What a fish!

[Nina51]

i must be missing something because i can't find DD's qt protocol that they use. can somebody point me there, please? not that i wouldn't qt myself, i'm just curious.

 

[jmm]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=425

 

[Giovanni]

There is really no need to quarantine DD fish. They do it for you. Go read about their extensive protocols.

Even LA says QT their DD fish. Every fish in my tank came from DD. I have purchased many many fish from DD over the years so I am a fan. However, I have gotten ich from them in the past. You will get burned eventually. A simple TT over 14 days will take care of ich.

 

[nuxx]

You'll never reach 100%. There's not 100% guarantee that I'll make it to the mall. But it's worth the risk occasionally. You take your life into your own hands every time you do something even remotely dangerous. And your life is worth a lot more than your fish.

I'd only trust myself to QT...

I'm pretty sure they don't double and triple wash their hands after working in each tank, or the shipping area, etc...

I'm WAY too paranoid to trust anyone else with my fish haha

 

[sde1500]

Thread quickly devolved to beating a dead horse.

Anywho... Nice fish!

 

[jmm]

Thread quickly devolved to beating a dead horse.

Anywho... Nice fish!

Doesn't it always.

It seems, sometimes, that there are guard dogs on patrol that go through every new thread looking to show their "reefing habits" are better than anyone else's.

Look at the recent threads and see if it doesn't always get in there somewhere.

I would say the point has been made and taken and there are other things to talk about besides the recurring themes.

But maybe that's the nature of the internet.

 

[Giovanni]

I ordered a Tinker Butterfly from Divers' Den. It arrived in 6 gallons of water, extremely well packed. The water temperature was 71° so I discarded a lot of the shipping water and filled my acclimation box half full of it. The fish was not bothered by my clear measuring cup dipping the excess water out. It went easily into that 4-cup glass measuring cup and went to the acclimation box without panic, as if it knew better things were coming. After my tank water got the temperature up to match its own (76°), and the salinity had been the same all along, I released the fish.

It went casually to the bottom and started picking at the sand. The other fish, curious, came out to investigate. No strong aggression. The other fish wanted food and it was about time for their second meal. I dropped the food in and the newcomer joined the feeding frenzy. No fear, no shyness, just joined in and became one of the gang.

I'm most impressed with the packaging and the quality of the fish from Divers' Den.

Have you noticed it picking at corals?

 

[650-IS350]

Always loved and wanted that butterfly, too bad only have small tank and be to worried to have it in a reef.

There is really no need to quarantine DD fish. They do it for you. Go read about their extensive protocols.

I disagree, a while back before DD got bought by Petco, I bought some cleaner gobies, all of them came in full of Ich and died same day or some a couple days after. Sure they gave me credit but its the trust of healthy fish that's broken.

 

[jmm]

Have you noticed it picking at corals?

It's in a butterfly-only tank. It does, however, pick at the rocks and other things it "imagines" that it sees. This is one greedy fish. I feed three times a day and it wags its tail and comes running whenever it sees me.

I wouldn't trust it in my reef tank. I do, though, have several angels and a long nose butterfly in my reef and they don't bother anything.

 

[Nina51]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=425

thanks!

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Stunning fish. Butterfly fish are now and always have been my favorites

 

[jmicky41]

ROA butterflies are indeed awesome. Mine is 10-12 years old now.