Parrot Poop Pics
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Amazon4
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hehe, that's awesome.
When getting a SCUBA cert a fews years ago in Aruba. I remember kneeling in about 20' of water during the lesson and watching the parrot fish go by. I saw what came out...and DING DING DING!
I shall never forget where I was when I learned where sand comes from
When getting a SCUBA cert a fews years ago in Aruba. I remember kneeling in about 20' of water during the lesson and watching the parrot fish go by. I saw what came out...and DING DING DING!
I shall never forget where I was when I learned where sand comes from
Grouperhead
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Chris, you have some awesome looking livestock man. I get jealous every time I see pics 
LionfishFinatic
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how big is the clown trigger??!?!?! 
reefer334
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13240389#post13240389 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Grouperhead
Chris, you have some awesome looking livestock man. I get jealous every time I see pics
Thanks Bo!!!!!
I do have a lot of critters!!!
I am going to start a thread on one of the forums with pics of my 1300 gallons of insanity, I have started cleaning up all of my tanks to take some pics of them all.
Right now my SPS tank gets most of my attn as it should.
I'll let you know when I start it.
Chris
reefer334
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13240394#post13240394 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LionfishFinatic
how big is the clown trigger??!?!?!
The Clown Trigger is about 10 inches nose to tail.
I just got him about 2 weeks ago.
When he is full and stretching his triggers he is about 8 inches tall.
Chris
Recty
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I'm sure you probably know all about what you're doing, but just in case, have you done the FW dip routine with the Emperor? You should be able to kick the fluke problem within just 2 or 3 days.
Start a smaller easier to maintain QT tank, like a 29g or something you have sitting around. Move him from the current QT into a temp/pH adjusted bath (I use a 5g bucket) with 1-2ml per gallon of 37% formalin for up to 5 minutes, you should literally see the flukes jump off and die. Put him into your new QT tank. Do this once a day for 3 times and he should be fluke free. He really should be fluke free after the first dip, but depending on many factors he might retain a couple.
After three days of a FW dips, with the first one at least containing formalin, he should be completely fluke free.
I probably wouldnt do all 3 days worth of dips with formalin, just the first one, but that is up to you.
I've only had 2 experiences with flukes, but both times I was having a hard time with the continuous formalin treatments in QT and went with the FW dip containing formalin and almost immediately all flukes were destroyed.
Might be worth contemplating at least. I think it's a lot less stressful on the fish to get over the treatment quickly rather than be continually bathed in toxic chemicals for weeks at a time. The nice thing is that after the FW dip, if you have him in his own QT you can have good water quality and no toxins in there, so he can relax and get healthy.
Just my 2 cents.
Start a smaller easier to maintain QT tank, like a 29g or something you have sitting around. Move him from the current QT into a temp/pH adjusted bath (I use a 5g bucket) with 1-2ml per gallon of 37% formalin for up to 5 minutes, you should literally see the flukes jump off and die. Put him into your new QT tank. Do this once a day for 3 times and he should be fluke free. He really should be fluke free after the first dip, but depending on many factors he might retain a couple.
After three days of a FW dips, with the first one at least containing formalin, he should be completely fluke free.
I probably wouldnt do all 3 days worth of dips with formalin, just the first one, but that is up to you.
I've only had 2 experiences with flukes, but both times I was having a hard time with the continuous formalin treatments in QT and went with the FW dip containing formalin and almost immediately all flukes were destroyed.
Might be worth contemplating at least. I think it's a lot less stressful on the fish to get over the treatment quickly rather than be continually bathed in toxic chemicals for weeks at a time. The nice thing is that after the FW dip, if you have him in his own QT you can have good water quality and no toxins in there, so he can relax and get healthy.
Just my 2 cents.
T-T-Trigger
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fwiw, fluke tabs have worked miracles for me twice. i love when an OTC product is simple and works. ****in flukes, they make me mad for some reason, i take it personal, no idea why... lol.
nice poop btw!!!!1 how about some puffer poop next? I bet that big puff in the pic can pollute a tank in a heartbeat.
nice poop btw!!!!1 how about some puffer poop next? I bet that big puff in the pic can pollute a tank in a heartbeat.
predator 1
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Sorry I missed this thread! As we say in London, "That is a Proppa system" Reefer!!
I witness that "Sand Pooping" every day with my Golden Arothron. It never fails to amaze me how they are able to "Filter" the sand, and pass it through the way they do.
I am pleased to see that you are keeping a Semi-Mature Clown Trigger. The fish is now in its Prime in terms of beauty and behaviour. Relish every second of its Glory, Mother Nature excelled herself when she designed them.
Looking at your Clown Trigger, it is a Mirror image (Albeit smaller) of the Adult that I lost recently, due to it eating the silicone sealant, and blocking its intestines.
I witness that "Sand Pooping" every day with my Golden Arothron. It never fails to amaze me how they are able to "Filter" the sand, and pass it through the way they do.
I am pleased to see that you are keeping a Semi-Mature Clown Trigger. The fish is now in its Prime in terms of beauty and behaviour. Relish every second of its Glory, Mother Nature excelled herself when she designed them.
Looking at your Clown Trigger, it is a Mirror image (Albeit smaller) of the Adult that I lost recently, due to it eating the silicone sealant, and blocking its intestines.
reefer334
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13243443#post13243443 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by T-T-Trigger
fwiw, fluke tabs have worked miracles for me twice. i love when an OTC product is simple and works. ****in flukes, they make me mad for some reason, i take it personal, no idea why... lol.
nice poop btw!!!!1 how about some puffer poop next? I bet that big puff in the pic can pollute a tank in a heartbeat.
Thanks,
I have heard good things about fluke tabs I will have to try those.
That puffer is a baby compared to my Stellatus Puffer,
he is about 15 inches long and as big around as a grapefruit!!!
Chris
