I have a 125 gallon fowlr tank that only had 2 clowns and a yellow tang. I had not bought a fish in over 2 years (the yellow tang). I learned my lesson with the yellow tang as he got ich. I recently bought a red lined wrasse, a blue hippo tang and a one spot foxface. I was told that wrasse's really don't need quarantined as they are so hardy (which I've been told is wrong) but I put the wrasse in my dt without quarantine. I did quarantine the blue hippo tang and the foxface. I received the fish on Tuesday. On Thursday the hippo tang died. But the foxface was doing grest until Saturday (yesterday) he's not swimming much he still eats when I feed him but not as aggressively. So now I'm worried that the hippo tang have him something. Anyone have any advice. The qt is 10 gallons. Sg 1.024. Nitrites, nitrates, amonia 0, 76 degrees. A few pieces of pvc for hiding. This will be the last time I ever qt fish together. This is my first attempt at qt new arrivals. Please help, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
foxface in quarantine
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Newsmyrna80
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I quarantine fish separately but that's just me. One thing I will say is that a 10 gal QT is too small for these fish, unless they are very small. Did you get the fish from a LFS or online? How did you acclimate them?
Newsmyrna80
Active member
Could be stress from a small tank. But it could be ammonia build up in the shipping bag.
There's a discussion about a similar situation here:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2325610
There's a discussion about a similar situation here:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2325610
woodnaquanut
Active member
News, link goes to a 404 error. I think RC is editing links to itself. What's the title?
I'm in a similar situation. Got a Siganus unimaculatus, about 2.5 inches, directly from a LFS's shipment. Temp and SG match when I moved it. I didn't check ammonia or pH.
It eats. Very shy. Any movement around tank and it goes all camo. I've had it six days.
It's in a 10 G. with heat and AC30 HOB filter. Would more flow be OK? I have a small Tunze I could add.
I'm in a similar situation. Got a Siganus unimaculatus, about 2.5 inches, directly from a LFS's shipment. Temp and SG match when I moved it. I didn't check ammonia or pH.
It eats. Very shy. Any movement around tank and it goes all camo. I've had it six days.
It's in a 10 G. with heat and AC30 HOB filter. Would more flow be OK? I have a small Tunze I could add.
Deinonych
New member
IME, foxfaces are sensitive to the size of the aquarium. Mine was extremely skittish when he was in quarantine (20G tall) and would go into full military camo at the drop of a hat. Once he got out of quarantine and into the DT, he was much more gregarious and would even eat out of my hand.
MrTuskfish
Team RC
What are you using as a bio-filter in the QT? Ammonia will rise quickly with those 3 fish in a 10 gal tank. I buy all my fish online and will never change. I know how folks like to get online orders up to the minimum for free shipping. I do as well. That being the case, get a bigger QT and read up on the best way to keep ammonia in the QT at zero. I quarantine all new fish, no exceptions, ever.
Newsmyrna80
Active member
Sorry guys..it was a link to a thread discussing acclimating shipped fish. Basically it says to float the bag in the tank that the fish is going into to sync the water temp. Then to check the salinity of the shipping water and match the QT water. It's actually better to ask the vendor from whom you purchased the fish ahead of time. Then put the fish in the tank, no drip acclimating. Once the bag of a shipped fish is opened it causes the ammonia to reach toxic levels which kills the fish in short order. However, if you get the fish out of the shipped water quickly and put into fresh saltwater ammonia poisoning can be abated.
Deinonych
New member
+1
That's the method I use for all new arrivals. There's a sticky by Sk8r in the Newbie forum about this. Works perfectly every time.
woodnaquanut
Active member
Thanks. I have read that. It's what I do with fish not from the LFS tanks.
Newsmyrna80
Active member
Yep, that's the one
Newsmyrna80
Active member
Mmmm, after 6 days I think there's something else going on.
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