UncleSalt
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"waterchange water" - are you referring to the good water, or the water i'll be changing (ie. the old water).
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"waterchange water" - are you referring to the good water, or the water i'll be changing (ie. the old water).
BigBlueTang
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OrionN
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So far mine is fine. This PM, I got her to eat about 10 mysis, the most she ever eat. She also pecking at the rock and glass. I hope she is picking life pods from the rock.
No treatment for my Regal at all. No spots, no flukes, fin rot. Nothing. Seem healthy. I got this gal from LA (QM wholesaler)
No treatment for my Regal at all. No spots, no flukes, fin rot. Nothing. Seem healthy. I got this gal from LA (QM wholesaler)
UncleSalt
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How do you know she has no flukes?
Salty150
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So are you not going to take the advice in those two very informative articles by - you know, people with Ph.D.s, who actually do this for a living?!
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UncleSalt
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The articles referenced Hyposalinity, which I am not equipped to handle accurately. Everything else in the articles I have followed
OrionN
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She seem fine, swimming fine and now eating well. We will see. I will treat if I see any problem.
The problem is I am going to be out of town for 5 days start Thursday AM this week and will have to rely on my son to feed him for me.
I hope to get him eating well first.
Thanks for posting this. I have not done any FW dips nor have I paid much attention to fluke (worms or parasites(?)) but this video was very helpful.
Question - the fluke things die I'm assuming quick than what FW does to the fish? She only did the dip for 5 minutes but at the end it looked like some are still on. Do you perform another later? Also what is the proper way to remove the fish? She used a net and it seems like those things would be transferred.
I'm trying to understand if those things are dead in 5 minutes or something that can live a bit longer.
Oh, one more. Are flukes common to Angels or is this something one should do for any fish? Thanks.
ThRoewer
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Why? You don't have a refractometer?
I actually have two: one for checking salinity around 1.026 and one specifically for hyposalinity.
A good refractometer cost about $45 (or even less) and is a very worthwhile investment.
ThRoewer
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I would try to catch him with a trap if possible. Avoid catching him in a feeding spot - you don't want him to become scared of that.
Long spines usually indicate a male.
Damn. You are having no luck. They pack well. He still may be ok tomorrow. Just make sure you're qt is ready with a salinity that matches the shipping water and definitely don't drip acclimate.
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Just looked up my shipment of threadfin cardinals and a radiant wrasse. Looks like I'm in the same boat as you. You may have a better shot than me. My cardinals and the radiant don't handle shipping well even under normal conditions.
**edit**
Just looked up my shipment of threadfin cardinals and a radiant wrasse. Looks like I'm in the same boat as you. You may have a better shot than me. My cardinals and the radiant don't handle shipping well even under normal conditions.
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I grabbed this little gem from a lfs which claimed to be a Red Sea Regal. I have been looking for the past year locally and have had no success in finding one. I have tried three Indo specimens which all did very poorly even though trying everything I've read under the sun. I was hesitant but when I saw it eat a few mysis at the shop I brought it home on Saturday and for only $75!
It's eating better and better every day and I think it even has what you guys call a mis bar.
Can any of the pros properly id this one as an Indo Red Sea?
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It's eating better and better every day and I think it even has what you guys call a mis bar.
Can any of the pros properly id this one as an Indo Red Sea?
It's more than likely one of the Maldives ones like everyone is getting from live aquaria. You definitely got a great deal. Since you already have it in qt I would go with a formalin bath, then hyposalinity and prazipro in the qt. Those spots may not be ich though. Tough to tell in the pic
UncleSalt
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I have a Red Sea refreactometer. But without having an ATO, working and dealing with a 10-month old, I can't keep a constant eye on salinity every few hours to ensure it holds accurately.
BigBlueTang
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Please say you calibrate the Red Sea one every day. It's a piece of junk. I had one and it was consistently off. I bought a BRS one and haven't looked back.
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UncleSalt
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Yes - and that dang thing does have to be calibrated every day!
ThRoewer
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You're way over thinking this. You only set the salinity up correctly once, then mark the fill level of the tank and try to keep it there. The influence of evaporation at 1.009 is 3x lower than at full salinity.
I usually cover the tank and check maybe once a day (only measure a few times when setting the tank up). It's so much less trouble than TTM... One of the reasons why I prefer hyposalinity over TTM is that I'm lazy.
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