Captain Bucket
Premium Member
New to the forum, just want to introduce myself, and say aloha. :wavehand:
Been in the hobby since last July. Have a 180 gal system. Display is a 125 gal FOWLR long.
Was having good success with the hobby until last Nov. when I suffered an ich outbreak after introducing a sailfin tang without quarrantine. I have since learned my lesson, but it cost me eight very nice fish, most of whom died in the fifth & sixth week of hypo. I had one survivor out of the whole disaster, a small tank-raised percula whose doing fine.
I fallowed the tank for six weeks post the outbreak, and no further signs of ich.
I now have three residents of my DT (not counting a couple of cleaner shrimps and a bunch of small hermits for a clean up crew I caught locally last summer) a juvenile Imperator which is growing like a weed, the aforementioned percula, and a royal gramma just out of quarrantine. Shopping for a new fish this week.
I'm thinking about a mandarin, but I'm worried about keeping it alive through quarrantine for lack of pods, any ideas how to get around that? Would like a yellow tail damsel, just cause they are colorful, and easy but I want a mellow tank so unless somebody talks me into it probably not. Also considering catching a blue spotted boxfish, but a little worried about a toxin release. Probably gonna end up with a butterfly or dwarf angel of some sort. Any other suggestions?
Been in the hobby since last July. Have a 180 gal system. Display is a 125 gal FOWLR long.
Was having good success with the hobby until last Nov. when I suffered an ich outbreak after introducing a sailfin tang without quarrantine. I have since learned my lesson, but it cost me eight very nice fish, most of whom died in the fifth & sixth week of hypo. I had one survivor out of the whole disaster, a small tank-raised percula whose doing fine.
I fallowed the tank for six weeks post the outbreak, and no further signs of ich.
I now have three residents of my DT (not counting a couple of cleaner shrimps and a bunch of small hermits for a clean up crew I caught locally last summer) a juvenile Imperator which is growing like a weed, the aforementioned percula, and a royal gramma just out of quarrantine. Shopping for a new fish this week.
I'm thinking about a mandarin, but I'm worried about keeping it alive through quarrantine for lack of pods, any ideas how to get around that? Would like a yellow tail damsel, just cause they are colorful, and easy but I want a mellow tank so unless somebody talks me into it probably not. Also considering catching a blue spotted boxfish, but a little worried about a toxin release. Probably gonna end up with a butterfly or dwarf angel of some sort. Any other suggestions?
