Ah ha! Damn, I forgot about that. I DID add a GFO reactor. Bingo! Thanks for that.
Updates, Tank is completely clean, I'm totally cycled. Coraline is growing everywhere, have some green hair algae in places, but the snails are keeping it in check.
Picked up 4 fish locally. 3 Chromis, one baby Hippo Tang. Hippo is not much bigger than a quarter.
I Dipped the chromis in a Methyl blue + fresh water dip for 30 minutes. Big mistake. Freshwater was brought up to QT temp, and PH adjusted the same. Chromis were fine for about 15-20 minutes then started undergoing stress. Stress was too much. One succumbed almost immediately after the dip, one after an hour, one after 12 hours.
The funny part is I know alot of people that do this same dip for the same amount of time. I used to use this same dip, although only for 5-10 minutes, years ago.
I feel bad about the Chromis. But I wanted to try the extended dip on them to see what ill effects it would have on more expensive and sensitive fish.
I dipped the Hippo at the same way but watched him very closely. At 10 minutes he stressed out and started playing dead. At 15 he was having trouble breathing. I immediately removed him and got him into the QT tank. He was disoriented for a while and struggling, but pulled through.
Hes fine now. Skittish, but hes eating.
I'm going to continue with the dip in the future but I'm going to have to be careful with the time. 15 minutes is the longest I'm going to be able to do, and I'll probably not push it much past 10.
I see many places advise acclimation of the bag to the same ph, SG ect of the QT before the dip, and I did it this way, but I'm wondering whats the point if they are going right into FW anyways?
I'm going to order 5 chromis and a Scopas Tang via live aquaria and I think I'll just put them into the dip asap when I get them then into the QT after that.
I'm wondering if the DIP is just too much of a shock?
