Small Crosshatch Triggers Going Into QT - What To Feed?

humaguy said:
these fish are too young to be properly paired-up. sexually..when there is 1 male and 1 female it doesn't mean you have a love affair, in fact, it may lead to issues...I currently have 2 m ch that I got 2-3 years ago as 1 male and 1 female...they were both around 2.50 inches...the male was brutal towards the female and I caught her and placed her an isolation box...she got back at him later and turned male...
Click to expand...


My friend have 3 female all turn male after few weeks another friend his male turn to female after couple of months and i have 2 males turn to female in 6 months i guess its hard pair them up if they are this small.
 
humaguy said:
these fish are too young to be properly paired-up. sexually..when there is 1 male and 1 female it doesn't mean you have a love affair, in fact, it may lead to issues...I currently have 2 m ch that I got 2-3 years ago as 1 male and 1 female...they were both around 2.50 inches...the male was brutal towards the female and I caught her and placed her an isolation box...she got back at him later and turned male...
Click to expand...

Do you still feel I should separate them?

Or based on the feeding video think they are ok for now?
 
Small Crosshatch Triggers Going Into QT - What To Feed?

I had so many small one in the past, separating them helps by removing the aggressor then reintroducing in after a week should help
 
Still weird we've spent a lot of time watching them both in the room and remotely.

Never seen the male go after her at all :/

Have seen him flash at the glass though, mostly the bottom.
 
Well they made it out of QT...

Didn't end up separating them and didn't see any more signs of aggression.

They are now in the DT and getting a little harassed by the Yellow Bellied Blue Tang... I think it'll die down a bit though.

<iframe width="853" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/33RVI8BxyLE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
I personally would have kept them in QT longer. Can you maybe turn off the halides for a day or two? Doesn't look like they appreciate the bright light.
 
SDguy said:
I personally would have kept them in QT longer. Can you maybe turn off the halides for a day or two? Doesn't look like they appreciate the bright light.
Click to expand...

Hey Peter,

They went through 28 days of getting a dose of ParaGuard each day. Also went through three rounds of PraziPro.

Only thing I noticed was the female had cloudy eye about 3-4 days in. After the first day of PraziPro it was cleared up. Didn't notice anything since.

The LEDs are turned down to 65%, normally run 100%. Should I lower them more?
 
Yeah, I was thinking more of just acclimating them. IME fish don't REALLY settle in for a couple months, and with this genus of trigger I just think that's a special point to consider. Also, I prefer waiting a few weeks after any meds, to make sure everything "worked" as expected.

I personally do ambient room light for a day or two, then just actinic of something similar, for another couple days.
 
Thanks Peter.

Went ahead and lowered the lighting to lower intensity and mostly actinic.

I normally would have waited another week or two, just going out of town for a few days next week. Wanted to see how they acted in the tank before leaving and didn't want our house sitter messing with QT tanks.
 
Much better. More adventurous. Not going all the way across the tank, but half way :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

D
Coral beauty Sick - how do i treat
Replies
3
Views
1K
leebca
L
T
New 55g setup. Advice for fish appreciated
Replies
6
Views
282
Uncle99
Uncle99
A
Feeding regime
Replies
1
Views
652
griss
griss
K
Mandarin acting strange
Replies
4
Views
1K
OrionN
OrionN
B
Left Tank for a long time, now want to reboot
Replies
5
Views
84
griss
griss
Back
Top