our thread on salt prices for details.

i got loads sean

what were the syptoms on the fishes fin? sometimes parasites can facilitate a bacterial infection. ive seen parasites cause a film over the eye when a parasite is attached to it. do you have any pictures of the fish? Sean

mardel coppersafe is copper sulfate heavy and stays in solution better, but has a smaller margin of toxicity to the fish. seachem cupramine is lighter as it is amino bound(cupr-amine) and tends to precipitate out more rapidly than sulfate pentahydrate. i make mine out of citric acid crystals and copper sulfate pentahydrate. id say use the mardel product and test with a red sea copper kit.....worked for me. with the mardel though it has different dosing parameters than cupramine so read the instructions twice. Cheers Sean

the average life cycle of most ectoparasites is 3-5 days. if he is scratching i would treat for a total of ten days with copper. I know you said you want to avoid it but amyloodinium (marine velvet) thrives in lowered salinity. Syptoms of velvet, among others, are scratching, flicking, flashing, loss of coloration and gasing for air. copper is the only effective treatment against marine velvet. Marine velvet starts as an infection of the gills and then moves through the epithelium so watch for labored breathing. BTW trigger do very well with copper, in my experience. the other possibility is that the fish has flukes. if he has flukes rid-ich sometimes works but the best treatment for flukes are copper and praziquantel. Prazi is very safe to use with ANY fish. Treat with prazi for 5 days change 50% and treat for another 5 days. if the fish is flicking DON'T just treat with hypo, if it is velvet it will explode all over the fish and kill it quick. Sean

no offense, but you didn't follow it. I don't appreciate that at all. :wink: Probably already stated, but I would put ball valves on each return. expand the intake or drain to the pump. Also, anybody else chime in and tell me if I'm wrong here, but Chewy, is there an opening at the cap on the drain for the loop...might that cause some issues? don't know never done it like that before. Fwiw I was simply drawing you a diagram on scratch paper, when you first came in asking me what was wrong, your plumbing was much worse off than what it looks like now, at least how you described it to me. after reading the rest of the thread looks like you got it nailed. Sean

Ferguson's for sure 20' for 10 buckaroos!!!!

I have a wet tile saw that i used to frag another aussie elegance sold 3 of the 4 frags the 4th is here and eats two whole krill every second or third day!!! I love the tile saw for fragging!!! Sean

HEY ALL!!!! FINS AND FEATHERS IS HAVING A BLOWOUT SALE THIS MONTH ON FRIDAY THE 14TH AND FRIDAY THE 21ST FROM 9:00 PM UNTIL 12:00 AM BOTH DAYS!!! CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE!!!

Beautiful aussie acan frags....45.99 each or 3 for 129.99 come by and check them out!!!

John runs a tight ship. I had a guy come into my store trying to bash you guys over a dead firefish... turns out acclimation to him meant slowly letting the fish out of the bag!!! John you run an honest shop....i wanna be like you when I grow up

FWIW...I have been selling those for 60-90 bucks depending on size for three years now

i had a deep sand bed of silica based sand and it was fine for the first year then i noticed some really nasty chemical issues in the system....I can only contribute it to the grain size and the lack of diffusion that occurs with fine grain silica sand. I pulled it and replaced with aragonite and all my problems were non existent in about two months...( the time i figure it took for the DSB to repopulate) Just my two cents Sean

good luck to you

I wouldn't change the salinity on a fish like that. leave him in hypo but use copper most definately. make sure you have a good copper test kit handy b/c cupramine tends to precipitate out quite quickly so you'll need to redose. Sean

