Thanks Dan! As for the tighter growth, not sure. You would think but this one is near the bottom of the tank about 3" off the sand. I would say that the flow is not very high in that area compared to others in my tank.
Brian's 270 Starphire
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Thanks Dan! As for the tighter growth, not sure. You would think but this one is near the bottom of the tank about 3" off the sand. I would say that the flow is not very high in that area compared to others in my tank.
pookstreet
Registered Stick Killer
Dude, your setosa has more vertical growth than my 7" colony :rollface:
DanW
Certified Stick Killer
The setosa is one of my favorites, it always stand out because of its colors. How's the QT project going? Swimmers still doing OK? I finally trapped both my Zebrasoma desjardinii and Bodianus masudai. The hogfish was pretty smart, took a week for him to finally get hungry enough to swim into the trap.
Thanks Kenny, that pic was from a few months ago. It has grown alot since then
.The process is going along. I lost two fish due to ammonia issues but thing are now better.
roktsintst
New member
Man, that sucks... Which ones?
roktsintst
New member
Damn... Sorry to hear that Brian.
DanW
Certified Stick Killer
:sad1:
I when in to this knowing that something like this might happen. The sad part is the mystery was the only survivor from my old 90 gal and the flame was spawning every night. On the bight side I have an other male and an other female to replace the one I lost already.
pookstreet
Registered Stick Killer
Well, it sucks no matter what when you lose something, especially something you've had a long time. The good thing is that these are rather easily replaced.
Yep, it sucks, but one thing have learn with this hobby is something are not easily prevented.
Taqpol
New member
I know what you mean, sometimes you think you have everything figured out and a problem still sneaks up on you. I had three yellow tangs in my QT tank that were doing great with each other, until all three died overnight of what appeared to be deoxygenation. I felt horrible. Two weeks later I saw another three tangs all in one tank with eachother, so I decided to bring them home and try it again, this time with a large airstone and with the fish room door open to the rest of the house at all times. Again, the fish did great with each other and in general, but a week afterwards I watched all three succumb to labored breathing and bloody bruises on theirs sides within the course of twelve hours. I feel atrocious at this loss of life, but all tests on the QT turned up negative for any warning signs. At this point it must be something toxic or parasitic in the water, but since theres no way to test for that I am taking a page from your book and fallowing my QT for eight weeks...
Tony Romano
New member
Sweet - What is it?
Setosa.
Sorry to hear that Alex. I'm sure you'll figure it out
.Thanks Tony and yes it's the setosa.
roktsintst
New member
That sucks... but that sounds bacterial to me with the bloody streaks. It would be faster to add cupramine for 4 weeks that would kill any parasite fallowing would and I would run maracyn2 for your potential bacterial issue. Someone suggested to me to put the water level an inch below the output from your hob filter and the water" dropping" into your qt will help oxygenate the water!
Taqpol
New member
I have cupramine, but I was hesitant to use it on this tank because I plan to use it as a joint fish/coral/invertebrate QT tank. I have it set up with sand and rock and everything, so I'm afraid if I use any copper based medications it could stick around when I don't want it. If I don't take any drastic measures to kill it, can pathogenic bacteria live in the water without a host?
Sorry to sidetrack Brian... Hopefully since you are QTing now as well a topic about QT procedures isn't too far off track.
NP Alex, One thing is your not going to kill bacteria illness with cupermine or any other copper base medication. It stickily for parasites. You will need to use an antibiotic.
If you do decide to use cuperimine, I recommmend removing all of the subtrate as it will just suck up the Cu, making it harder to keep the level in the effective range.
