Hi, can somebody help me..i bought a blue tang yesterday from Aquatics International. Bt the fish always hide himself in the shallow rock. he wont move or eat..its like hes terrified.. he will chase off other fish who near him. Im afraid he wont last long =(

are your water parameters ok?

Try to cover up your aquarium, make ur room dark for an hour or 2.

then later lure it with food, brine shrimp never fails to lure my fish to eat. Try seaweed too.

This post has been edited by Evrae90: Mar 21 2011, 04:48 PM

din quarantine?

tried seaweed..din work..



sorry, bt what is quarantine for?

its a separate tank where new fish you buy are put in for a few days.
it's to monitor whether the fish has diseases/parasites that might spread to the other fish.

Its started to have white spot on its body.bt not that much.. What should i do? I dun have another tank.

catch your fish and dip inside a bucket of RO/mineral water for 2 minutes

btw, i have a question to ask all. Which is better or u all been using..hailea or resun chiller?

Just bought a Basslets & Assessors fish type, not sure it belong to which group ( yellow body with purple cap) and a firefish goby. The goby just died after a day, it body half gone again, could it being attack by Basslets & Assessors fish type ?

i believe it is Diadema Dottyback.which goby die.firebird goby.and imi ur tank got crab

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Added on March 27, 2011, 8:26 pmif me i wont suggest it.coz it will increase the stress .try get some garlic pellet.but have to check ur water parameter too.it wont stop if u have problem wif ur water

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Added on March 27, 2011, 8:27 pmtis 2 same performance.but for me i go for hailea .start off and kick off more quiet .

This post has been edited by icemamario: Mar 27 2011, 08:27 PM

Hi icemario, the blue tang is fine now. Its has started to eat n very playful also. The white spot is gone, bought this pill at east aqua. Btw, i bought a hailea chiller today. Model 300-a. I got a problem with the piping coz the pump is at the side. Doest look neat. Bought the pump for rm 100 branded rio for the chiller and the sound is so annoying. Im running 2 eheim classic-250 cannister, can i mod the paip to go thru the chiller? Meaning without using the pump i bought. Hate the sound n i dunno how to make it neat.

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Added on March 28, 2011, 12:10 am

Sorry pic is not clear. N dun mind the LR as its still under construction. Got any idea bro icemario?

This post has been edited by thuggish: Mar 28 2011, 12:10 AM

im using cannister filter to conect chiller too.benefit is.the water was filtering b4 go into chiller .so the chiller piping wont dirty.and try don use more powerhead for less power and heat.i dono ur cannister filter paip diameter.but im using normal house use plastic water paip to connect it.the annoying sound if from pump or chiller.and dono ur means by Doest look neat..mayb a pic will much help.the powerhead inside tank at top of right is connect to chiller?
for ur scaping.for me i will go for some much hole or smaller piece and maze it.coz i saw ur scaping is hard to arange coral and ur water lvl is too low?u better get a surface skimmer too...in marine.surface and wave is important

Hi bro icemario. Sorry for the late reply. Have resolved most of the problem now. After a week of hardworking, this is the latest look of my aquarium. As for now that is .

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Added on April 6, 2011, 12:45 pm[quote=thuggish,Apr 6 2011, 10:34 AM]
Hi bro icemario. Sorry for the late reply. Have resolved most of the problem now. After a week of hardworking, this is the latest look of my aquarium. As for now that is .

Sorry for the blur pic.. Lazy to take out cam from the bag. Will update the pic once taken with it.


This post has been edited by thuggish: Apr 6 2011, 12:45 PM

Many of the customers misunderstand the sales man (east aqua) said that they can put fish inside the tank after 2- 4 days....
Actually, what they mean is you can put fish inside the tank after 2 days the salt water prepared & kH was tested "OK" but just 2 fish only (damsel).

Of course, you can just follow as other experts doing... putting the fish after 1 month or so....
By the help of putting the Life Rock & "nitrifying bacteria" to the tank might let the water cycling faster.

Anyhow, good luck & have a nice day.

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Added on April 7, 2011, 9:17 amTo all the forumers here.... i'm not actually offence you guys, but please do not try to buy fish from Aquatics International without doing the research.

Most of us will getting interest on the "rare species" of Marine fish or creatures, but most of us failed to keep them long as we expect too.

Please test your tank water condition first, especially kH & ammonia test for your water instead of salinity level.

