I need help

[skuntking]

I dont know whats going on, but now my harliquin's eye is all buldged out and hes acting like im going to loose another fish....

i need some advice, i was thinking i might see if hes still there in the morning and get my lion and leaflip out of the tank till i get it straightened back out, im redoing the plumbing and electrical. and mabey getting a new skimmer, also getting rid of this base rock and filling with all liverock.

I was thinking maybe someone could either babysit my fish or I could sell them(3 corals also), i really dont want to drop them off at the fish store.

after all this mess thats been happening I want to do a overhaul of the tank, and set it up right.

let me know your opinions. im lost lol

[skuntking]

o and I was almost about to break down and give up(which is the last thing i want to do)...but my girlfriend wouldnt let me. which is a good thing:)

its just frustrating as hell when your tank is doing so good then all the sudden this comes out of nowhere.

[reed_5point0]

sound like popeye never seen it in a marine tank but my cichlid got it once. Melafix worked pretty well.

[floridajhawk]

what corals do you have
and pm me with some more symptoms and ill help u through it i used to work at a lfs

[skuntking]

a pink plate, a orange monopitora frag, ricordea mushrooms, and a few zoo's

[floridajhawk]

how much do you want for the corals def sounds like pop eye, if you have a qt tank treat him with mela-fix

[skuntking]

Here is his Eye

http://home.cfl.rr.com/fuka/DSC00344.JPG

[floridajhawk]

pop eye its not as bad as ive seen just treat him separately with melafix and he will heal up, let me know on those corals send some pics if u can

[skuntking]

dont have a QT tank atm, just my water change tub lol.

[floridajhawk]

hmmm might just work haha can u transfer ur water over into it and an airstone filer anything ?

[skuntking]

ya ill just have to make a stop at the store tommorow, Usually just a powerhead in there. And figure a way to get water into it lol, should'nt be to hard.

[floridajhawk]

what do u need to make it work i have a powerhead heater and airstone, if u need to borrow them:)

[skuntking]

let me get back to you on the corals, not sure if i want to sell them yet. Gotta set up a plan exactly what im going to be doing.

[skuntking]

Another thing, what exaclty do calcium reactors do, is it just a fancy toy to have?

[floridajhawk]

ok what about the other things u need them for a while ?

[LunarCubes]

A calcium reactor maintains your calcium and alkalinty levels without dosing A/B stuff. With large tank volumes, dosing A/B just wont cut it. Reactors are especially useful if you have lotsa SPS, clams, and other calcium loving creatures...

[skuntking]

thanks lunar.

what you mean other things?

[floridajhawk]

my pump heater anything

[skuntking]

im really trying to decide what i want to do, I want to sell my DJ equipment cause it dosent get used hardly anymore and get about 120lbs of liverock and mabey some 250watt MH's and a new skimmer, but i dont think it will be safe to have and livestock in there while doing it. whats your opinion.

[floridajhawk]

what u mean rewrite that last sentence por favor

[skuntking]

Im trying to figure out if i should sell my livestock for now because i want to put a large amount of liverock in, and redo the plumbing etc.
basically cause i was a FO, and im converting to reef, which is when i encountered all these problems.

wasnt sure if i should sorta start over.

[floridajhawk]

haha hmmm well if ur gonna do reef id sell the fish, that tusk will mess with smaller fish and ur crabs, snails, and shrimp will all get eatin, basically keep the fish you have or keep the corals you have :)

[skuntking]

Ya i was just gonna not do inverts but the tusk is a grumpy bastage. But I will most likely sell them.

[floridajhawk]

sell the fish haha u have so many more angles and what not if you go reef plus theres us here that are crazy reef people always around to help

[skuntking]

im sold hehe, thx so much for the help, im going asap today to grab a QT tank, does ocean blue or petsmart or anything sell melafix

[floridajhawk]

both sell it petsmart has to be cheaper though good luck

[Jovreefer]

WAITE...STOP STOP STOP...that does not look like regular Popeye to me. If you look behind the eye it looks like there is white tissue starting to bulge out. Am I correct or just seeing things? if so thats not regular popeye its a side effect to a bacterial infection that is treated different than popeye.

[Versus]

all the lfs's in town carry mela , and certain petsmart i have seen melafix also .. its the most common cold and sinus medicine for fish.

[skuntking]

Hes in a QT tank atm with mela in it, yes i think there is some cloudiness to his eye.

[floridajhawk]

thats regular popeye seen it a lot at the store i worked at and with one of my own fish before no cause for alarm

[Jovreefer]

I'm not talking about the cloudiness. And I maintain a 17,000 gallon (poorly designed) system. I've seen LOTS of popeye on lots of large and small fish. It definatly looks like there is tissue bulging from around the eye. The bacterial infection that causes that is not hard to cure either and not major cause for alarm if treated quiclky. The medications for it are different than popeye. If its left untreated to long it will cause permanant damage & the eye will disapear. Just keep a close eye on it, look for the buldging around the eye, if it gets worse or no better I'll look up the medication we have for it.