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awesome fay as per normal. some things just get better with age...and nice stock

if what has happened what everyone thinks has happened it would be good to see some people banned from Trademe. dishonesty sucks and i bet there are some upset other bidders. doesnt take alot of brains to rub it in their faces on this forum. notice i said...''if''... read the posts and make up your own mind.

despite all efforts i cant kill this guy alive and kicking this morning

well mr purple tang was looking really good all day till about 10 pm and then suddenly hes on his side and no energy, floating upside down etc. quite amazing to see the little blue tang come in, get under him and tilt him upright. he did it a few times and seemed to know what he was doing but ive now got him out and in a bowl just about to give him the last rites

1.010...bring back the edit! since gone to 1.013 and hes just about sober

yes i went to 1.010 earlier tonight after my last post and he now looks a bit better. [Did an edit for you in case anyone reading, stops reading there and gets it wrong. Alan-mod.]

his whole body is swollen , however other two tangs seem in perfect health

yep, 1 of my tangs if he stops moving forward will float belly up and then do a backwards 360. his belly looks abit swollen and the way he turns up , its as if he had eaten alot of air. when stationary he cant stay up right. colour looks good and hes eating and also in 1.008 salinity for the past week with a fine bubble streaming filter. :-? any ideas anyone??

all my fish in another tank being treated for w/s..........whats the best thing to do to feed the rock in the display??. @700lts and 60 kgs rock (incl sump) thanks

2nd that

the rock was out of my sump so was live but not under any light. suggested you should keep them in hypo and have the main tank empty of fish for 4 weeks. the hypo tank is only 70 lts and has 2 clowns, a small blue, med yellow and med purple tangs; hence the water quality issues

major reduction in w/s after 3-4 days as natural part of the tomites cycle. should have seen reinfestation by now (@ 1 week). cant see 1 spot so far the live rock is not doing its job esp well so just doing 50% w/c daily until it catches up hopefully. i hesitated doing this treatment as it seemed like major work however catching the fish was the hardest part and i'm taking the opportunity to reaquascape. my tank is real easy to pull apart as its so virgin, but the visual difference to the fish is so apparent, i'm glad i've done it. :bounce: still down at 1.008.........

another 50% w/c to reduce the baddies. interesting how all fish are staying right at bottom of tank, which i guess is to do with salinity and bouyancy. there is a huge difference...when i thought i'd got good at windsurfing i went on a lake for the first time and totally sucked due to the lack of bouyancy compared with at sea

very average :lol: if that sad looking clam gets sucked into a fallen powerhead i'll throw it in the rubbish for you

oh yeah baby i can feel a friday day off coming up :bounce:

yup at 1.008 now and was gonna stay there.

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/light-diffuser-racking-vt12307.html

not wrong...start at 1.009 and moved to 1.010 in 24 hrs even with a lid on the tank, guess i'll measure and top up 2-3 times a day. big w/c sees nitrite dropping but not ammo :-? using ammo lock to help. dragging pH and dkH up but i think the size fish in 70lts means some nitrite and ammo. fish colours looking very washed out and the water tastes scarily fresh must say they seem to be the happiest they've looked for a long time.

dKH 5.25 :-?

got some at HFF northshore on the weekend

is it a total waste of time to try and skim 1.009?

3 days and now at 1.009. the pH dropped to 7.8 straight away and to be expected. got nitrite .5 and ammo .25 so although there is alot of rock i'll be doing big w/c's to keep up. 8)

great to see, thanks for the effort

bullet has now been bitten....i have set up a 70lt tank to go the hypersalinity route. mainly because i feel confident it will work and the only other sure thing is copper which id rather not do. i'll take this opportunity to re-aquascape also :-? the new trend in rock is ''more is more'' :lol: