yes they change quickly and the sump/fuge is not a great place for them to be stress free. its small ,very loud and not at all like where they came from . if they are going into the DT that's where they should be now .
I have been bringing them into my store on a limited basis and they don't do well in my selling tanks which have gravel and a couple of bleached dead corals . they don't do very well at all . the past few months I have been putting them into my coral tanks and they florish ,eating pods and out all the time . I just got six of them 3 bipart and 3 Fiji leopards and they are out doing great all day long . two weeks ago I just had three black leopards and all three did great for a week and a half until I sold them and they are doing well in a customers tank .
it goes to show how the right setting is so much better . if they went into my barren fish holding/selling tanks they would have cowered in the corners or behind the return or overflow hiding from everything they cant understand . in the coral tanks they do great ! needless to say they are very difficult to get out as I have to literally break down 80% of the tank to get them out but its worth it as THEY DO LIVE .now they are a fish that I can bring into my store and sell ,before I would only sell them "in the bag" and they didny do half as good . there is definitely something to be said about them being in the correct setting and stress free as they now are . just my observations but I have tried just about everything and this works for the tamarins too ! QT to me is a no no .as I have found though they are not impossible and can even be easy but you also have to get good livestock first before this can help .
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