Monthly Archives: September 2012
Battling Marine Ich- Day 5
Well, this will probably be my last post on our Sharknose Goby with Marine Ich for a while. He not only still has it, but is still acting and eating normally. I expect to find him not doing well when … Continue reading
Battling Marine Ich- Day 2
Following up from our previous post concerning our Sharknose Goby with what appeared to be Marine Ich. Well, it does look like Marine Ich, and from our forum post, no one has suggested it as anything else. Our Goby is … Continue reading
Ich or not Ich? That is the question
We went away on vacation for a few days, and when we returned noticed our Sharknose Goby has white dots all over him. Normally, I would say it was “Ich”, other wise known as Marine Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans). What I … Continue reading
New Ecotech Marine MP10W Powerheads
The powerheads we were using, two Tunze nanostream 6045’s, provided a single flow rate in the direction you pointed them. My husband was constantly repositioning them to try to get a better flow. It seemed that everything in the tank … Continue reading
pH Swings in an Aquarium
One of the best features about our aquarium controller is the ability to see graphically the swing in our pH levels. Daily swings are expected, but we are also seeing much more drastic shifts and have had to research and … Continue reading
Coralline Algae
When maintaining an aquarium, a lot can change over a small amount of time without your notice, until someone who hasn’t seen the aquarium in a few months exclaims about it’s progress. Coralline algae has helped to age our tank, … Continue reading