As there are no known cures for this infectiouse parasite, we are starting a treatment regiment that has been floated around the net to document how it works, if it does at all.

Infected Specimen: Flame Angel (Centropyge loriculus)

Holding System: 20 gallon system

Treatment of Choice:  3% Hydrogen Peroxide - 10ml/10g, one dose per day, 5 days straight.

As hydrogen peroxide is not well taken by angels and butterfly’s, the dosing may be lowered to accommodate the fish’s stress levels

Unless you are prepaired to build a proper aquarium for the shark you are looking to keep at its full grown size. Please do not attempt to keep sharks. There are simply too many people who buy baby sharks without the research and proper aquarium sizes that can no longer house their pets and simply throw them away, kill them, or release them into local waters thinking they will survive.

There are a ton of different products on the market to keep your ph levels in check. In order to keep your pH levels in the proper ranges. You should always test the ph level shortly after a water change. Dosing h Buffers into a systems new water after dosing the aquariums pH levels prior to a water change can lead to unneeded spikes as the most salt mixes include a fair amount of buffering capacity already, thus negating the need for additional dosing.

There is a seriously overblown myth out in the hobby that rinsing your mechanical filtration media under tap water will destroy your biological filtration.

Well, we must say that thats the biggest misnomer out there. The fact is that bacteria grow on any and all surfaces in your aquarium, including sand, gravel, walls, decorations, etc etc. Simply rinsing your mechanical filtration you will not only help reduce the organic waste in your system,  you will prevent the growth and spread of many of the neusance algaes and thus keep the physical maintenance requirnments at minimal levels.

Here are some basic quarantine tips for slatwater fish specimens;

1 - Quarantine your new specimens in hypo-salinity. This reduces the risk of pspreading of parasites from one fish to another as well as destroy certain parasitic species all together.

2 - Only medicate if you suspect an illness, Dont do it blindly as it can cause more damage than good.

3 - When medicating quarantined fish. Do so in bath forms, unless you are treating a specific kind of infection(s) which require constant exposure to medications. Reason is that most medications will destroy the biological filtration in your quarantine system, elading to ammonia spikes if you do not monitor and maintain the water quality and peak levels.

Reef Playground is currently expanding our quarantine section to include a new 400g quarantine / hospital system for new arrivals and sick specimens. More on system will follow.

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