Hope you guys enjoying keeping Marine or Aqua Reef Tank.
Adios~



This post has been edited by Namgor2006: Apr 8 2011, 09:05 AM

To all the forumers here.... i'm not actually offence you guys, but please do not try to buy fish from Aquatics International without doing the research.

Most of us will getting interest on the "rare species" of Marine fish or creatures, but mosi of us failed to keep them long as we expect too.

Please test your tank water condition first, especially kH & ammonia test for your water instead of salinity level.

Hope you guys enjoying keeping Marine or Aqua Reef Tank.
Adios~



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Hi bro, thanx for the advise. Actually my wife wanted that fish really and its really hard to find lfs selling one. most of it is in their display tank and they dont want to sell it. Im started to do research 1st regarding the shop and the type of fish before buying now.

[quote=thuggish,Apr 7 2011, 10:08 AM]
To all the forumers here.... i'm not actually offence you guys, but please do not try to buy fish from Aquatics International without doing the research.

Most of us will getting interest on the "rare species" of Marine fish or creatures, but mosi of us failed to keep them long as we expect too.

Please test your tank water condition first, especially kH & ammonia test for your water instead of salinity level.

Hope you guys enjoying keeping Marine or Aqua Reef Tank.
Adios~



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Hi bro, thanx for the advise. Actually my wife wanted that fish really and its really hard to find lfs selling one. most of it is in their display tank and they dont want to sell it. Im started to do research 1st regarding the shop and the type of fish before buying now.

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y only Aquatics International

[quote=icemamario,Apr 9 2011, 01:09 AM]
Hi bro, thanx for the advise. Actually my wife wanted that fish really and its really hard to find lfs selling one. most of it is in their display tank and they dont want to sell it. Im started to do research 1st regarding the shop and the type of fish before buying now.

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y only Aquatics International

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hehehe...
actually, mostly the "rare species" only sell in Aquatics International such as octopus,sea horse, shark, etc.

many of my friends bought from there but do not know how to keep them properly & they didn't ask for more information about the "rare species" information from the salesman there.

anyhow, sorry if i have offence u.

[quote=Namgor2006,Apr 9 2011, 09:15 AM]
y only Aquatics International

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hehehe...
actually, " only sell in Aquatics International such as octopus,sea horse, shark, etc.

many of my friends bought from there but do not know how to keep them properly & they didn't ask for more information about the "rare species" information from the salesman there.

anyhow, sorry if i have offence u.



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bro no offence.i had no any realationship wif lfs .but just feel ur info will coz a *subject* if u understand wat i means.but indeed AI mostly sell "rare species

hahaha... sorry, it's my mistake because i heard mostly from my friends know only AI selling marine fish & others creatures.

where else that selling? i'm wonder... cause i only know 2 places that selling marine fish & corals.



where did u buy ur marine fish usually?

This post has been edited by Namgor2006: Apr 10 2011, 12:39 AM

Hi, after reading ur post in the forum i would like to ask u some question about marine aquarium. Before that let me introduce myself, i'm Megat from kuantan.

I have a 2ft aquarium, recently i go to the fish shop in kuantan and they advise me to buy a salt, bio ring, bacteria start, live sand (2kg) and live rock (3kg). After a few days setting the salt water my hydrometer pointing to 1.022 and the temperature is between 28.5 - 30c which according to the salesperson is suitable for FOWLR. I have a top filter with powerhead unit. He told me to keep the pump running for a 3 days and can put in fish after the water is crystal clear.

Day 4 i buy a blue damsel, it only last for 2 days. Then a yellow tail damsel - 3 days, green corbis - 2 days bear in mind that i didn't put all of them at the same time, only put it after the previous fish die. Today the 2nd green corbis die after almost 2 weeks setting up the fish tank. My observation today i can see something is not right with the corbis skin, it look like "menggelupas" a bit, in fact all the dead fish have "menggelupas skin". All the fish that i have bought didn't last long, the max is only 4 days.

My question is what could possibly wrong with my fish tank? is it my setup? the tank size itself? The salesperson ask me to place the bio ring below the sponge filter in the top filter box. Should i remove the bio ring if i already have a live rock and live sand? Or should i remove the live rock to give more room to the fish since i already have the bio ring installed? I think something is not right with that salesperson advice to me. I asked him about the test kit, he told that i dont need it at the moment bcoz the water setup is new and not much dangerous chemical inside it.

Tq.