Did some shopping online and im confident to say that we do have the best prices on Aussie acans in the area!!! Others are charging 150-200 bucks for 2-3 inch colonies, but here at fins and feathers you'll find them larger and cheaper!!!! right now we have a really nice selection of acans, rainbow lobo hemphricii's, gorgonians (blueberry's), purple tipped elegance tanked for 3 weeks now and doing well!!! tons of multicolored rhodactis colonies, black tubastrea that feeds every night, aussie chalices, huge wellso radiata colonies, metallic pink paly's and more!! Lineatus wrasse's only two so hurry!!! powder blue tangs haw. yellow tangs black and white tank raised clowns temminicki wrasse pair coral beauty angels firefish gobies flame fin tomini tangs foxface blue eyed cardinals pajama cardinals scissortail gobies clawn fairy wrasses and more on the way!! come on in and take advantage of our great prices and while your at it pick up a bucket or box of salt for 24.99 or 25.99 respectively ( with 75.00 purchase) also to move this salt I will sell it for 34.99 to anyone who needs it! Sean

How is the gill function of the fish? Is it breathing heavily or is it gasping? I would say that looks like amyloodinium. have to treat that with copper, which might trigger or release lymphocystis which is a virus that alot of wild caught angels carry. I know people say not to treat angels with copper but copper sulfate or copper citrate are the only things that will kill marine velvet. Marine velvet actually thrives in brackish water (hypo). Sean

in recogniton of the need to expand our store, we have signed a lease for a warehouse space where we will move our saltwater livestock and dry goods. so that we can hit the ground running ive been trying to build up choice specimens for propagation and working deals with dry good distributors and manufacturers so we can buy in bulk at the cheapest prices possible. Because alot of salt deals have been going on I would like to make one myself: Instant Ocean 160 gallon pails- $34.99 with purchase of $75 or more $24.99 !!!! Instant Ocean 200 gallon boxes $35.99 with purchase of $75 or more $ 25.99 this deal is always good as long as we have salt. Another brand of salt that we use here in store is the Crystal Sea bio Assay mix...this mix is for use with ro/di water only as it has only the needed minerals and no conditioners. 150 gallon box always $25.99 we have also lowered the prices on our marine dry goods such as light timers, liquid supplements such as kent marine, seachem food additives, And the new line of DT's reef supplements. DT's phyto is back in the store as well as oyster eggs. Cheers Sean

during February every product in the store with red on the packaging is 15%. FOR WAMAS MEMBERS PAYING CASH THATS 25 % OFF. does not apply to other specials. Sean

With purchase of 75 dollars or more 34.99 for 160 gallon pail w/o min. purchase 37.99 Sean While supplies last Sean

thanks guys!! funny thing is I sold a Yorkshire Terrier to Jason campbell....skins QB. GO skins, well next year i mean!!

parasites can live in the aquarium without you knowing... for example with the turbellarians, they have been found in the gill tissue of otherwise healthy fish. Also, not all turbellarian species cause hyper-melanization or dark spots. just trying to offer my knowledge on the subject dave- determining the hows, whys, and whats would require a timeline that only you would know. i cannot say why your fish wouldn't have it, maybe its not in your tank? The formalin/FW bath works very well...keep the fish submerged for 5-10 mins. if the fish becomes lethargic or loses equilibrium or stops moving tap the container, if they don't move take them out and place them back into the tank. Sean

black ich or turbellarians are free living and free swimming ecto parasites. there life cycle is similiar to that of white spot. howver they differ at the larval stage. when an adult turb reaches a certain size on the fish it will drop off onto the substrate or rock or whatever and continue grow for a couple of days all while brooding more than 100 larvae inside of it. fresh water baths over the next week will work. I have even done freshwater with rid-ich mixed in which seems to be more effective. Be care with rid-ich...too much causes respiratory shock in all fish!! another good thin to do is temporarily if not permanently instal a uv sterilizer. and also do water changes with a gravel vacuum to hopefully siphon any adults and larvae off the substarte. Sean

We have loads of multicolored millies, and rose millies, blue torts, deep water acros colored monti's and more..... our website is on schedule for a run date of february 1st. check out our website for details. very light on fish but we have a nice bunch coming out of quarantine in a week or so. Sean

looks like an invasive sponge to me