Recent content by LRS078

Odinium is what it looks like. We had a spiney box puffer with a case of that in an isolation tank. Treat w' copper in the water, put metronitazole in its food (soak), and throw some melafix in the tank as well. BTW, take out any carbon elements in the filtration while you are doing this or...

I have an email out to a friend who has managed saltwater stores for years on the specific condition. Soon as she gets back to me I'll post. Sounds like your puffer has something that has gone internal. The fresh water dips help but it only seems to get the symptom not the source. Will the...

Crosshatch or Titans are the least common in the trade. Careful of Titans, they can be evil incarnate in a tank. One local fish store here in Atlanta has one that is sort of a house fish. He's about a foot long and if you don't put dog toys or similar in his tank he will tear up everything...

Tangs (at least nasos, think others do to) have a couple tiny barbs at the base of the tail and the sideways wiggle is an aggressive (or defensive) warning move. The darker color is also typical of them being pissed off...

Undulated + not paying close attention w' hand in tank = being snacked on. Undulated can be real hell raisers, abeit w' personality. Only thing worse would be a titan trigger. The niger's are the opposite in my experience....almost to the point of being timid. Humu's are a good mix. My...

If you started them out together as small juv's and they were raised around other angels then you would probably be okay. This situation sounds a bit borderline. You can try but keep a very close eye out for trouble and have another tank ready to evacuate one of them to if things go sour...

Have you lost any fish recently that were not newly added? Also what are you doing for lighting? Of course I would remind about the basics: testing sality, ph, etc from the pet store water vs tank water. I generally prefer to have my water fresh and on spec before adding anyone. Also of...

If you buy small and raise (socialize) the various specimens together you can get around some of the borderline compadibility issues. Another thing to consider is what is okay today WILL one day need to be upgraded. If you want to try some things go for it just be prepared to upgrade your tank...

Humu Humu/Picasso Triggers are on the mid to low end of the aggression scale for triggers. That said, they are still triggers. If you are purchasing a small 2" or so specimen and raising it with other fish of similar size it should be MUCH more docile than if you put a large specimen in the...