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Thank You Diana and Mick. We went to the LFS and got a Rena 55 Smart filter HOB, to add to the Aqua-Tech, and a UV sterilizer. Several more massive water changes and fired up the Q-Tank just in case. On checking our records, the well water PH has been rising and the goo and nitrate is the result of ...

That is wht's so frustrating..... nothing has been added or changed. If it was a result of increased bioload, It would have showed up in nitrates. The only thing that gets changed in this tank is the water every two weeks. We use well water and I have been testing that before the change. My wife is ...

We have an established 55g w/ an Aqua-Tech 60 HOB. In it are 4 Clowns, 2 Yo-Yo's and a Polka-dot. Everything has been clicking along for about three years and last week there was a white milky film covering one corner of the gravel. We did a 25% water change vacuumming it out, and it seems to have m...

We just put five new 1.5" clowns in the Q-tank and are amazed at how much they can eat in fifteen minutes. Several people have refered to them as being piggy, but dog-gone they are like little sharks. Amazing!!

Thank You, Mad Duff. My wife is on her way to get flower pots and it sounds like I will have to upgrade our tank just for all the flower pot towers. Thanks Again.

Thank You, Martin. The odd stripe variations are what attracted my wife to them, they are all different. I just wanted to make sure they were indeed clowns and not something else passing off as clowns.

Wow!! Very nice fish. I am curious about the flower pot towers. You said you made them. Would you care to walk me through the steps? Please..

How common are clowns with four stripes? Are they the same as three stripes? And would there be anything different care wise?

Thank You for the responses, Sorry about the delay...Holidays. I will turn up the temperature to 88 for a couple of days and then bring it down and do the fishless cycling. The source of the Ich was from Walmart, last fish added and the first fish to show signs. Now I truely understand the need for ...

First Post, So Hello everyone and what a fantastic site this is. I wish I had found it a little earlier. I just lost 4 Modestas and 2 Clowns to Ich. When I realized what I had I started Jungle Ich Clear and halfed the dosage. I stayed with this and painfully watched my babies die one after the other...