Fish Info Saltwater Tank

Some places in the oceans the Sea Squirts are obviously populous, though most are inconspicuous or hidden under dark spaces. There are speculations that in the tropical West Atlantic, that the sponge life passes about the entire volume of water through their bodies every few days. That their presence is important in living systems in situ and captivity should come as no surprise.

Steve makes a plausible argument that instead of Berlin Systems

Overheat/Equipment failure Power head or air pump

Thermometer

Fan, Air conditioner unit, or Chiller

Water Quality CO2 cylinder and reactor media

Polyfilter or carbon

Fish Disease Treatment Dechlorinator

Sodium Bicarbonate

Medications such as Myxazin, Melafix, Octazin

Fish trap

Quarantine/Hospital tank

Coral/Invert disease Coral dip such as Kent Tech-D, or Lugols solution

Plastic bags

The above list contains just a few of the items I consider it essential to keep in your reef first aid kit. I could go on, and probably would, if talking to you in the flesh! Adding all manner of things to this list - scissors and tooth

Most bowls tend to get narrower towards the top, and herein lies the problem, especially if you try to add too much water. Any fish that you keep in an enclosed space, be it a tank or a bowl, needs the maximum amount of surface space it can get, so the more water you put in the bowl towards the top, the more you reduce the surface space. A four inch by four inch square of surface area per inch of fish is the minimum requirement, so if your goldie is say four inches long, it would require a surface area of 16 square inches multiplied by four giving you 64 square inches of surface area to be on the safe side. So by the above guideline you can see that

Reply to Need more fishy advice please

julesangel posted a reply:

hi guys...
since you all wrote that....

ive cycled water, tested ph again ..tried nearly everthing you al suggested(thanks by the way)&l.

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