Recent content by jswinberlin

Last night I noticed my coral beauty has a ring around one of his eyes. I think I posted something somewhere here, but it was late and I can't find it now so please excuse for duplicate post. Anyway, I set up a 10 gallon quarantine and have medicated with melafix and API stress coat plus. I...

I noticed tonight that my coral beauty has a ring around its eye that is discolored. It's only on one side. He seems to be fine otherwise. I was hoping to treat with some form of antibiotic. Can anyone make a suggestion? I assume I need to remove carbon from the tank and treat for 5 - 10...

I have a Seaclone Protein Skimmer and it's difficult to clean. I thought that it's mostly beneficial bacteria so I've been lax in even trying to clean it. Yesterday I topped off my tank with a couple gallons of fresh water. About an hour later it seemed like it was at the same level it was...

Awesome! Thanks. Hope my emerald crab doesn't eat him.

I found this thing eating seaweed off of a tile I was removing from my tank. I was hoping someone could help me identify it. It seemed like part of it was hard like it was a baby snail. But it had 2 antennae so I don't think it is a Nassarius... I put it back, it didn't seem to be harming...

I don't think it's a parasite. There is no discoloration or other signs of topical stress. None of my other fish are exhibiting signs of stress.

No, I'm not worried about the waste. I've seen that before, just saying it was a large stool so might indicate larger than normal feedings while I was gone. I'm concerned about the erratic swimming. I was hoping maybe he just ate too much and is working it off. I checked my readings and...

I had to go away for a few days and had my neighbor feed my tank. I instructed them to feed pellets twice a day (which is fairly normal for my tank). This morning my coral beauty wasn't swimming around like normal. After hunting for him and waking him up he seems to be swimming erratically...

Not sure I'm ready to take the leap, but I think I've gone about as far as I can with my FOWLR setup. I started out by getting a LFS to set up a 45 gallon tank for me. Evidently the guy was old school or just figured it would be easier to set up something basic. In any event, I now have a 2...

I received a refractometer today as a gift. It shows brix percentage so I was a little confused. Looks like proper salinity would be between 4 and 5%. Is this the wrong instrument or is there a better one with a scale designed more for marine aquariums?

I'm pretty sure this is going to work out well. I just found out through a business acquaintance that her daughter and son-in-law are going to be moving (military reasons) and need to get rid of their 29 gallon tank. I'm getting more details, but she said she had fish and inverts in it...

I posted a thread earlier, but can't seem to find it so sorry to keep re-posting about the same subject, but here goes...With recent hurricane Sandy I was worried about loss of power. We survived with only losing power a couple of times for no more than an hour each time. I was wondering...

I'm on the East Coast and with hurricane Sandy coming I'm expecting some periods of power outage. I've already had 1 for 1/2 hour but the power is back on now. Just wondering what precautions or plans might be good to have in order. I did a water change and gravel vac earlier 3 gallons of...

I've used the same hydrometer for like 2 years and thought maybe I should get a new one just to make sure my readings are correct. After seasoning the new hydrometer by soaking it in my tank water for 24 hours it reads off the charts with salinity over 1.026. However my old hydrometer is...

Good choice in restarting. While you're at it, I would recommend getting a bigger tank. It's probably the cheapest and best investment you could make. The larger tank will allow for less difficulty in managing water quality, provide more opportunity for fish with less stress and more...