easyrider

Or just buy new fittings to screw into your bulkheads that fit the pipe, they are cheap. I feel your pain I just went through hell plumbing in an aquagiant tank.

Pretty eye opening article about the future of coral reefs. You think its expensive now....................... http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/31...h.ap/index.html

did you get it from j+L?

Can you get marine bettas' in Calgary?

it looks like Maracyn will kill inverts???

It's a possibility Murm. but I only did my usual 25% water changes monthly prior to my fish deaths. Also did not notice any cloudiness. Thanx

Thanx Josh....... 1. heavy breathing; yes. Right before they died usually. 2. parasites ; i think so. I have a couple pics of the trigger on a previous thread. glazed eyes, and a white sort of spotty haze covering the body. also wicked fin rot. Not sure what you mean by listless. kindin leanin' towards something bad; this is a new one for me. As far as the new fish are concerned just through in cheap chromis to see it was a major prob, or if it was isolated to the trigger and lion. the mystery continues ..........

Update ... still losing fish. Ended up losing the trigger and lionfish. Did a 50% water change and checked all my levels( before the waterchange) and everything was fine. So i added 4 green chromis and a damsel on sunday. Today 2 chromis are dead and the damsel is on the way. I don't know what to do ( the crabs are still kickin'). could it maybe be some frozen food? should i do a 100% water change ? please help this is very frustrating..... Harley

Just wondering how to approach reintroducing fish to my tank. Still haven't figured out what happened to my lionfish and trigger. The inverts are doing fine so must be something that just affects fish. So I need to know how long to wait and what steps to take before introducing new fish. Thanx. HB

Well, the trigger finally bit the dust. I don't know what to do to try and cycle the tank again. It's been along time since I lost some fish. Last time was from a box fish. This time i don't know. another pic.

Update..... the lionfish is bellyup. The speed of his demise is mind blowing. this all took place in 2 days ( the visual part anyway). The trigger still has signs of it but seems to be doing alot better than the lion did. The lion fish basically rotted right in front of me. I am not able to post pics.I am completely stumped.

nitrate, nitrite and ammonia are all normal. ph is at around 8.0. Also another note.. my inverts (crabs) seem to be doing fine.

f*#k! I think i have to euthinize the lionfish. His fins are really rotted and he looks like he can barely swim . looks like he is suffering. I am tottaly lost to what happened.

I run two hob's with a sponge filter. I do not use feeders. I will check my parameters tonight and post. My lion looks much worse today don't know if he will make it -05-

Yesterday I noticed my lionfish and niger trigger were both very sick. Both have whats looks like a patchy white velvet on the skin and glazed over eyes. As of today i noticed some of the lion's fins are rotting as well (overnight). Also over the last week I have noticed the trigger laying on his side on the live rock. Also another point of interest... noticed a thick skim of what looks like protein on the top all of a sudden. This is the first time in a 2 year old tank that this has happened. I do 30% water changes once a month and do not run a skimmer. I started a treatment with Pimafix today cause I do not want to treat with copper. Both fish look very bad any help would be great. Thanx HB