Recent content by laurieo33

This ich just came from no where and ALL my fish were dead within 2 1/2 days. That last thing I added into my tanks within the last two weeks of this happening was a live rock that had been sitting in the LSF for 6 weeks ( or so he claimed) I'm super pissed off, cuz my LFS (not a "pet" store...

Guess I should have placed this in emergency. Oh well, I digress, I'll save these fish one way or another. :nod:

Hi all, Well my fish have all got the dreaded ich. I noticed it yesterday afternoon and tried all of the "quick fixes" I could while I'm waiting to get a QT ready. (Garlic, cleaner shrimp, fresh water dip) my Coral Beauty died an hour ago. I already know that my Ocellaris clown and dragon goby...

I know that....I know that..... :sly: I have been beating my head against the damn table since the first day my husband brought the empty tank home and told me to fill it!!!! There is much to learn, more then I originally bargained for. I have to admit that it's quite interesting and after...

Thank you all kindly, I will do that. :good:

I'm testing the salinity with just a hydrometer. I have two of them actually, I've heard that refractatometers are the king but I haven't had any probs with the hydrometer and no fish have died yet. I'm a novice though so I'm always open for suggestions.

Ok...So I have an established tank now, my fish are very healthy and I am not questioning that. I realize that everyone has their own opinions and different things work for different people but still I ask. I lurk for hours and hours here and as usuall I learn of something new, I do my water...

Lynden, Thanx...that is what concerned me at first. My husband bought the star while I was out on vacation and told me that it lived on algae. (I research BEFORE I buy something) anyhow, while I was at the lfs purchasing more live rock I kind of mentioned it to the fishkeeper. My star hadn't...

I have to add..that it a really pretty tank. My fishies would be jealous. :nod:

I haven't come across that information yet psycho. I do know that they are omnivores and they need algae and meat. I read that if they are fed some kind of meaty food once a week supplementing the algae they won't bother anyone. If you don't feed them meat then you have problems. I was at...

Thanks Ski, that helps out a great deal. I've never had any problem with hermits on my starfish for it is healthy as ever. He rarely hangs out at the bottom anyhow so unless he was bombarded I feel pretty safe.

It's so fascinating to me that my little jawfish which is half the size of the goby and nearly invisible to the Coral beauty (is much larger then all of my fish) stands right up with his mouth open wide scaring them off, lol. Today the jawfish placed old seashells over all of the available...

I have been reading and reading and reading until my eyes pop out of my skull about all the creatures my hubby purchases and I haven't read that small hermits will feed on them. (CCS) I did not rely on a professional opinion but I rather rely on ppl that have had similar problems. They swear up...

Hey, Another question for all concerned. I have a Chocolate Chip Starfish and I had heard various care and advice. My questions: Do hermit crabs eat starfish? I have had my CCS for over a month now with an Emerald crab and 3 hermit crabs (red) and they have not bothered my sea star at all...

You know, my little Pearly acclimated quite well considering all the "in your face" my other fishies were giving him. He eventually made his way to the front of the tank and relentlessly dug a hole against the glass. I used my super remembering powers from my research :lol: and I dug the...