So, I've had my seahorses for a little over a year now in my 29 and have recently upgraded to a 50. I started with dry rock and dry sand and had the tank running for about 2 months before putting in my reidi female and tiger tail female (the male reidi is still in the 29 for fear in such an increase of bioload). So. Here is what has been happening....
About 3-4 days ago I put in my reidi female and she was obviously very nervous in the new tank. The 29 is a lush jungle of macro and the new tank I tried to make a little more open but I have gorgs and macors in there- some from the old tank, some recently purchased. All those are doing well. So I noticed my reidi doing a seizure like shake and almost look like she is rubbing on the rocks in her tank. So I looked that up and I read it could be from ammonia or parasite. Well. I started from dry rock and sand so the only think new would be the gorgs and macros, maybe something could have been on them? I did test the ammonia with an API test kit and it almost seemed a touch green as opposed to the mustard yellow of zero. But to be honest, it could very well been at 0 and my eyes fail or in my stress it may have looked a touch green. Either way I dosed the tank with prime to be safe and have since compared the water to the 29, where all was well and dandy. They look the same. Okay....so I have a lot of copepods in the new tank, maybe they are crawling on her and she is twitching to get them off? Possible?
So a day after being added my little tiger tail began to shake. Okay. So something tank related is going on. During this time my reidi was a shy eater, which she had never been before but her sides still looked great as did her color. My little tiger tail is small enough right now she usually eats a 2-3 shrimp and calls it a day but she too is shy and both wont give chase to the mysis, which I'm not too surprised because in their old tank they ate from a bowl (I have tried in this tank in the beginning but with the twitching I decided my interest was more in getting them to eat, not train).
So, 2 days ago I did a FW dip on them both, for 8 minutes. Neither of them shook like I hear they do when parasites are dying, the reidi just swam in a circle trying to find a way out and the little one just hitched on her.
The next morning (yesterday) my reidi was twitching again so I decided I would look into other medications. That evening when I did the dip I tried to feed them their dinner first, before they were stressed and my reidi gave a few lackluster snicks. Okay....But she was still able to eat. I did a methelene blue dip on both of them last night (10 seconds, as directions instruct).
Today the female reidi ate the best she has in the new tank, her snicks also much stronger though some were lackluster again. The little tiger tail also ate at least one mysid that I saw. However, I still saw both shake today. I am totally baffled on what is causing all this. I'm debating doing a Seachem Para Guard dip tonight, maybe pick up some garlic and selcon.
About 3-4 days ago I put in my reidi female and she was obviously very nervous in the new tank. The 29 is a lush jungle of macro and the new tank I tried to make a little more open but I have gorgs and macors in there- some from the old tank, some recently purchased. All those are doing well. So I noticed my reidi doing a seizure like shake and almost look like she is rubbing on the rocks in her tank. So I looked that up and I read it could be from ammonia or parasite. Well. I started from dry rock and sand so the only think new would be the gorgs and macros, maybe something could have been on them? I did test the ammonia with an API test kit and it almost seemed a touch green as opposed to the mustard yellow of zero. But to be honest, it could very well been at 0 and my eyes fail or in my stress it may have looked a touch green. Either way I dosed the tank with prime to be safe and have since compared the water to the 29, where all was well and dandy. They look the same. Okay....so I have a lot of copepods in the new tank, maybe they are crawling on her and she is twitching to get them off? Possible?
So a day after being added my little tiger tail began to shake. Okay. So something tank related is going on. During this time my reidi was a shy eater, which she had never been before but her sides still looked great as did her color. My little tiger tail is small enough right now she usually eats a 2-3 shrimp and calls it a day but she too is shy and both wont give chase to the mysis, which I'm not too surprised because in their old tank they ate from a bowl (I have tried in this tank in the beginning but with the twitching I decided my interest was more in getting them to eat, not train).
So, 2 days ago I did a FW dip on them both, for 8 minutes. Neither of them shook like I hear they do when parasites are dying, the reidi just swam in a circle trying to find a way out and the little one just hitched on her.
The next morning (yesterday) my reidi was twitching again so I decided I would look into other medications. That evening when I did the dip I tried to feed them their dinner first, before they were stressed and my reidi gave a few lackluster snicks. Okay....But she was still able to eat. I did a methelene blue dip on both of them last night (10 seconds, as directions instruct).
Today the female reidi ate the best she has in the new tank, her snicks also much stronger though some were lackluster again. The little tiger tail also ate at least one mysid that I saw. However, I still saw both shake today. I am totally baffled on what is causing all this. I'm debating doing a Seachem Para Guard dip tonight, maybe pick up some garlic and selcon.
