New fish!

[NuTom]

Try to throw in NLS pellets in the mix too.

All my juvenile angels go for pellets.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

I have tried NLS pellets as well, no luck.

 

[danorth]

Even the tiny 1mm pellets? Just keep it up......

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Yep! That is what I feed my reef fish. The queen and french aren't eating anything besides whats on the rocks. These guys are a pain in my ***!

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Well I tried feeding them tiny NLS pellets and my rock beauty ate them up! He eats eats everything! Still nothing from the other two. French will sometimes pick at the algae sheet, but the queen only picks at the rocks.

On a positive side note, my eel came out of his hunger strike!

Since it seems the problem in my 210g was flukes, I'm considering adding the fish back into the display earlier. Well see, I'm just tired of the QT mess

 

[HOBrien]

Have you tried the Mysis that has Spirulina. My two new angels devore it and just mess with the other stuff.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Nope, I am just giving them regular frozen cube mysis. I thought it was brine shrimp that had spirulina in it? I may try live brine later in the week if they don't eat, I know it isn't good for them, but it may help stimulate an appetite.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Tried feeding pellets again and I saw the queen picking at them! She can't take a whole one down it seems like, or maybe she wasn't sure enough. But she is definitely picking at them! Now all is left is the french angel! I have prazipro in the tank already, once they all start eating like pigs, I will start the copper treatment!

 

[WuHT]

congratulations. seems like the rock beauty was a good teacher.

Now it's just a matter of time for the french

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

I hope so!!! Funny thing is when the queen ate the pellets, the rock beauty was no where to be found! So the queen seemed to get it on her own. Hopefully the French comes around tomorrow and they all start eating like pigs so I can treat them!

 

[niles1967]

Why start a copper treatment if there is no sign of parasites? I personally wouldn't add copper unless I had to.

Try soaking mysis overnight in garlic extreme.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Can you see ich or velvet in the water? Even if it's on the fish, doesn't mean you can see it. I'm trying to keep my display free of disease as much as possible. Display is fallow for 8 weeks and treating fish with copper/praclzi for 4 weeks.

 

[HOBrien]

So how are the fishes doing? Gotten the other two to eat yet?

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Heath, thanks for your concern. Surprisingly all three angels are eating small NLS pellets! How are your new additions doing? I was going to pick up a bluethroat trigger pair tomorrow, but I've decided to hold off until I get everything back into the display safely. It's hard not to go out and buy fish!

 

[HOBrien]

Well I dont have any additions anymore as they all died overnight and have came to the conclusion to that is must have been a poisoning of some sort. But I have cleaned the tanks out and doing the 30b as a seahorse/leaf fish tank which is in my daughters room and I have added saltwater back to the 40b that is at a HYPO level which will house 3 fish that will be in on tuesday which are another Cream Angel since the last died, Atlantic Blue Tang Juvie, and a Raccoon BF. I am still waiting on the Black Velvet Angel to be well enough to ship to me.

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Geez! What do you think happened? Was they're any signs of disease? In sorry to hear about the fish, I hate losing fish. Goodluck with your new fish.

 

[NuTom]

DamnPepShrimp, see told ya they will go for NLS pellets. All my angels do. Good to hear all is well. Any pics?


HOBrien, I don't think it's a good idea to have the tank at hypo already. If i were you i would check the salinity that fish come in and match that for your QT and it's a simple as float and dump out. I find that it's less stressful for the fish that have been shipped for who knows how long. Everyday just lower the salinity by .oo2 until hypo as been reached. Just my opinion

 

[DamnPepShrimp]

Nutom, yeah, I am surprised, usually they go for frozen foods first, then pellets! I will try to get some new pics, I only have a camera phone though. It is funny to see all three at the front of the tank begging for food when I come down.

I agree on the hypo, its something you have to do gradually. I would recommend copper though, cupramine to be exact. Hypo only kills ich (I don't think its 100% effective either) and if your fish died overnight, then it definitely was not ich! Copper kills most diseases, so combined with prazipro for internal parasites, you should be disease free.

 

[EdKruzel]

Copper doesn't kill any diseases, it irritates fish enabling them to create excess slime forcing the parasite from their tissue. Copper is toxic to all marine animals but in different levels for different species.

In order for that Rock Beauty to live long term, you'll need to supply it with Caribbean species sponge. Some of the frozen angel formulas have a decent amount mixed in. It is best if you can find some aquacultered Caribbean rock that is very porous and embedded with sponge. The angel(s) would be able to pick on the sponge, however not being able to get all of it out of the crevices, it would quickly grow back for a continuous feeding station.

 

[Tonblogna]

Don't know if copper kills diseases, but it kills parasites like crypto (aka "saltwater ich") when they are free swimming outside the protection of the fish's slime coat. Parasites don't get forced out, they drop off the fish intentionally after feeding to their satisfaction. Then it is into the substrate to reproduce.