Just curious, do you qt the fishes beforehand?
The Scott's fairy wrasse is gorgeous, will need to add one to my tank. Do you mind me asking where you got it from?
My buddy Jim has a copper treated QT system at his house and more often than not, the fish are QT'd there assuming they come from him. I don't however have a QT system at home and as such, depending on where the fish come from, they may not be QT'd.
In all honesty, I've never in the last 20 years had an issue with my fish directly as a result on not QT'ing. I've had one ich outbreak about 4 years ago and that was the result of a fast temp change due to a large water change. I did not go fallow at the time nor did I treat my tank with copper. I tried every alleged reef safe remedy to no avail. In the end, the ich cycle ran it's course and cost me a large chunk of fish however once it ran it's course, it never reappeared.
Having said that, there are certain fish I avoid and will not keep. Those include the Hippo Tang and Powder Tangs among others simply because they are known to break out in ich more than others. Ich is the one parasite that really scares me so I try to play it safe as possible given what some might consider questionable practices.
Awesome new additions to the tank!
Very nice iguana! That's awesome you can let him wander around the house. And the tortoise... wow, it's huge!! How long have you had that one?
My great dane also sits on the couch just like yours. It's hard not to laugh when she does it. She thinks she's people. :0)
We adopted this tortoise from our local tortoise rescue several months ago.
As for the dane, it funny how they sit on the couches and chairs like that. Every dane I have seen does that. I grew up with danes and all of ours did as well. They are such great dogs but they don't seem to understand that they are not human let alone not a lap dog. She has no qualms walking up and sitting down in your lap.
Awesome pets you have!! Not sure if you mentioned it how are things with your son?
My son seems to be doing well now. We made the decision to have him move in with my mom in order to get him out of our local town and into a new school so he could get away from the riff raff he was hanging out with. He seems to be doing much better and is getting almost all A's in school.
The good thing is that he is always on his best behavior with my mom and there isn't the constant power struggle that he had with me and my wife. The other good thing is that I think the space is helping our relationship improve although there are still some contentious issues when he is around. He is still incredibly argumentative with me and his mom which drives us nuts but I guess it goes with his age.
