Quarantine 101
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melev
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Nicole, wanna talk to me about sea horse fry? I have some that I just got a few hours ago, and posted about it in the Seahorse forum. Sounds like you might have some insight.
Amy, post pictures of that bowl all day long. Your pictures are excellent, and the fish are gorgeous.
Amy, post pictures of that bowl all day long. Your pictures are excellent, and the fish are gorgeous.
NicoleC
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I don't think I know anything about seahorse fry -- I'm flying by the seat of my pants with my YWG's! (And shocked they are still alive!)
You might also try the forums at seahorse.org, and they have some breeding articles on the site as well. I think methods depend a lot of the species, form what I have read.
You might also try the forums at seahorse.org, and they have some breeding articles on the site as well. I think methods depend a lot of the species, form what I have read.
scuglass
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so u are saying after the cycle has pased just contine doing regualr water changes but dont add ne thing for 2 months?
what about a clean up crew? would this be a good time to begin the quarantine process for a couple of clowns? so i can add them at around the 2 month post cycle period?
thanks for all the help and sorry bout all the questions
what about a clean up crew? would this be a good time to begin the quarantine process for a couple of clowns? so i can add them at around the 2 month post cycle period?
thanks for all the help and sorry bout all the questions
NicoleC
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Yes.
You can add inverts and other cleanup crew items post cycle, but your QT period will not start until the LAST item is added.
After that QT period, your display should be clean of pathogens, and good QT procedures will go a long way to keeping it that way. Your fish should be QT'd outside of the display tank in a separate tank.
You can start the clowns in the separate QT as soon as you want, just don't add them to the display until the display has been fully QT'd. If you go that route, then yes, you can add them to the display at the 2 month mark, provided the clowns have been compeltely through their own 4-6 week QT.
TippyToeX
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Yes it seems so. I think a lot of that has to do with me. I've been staying away from the tank a lot in the past 3 or more days. I just go in there to feed them and I do a quick job of that.
They do come up top greet me (well, more their meal then me) when I walk into the room. If I stay more then 5 minutes, I can see that it makes Lucy uneasy. She will chase Charlie away, even nip at him.
I'm not quite sure what to do to get her use to my observing them.
They do come up top greet me (well, more their meal then me) when I walk into the room. If I stay more then 5 minutes, I can see that it makes Lucy uneasy. She will chase Charlie away, even nip at him.
I'm not quite sure what to do to get her use to my observing them.
NicoleC
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I assume you're doing all the normal stuff, like wearing subdued clothing, and sticking to a closely timed routine?
You might try wearing the same shirt when you approach the tank (to help with recognition). Maybe try taming them to hand feed as time permits in your 5 minute sessions?
I think you are right to leave as soon as she gets agitated. I don't know if it works for fish, but with dogs and cats to desensitize them, the goal is to stop *just before* they get upset.
If that doesn't help, perhaps when they move out in the display tank, they will get a chance to get used to human activity around them from a safer distance.
You might try wearing the same shirt when you approach the tank (to help with recognition). Maybe try taming them to hand feed as time permits in your 5 minute sessions?
I think you are right to leave as soon as she gets agitated. I don't know if it works for fish, but with dogs and cats to desensitize them, the goal is to stop *just before* they get upset.
If that doesn't help, perhaps when they move out in the display tank, they will get a chance to get used to human activity around them from a safer distance.
TippyToeX
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NicoleC said:
Very much so. I'm rather OCD myself and have every tank on a schedule. They eat at the same time each day, and the tank is siphoned clean at the same time.
Good idea. I'll start trying that out. I remember reading that hand feeding can (in some cases) can lower their aggression too.
Erik & Marc - Thanks!
I'm super pleased. I just hope it buries it's foot some time tonight. Once it has done that I can see if it will accept a meal. Keep your fingers crossed for it.
TippyToeX
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Well this is officially week number two. QT is at 1.009, temp 82*, pH is holding strong at 8.2. Water changes are pretty much daily, depending on how much waste is there and if there was any uneaten food.
Both clowns are eating twice a day, all kinds of meaty frozen foods for the most part. Krill, mysis, BBS, cyclopeeze, some chopped up raw seafood I got at the market (squid, scallops, shrimp). They also get formula one and two. In the mornings I soak the food in either Selcon or garlic. For the night time meal I took Kelly's (pufferqueen) advice and use beta glucan.
Now I want them to get use to light. They have been very hardy to this point, so I thought I would see how they would react. It looks bright in the pictures, but it's not so bad.
Both clowns are eating twice a day, all kinds of meaty frozen foods for the most part. Krill, mysis, BBS, cyclopeeze, some chopped up raw seafood I got at the market (squid, scallops, shrimp). They also get formula one and two. In the mornings I soak the food in either Selcon or garlic. For the night time meal I took Kelly's (pufferqueen) advice and use beta glucan.
Now I want them to get use to light. They have been very hardy to this point, so I thought I would see how they would react. It looks bright in the pictures, but it's not so bad.
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