fish acclimation

I just wanted to share my experience with what ammonia burn looks like over 7 days in a Lamarck angel. I received what appear to be two healthy fish from Dr. Fish: a clown tang and a large Lamarck angel. The problem began when UPS arrived somewhat later than expected, and my error in the...

HELLO EVERYONE AND EVERYRTHING!!!!!! I'm TheGrandYoinksMan! I catch fish and amphibians and crustaceans in my enighbrohood and put them in my tank! I catch bluegill, mosquitofish, crayfish, creek chubs, bullfrog tadpoles, eastern red-spotted newts, more! I also have a YouTube cahnnel called...

Have been trying to introduce black bar reef chromis into my 125 gallon reef tank but having high mortality. I ordered 7 from live Aquaria and only Some of these didn’t look great. Missing tails and a big red spot on one of them. Treated them with paracleanse and maracyn but I only one of them...

Will I be able to avoid a cycling period to transfer fish to a temporary tank?? I’m breaking down my 75gal in order to do a restart on it that has only 3 fish, snails, crabs and starfish in it. I have a 29gal tank from years ago. Will I be able to just transfer all my current live rock from the...

Got this filefish 3 days ago and her favorite spot in tank is the surface intake of my Tidal 75... Apparently she knows I hate her doing that so she swims off when I come over. I don't think she's being sucked at the intake (well maybe) as she can swim off without trouble. I do have pretty...

Molly miller are great for nano tanks or larger tanks. They are known to eat aiptasia and are considered reef safe. The ones I’m offering for sale are currently 1-1.5”. Use an acclimation box before introducing in your tanks and make sure your overflow box aren’t too big where they can swim...

I am planning on going to my LFS to pick up my first fish a one spot do face for my 150g mixed reef. With this fish being a little price being around $100, does anyone have any recommendations to assure best chances of survival? Do not worry the tank has been cycled for a few months already and...

I originally got into this hobby about 20 years ago, and it was very different then. Fish sometimes collected with dynamite or cyanide. Nobody quarantined anything. And reckless animal options like sharks, octopus, or large morays were not uncommon. Got back into it 2 years ago, and I've been...

I have a 250 gallon saltwater tank set up with about 10 fish (large to small). This tank used to be an aggressive tank turned to a reef tank. All of these fish have been in the tank for more than 6 months. Nitrates are higher than they should be but has not been an issue before. Now when I add...

Hello, My name is Jeff. I am new to this forum. I currently have a 250 gallon, 75 gallon, 55 gallon, 35 gallon, and 10 gallon aquarium, all saltwater. This post is about my new 1 week old baby bamboo shark. For some background I want to put out there that I have a lot of experience with sharks...

Hey all! I added a YWG to my tank Friday morning. The fish was purchased directly from Dr Reef’s Quarantined Fish. When I turn the lights on, the fish spends hours chasing its reflection in the glass, and will occasionally perch himself on the overflow guard. It spends a fair amount of time...

Hi all. I have a 150g DT and a 75g sump (which I maintain at 35g) my DT has three fishes, a couple juvenile Vlamingii and a juvenile Hippo tang. Tank salinity is 1.021. I plan to start reefing in 6 months time so I would like to gradually increase the salinity to 1.023/4 for my fish to get...

Hey guys!, I got 2 regular black velvet mollies from petco they looked really healthy from the getgo and were only $4 a piece. I got a heater for my acclimation bucket with a dripper I already had. I dripped them for 9 hours and put them in after lights out, slightly raising the PH and salinity...

Hello everyone, im currently downsizing my livestock as ill be moving soon. Owned for over 5 months and conditioned to a reef enviroment, very strong and healthy fish, he destroys nori, pellets, and frozen foods like a champ

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I'll be getting the first clownfish for my tank from someone who is quarantining them for me and they informed me they ship their fish in water between 1.024-1.026 and has ammonia blockers in the bag. I know that when I open the bag, the increase of oxygen will raise the pH which will also raise...

Hi, I've had my first clownfish, two of them, for 3 weeks now. Nitro and Nissan. I dosed prazi, metro, and have given both clowns melafix since getting them, as Nissan was injured from being housed with aggressive fish previously and I was nervous about parasites. Nitro, the smaller clownfish...

Is adding my fish all at once a good idea? I have a 90 gallon tank with a 110 rated canister filter, and was wondering if it would be smart to do this, since it would reduce aggression and allow them to all choose their tanks at the same time. Let me know your thoughts, thanks have a great day.

Two suppliers I've used recently explicitly warned *not* to drip acclimate - biota and reefcleaners. I've always been a little skeptical that fish are so sensitive to salinity changes. A popular treatment for flukes is the "freshwater dip" where we drop a sick fish from normal salinity...

Hello everyone! I need help introducing fairy wrasses to my dt! I know every fish is different and may have different mannerisms but I want to add a lot of wrasses to my display tank and I want you all to offer me some guidance and the order of introduction as well as shut my ideas down if you...

Hi guys, I picked up a naso tang from my LFS and in the store it looked fine, I brought it home and put it in my 75gal qt which currently has copper under 1.0ppm. I don’t notice any heavy breathing or very alarming behavior, however, it developed this white dust looking patches on its head. Also...

How many fish is too much for my 30gal? I have two clownfish, one six line, one green chromi and one midas blenny. I will upgrade to a 90gal in summer. Am I able to add a springeri damsel or another chromi? All fish are getting along great btw!

I placed an order for 6 Bimaculatus Anthias from TSM yesterday and would like advice from people who have successfully kept them. First time with anthias, but I’ve been reading a lot about them for the past few months.What have you all been feeding yours? Adding them to my 210 gal display. I...

Hi all. I am having some trouble with my lightning maroons clowns, which seems to be a common tale! This is my first saltwater aquarium. We set it up over the course of this month and it finished cycling last weekend, so on Sunday we put in the two clowns. Things seemed fine at first - there...

Hello, So 4 months ago I had a bad marine velvet outbreak which I lost 70% of my fish. The remaining that survived I treated them witch copper for 30 days and left my DT fishless for 80 days. So now I am buying new fish every two weeks. I already bought a coral beauty, pair of clowns and some...