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

please see general saltwater

years ago i had a corner 45 gallon with assorted tangs in it. i lucked out and had two breeding pairs ; one pair on juli's and one pair of neolamps. I remember I called J-roc when we first discovered the little swimming fry and were like proud parents (bonified fish geek). I had some nice pieces of holey rock and i still swear by it for breeding. Both species continued to breed for months and months until there unfortunate demise in a moving accident (was heartbroken). Anyways, point of the story is just enjoy the spectacle and let nature takes its course. Not familiar with parrots but a pretty good guess is that if you come out with fry you won't be able to retire on selling them. HB

Hey have a volitan for sale . Posted in buy and sell live stock which it DOMINATED by the "freshies". HB

salt water fish are just as hardy as fresh water . it's just like some people can't keep betta's for a week and others can keep them for years.

looks like a sort of peacock.........????????

Mill-"hood" . I am here as well .. Welcome

Anybody now how long the power outage was on the south side of edmonton? got home to find the power off; called it was off from 15 ave to 51 ave and 34 st. to 89 st.. Just curious .... and if anybody is away from home in this area we are back up now.

i have never had a problem with edmontons water whether salt water or in fresh water. Heard once that we have great water for cichlid tanks.

I have a 33 gallon in need of repair. The black trim around the top has become loose and the salt creep is terrible. I need to re silicone it but.... I need to keep the fish and water in it while doing the repair. Is this possible?? thanx p.s. the tank was purchased from j-roc's old buddy Jack. long live Jack :bow:

clown triggers are one of my fave fish. Never owned one, have to get a big enough tank. Where did you get him from?