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nemo79 · 04-25-2007, 06:00 PM

Hey what Otty said is so true. Don't give up, we all go through spells with our tanks. I just spent 2 months of water changes to get my nitrates from 80ppm to 0ppm. I did a ton of home work, vaccumed my substrate, used my turkey baster alot. I got alot of help and support from my 3reef friends. I was exhausted and this all happened when I was sick too. I wanted to give up, I was so frustrated because I made some silly mistakes but I have gotten back on track to find out I have another problem. When a tank is under a year old you will run into problems until things settle.

Get a rubbermaid container and use that as a quarantine tank, get a cheap heater and either use a spare powerhead or possibly a bubble stone for oxygenation and treat the ick in there. Blue hippo's are prone to ick even sometimes just a water change can cause it. Hopefully someone with experience with this situation can help. Don't give up!

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nemo79 Zoanthid Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 1,117 Karma: 166	Hey what Otty said is so true. Don't give up, we all go through spells with our tanks. I just spent 2 months of water changes to get my nitrates from 80ppm to 0ppm. I did a ton of home work, vaccumed my substrate, used my turkey baster alot. I got alot of help and support from my 3reef friends. I was exhausted and this all happened when I was sick too. I wanted to give up, I was so frustrated because I made some silly mistakes but I have gotten back on track to find out I have another problem. When a tank is under a year old you will run into problems until things settle. Get a rubbermaid container and use that as a quarantine tank, get a cheap heater and either use a spare powerhead or possibly a bubble stone for oxygenation and treat the ick in there. Blue hippo's are prone to ick even sometimes just a water change can cause it. Hopefully someone with experience with this situation can help. Don't give up! _________ 20g 25lbs LR 1 hydor koralia rio nano skimmer FISH: blk/white clown, damsel, yellow watchman goby CORAL: grn open brain, acan, torch, rics, toadstool, zoo's INVERT:[/u] hermits, nassarius, astrea, turbo's, nerites, crocea clam .