wild True Perc Juvenile
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grinner30
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Well the perc is not looking good this morning. Swimming in ti the current, not swimming well and the fins were cloudy white. I could not get a good idea whether fish had white spots as it is so faded.
I performed a freshwater dip. I thought it was going to die so it was only in the dip for about 1.5 minutes. I match the pH and water temp before performing the dip. I will get a 10 gallon tank today to make a QT tank.
I have a 30 g tank. Is that too big for a QT tank?
I performed a freshwater dip. I thought it was going to die so it was only in the dip for about 1.5 minutes. I match the pH and water temp before performing the dip. I will get a 10 gallon tank today to make a QT tank.
I have a 30 g tank. Is that too big for a QT tank?
grinner30
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I got the QT tank going and I am trying Instant Ocean Life Guard. Kind of grasping for straws as no one near here carries formalin. The perc is looking better and not so listless. I noticed that the area under the scales around the gills has turned a darker color of red. Not sure if this is due to the paleness of the fish.
5 more days on this treatment. Never thought I would be a worried parent about a fish. :hmm4:
5 more days on this treatment. Never thought I would be a worried parent about a fish. :hmm4:
WaffleWalffle22
Zoa Extreemist
I've had totally opposite experiences with wild caught clowns. My pair of black ocellaris have been together for 2 years now and they have been in my tanks for 18 months. They love food and they've never been sick. My juvenile SI True Percs never fight. I got them when they were about 1/3" each. They were labled as ORA ocellaris, but soon the female become 1" and the male grew to about 1/2". Then the male turned completely black except for the white stripes and an orange chest and the female looks like an onyx with way more black. They're obviously wild because when I put a GBTA in, they dove right into it.
grinner30
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Well this thread is at an end. The perc passed during the night. I just think that whole batch of juveniles had something bad. 4 died I had and every time I went into the LFS there was another dead.
I tried. The Yellow Tang, Royal Gramma, paired Firefish and one green chromis still are doing extremely well. Even the Bleached LTA is loving my tank.
Not sure what to think. Chalk that one up to learning. Also talked to another of the LFS personnel and he assured me they were not wild. Go figure.
I tried. The Yellow Tang, Royal Gramma, paired Firefish and one green chromis still are doing extremely well. Even the Bleached LTA is loving my tank.
Not sure what to think. Chalk that one up to learning. Also talked to another of the LFS personnel and he assured me they were not wild. Go figure.
cherubfish pair
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Sorry about your losses.
At least you tried and learned something in the process. I lost my first two clowns to brook. 2 tangs to ich. It suck when you loose a fish. I just lost a clown a week or two ago to something. Was fine one day, dead the next.
Its also nice to save something. I was able to get a purple tang for 25 bucks with a good case of lateral line disease. Or i think its called hlle. He is just about healed up with a proper diet and good water. He has some scars but still a success to me and a nice looking fish.
Its also nice to save something. I was able to get a purple tang for 25 bucks with a good case of lateral line disease. Or i think its called hlle. He is just about healed up with a proper diet and good water. He has some scars but still a success to me and a nice looking fish.
gia3161
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good luck with this baby. how is he going?
i have a baby clown at the moment. i work at my LFS and help to unpack the boxes of new stock.over a month ago a nem came in and still had a tiny tiny clown inside, got collected by accident. it was at the shop for a couple of weeks while in the mean time i set up a second tank to house him in in my room. this clown is doing great and has been eating very well, every time i feed him! i feed cyclopeez and baby brine. my question is that this baby only has two bars, the first two( missing the one closest to his tail). As previous posts have mentioned, finding a mis-bar wild caught specimen is extremely rare...could this be what i have? or is this clown too young to have fully developed his last bar? i will try to post a pic tomorrow. He is about 1.5 to 2cm long ( approx 0.7 inches long) thanks so much!
i have a baby clown at the moment. i work at my LFS and help to unpack the boxes of new stock.over a month ago a nem came in and still had a tiny tiny clown inside, got collected by accident. it was at the shop for a couple of weeks while in the mean time i set up a second tank to house him in in my room. this clown is doing great and has been eating very well, every time i feed him! i feed cyclopeez and baby brine. my question is that this baby only has two bars, the first two( missing the one closest to his tail). As previous posts have mentioned, finding a mis-bar wild caught specimen is extremely rare...could this be what i have? or is this clown too young to have fully developed his last bar? i will try to post a pic tomorrow. He is about 1.5 to 2cm long ( approx 0.7 inches long) thanks so much!
dalilgriffith
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My advice is this:
Go to you LFS, ask them what their salinity is in their tanks. If they say 1.018-1.021, find. Set your QT up at that salinity. Once you introduce fish into the QT tank, begin to lower it SLOWLY. 1.014 is where the bacteria begin to stop working. You can go down safely to 1.009. I've done it. You just need to keep a bottle of amquel on hand and test parameters twice a day. After four weeks, raise the salinity slowly. Once you have the salinity at the range you need, monitor the fish for another 4 weeks. CLOSELY. Any white and its back to the 1.009. Keep in mind, that Ich has stages and catching it at the right stage, it can be cured within 4 weeks. But your conservative estimate is 8-10 weeks. If you have this time, do it. I usually do two weeks at .009, then 2 at .014, 2 at 1.018 etc. That seems to work best for me.
Number 1 rule of WC and CB fish: QT them like theirs no tomorrow
Go to you LFS, ask them what their salinity is in their tanks. If they say 1.018-1.021, find. Set your QT up at that salinity. Once you introduce fish into the QT tank, begin to lower it SLOWLY. 1.014 is where the bacteria begin to stop working. You can go down safely to 1.009. I've done it. You just need to keep a bottle of amquel on hand and test parameters twice a day. After four weeks, raise the salinity slowly. Once you have the salinity at the range you need, monitor the fish for another 4 weeks. CLOSELY. Any white and its back to the 1.009. Keep in mind, that Ich has stages and catching it at the right stage, it can be cured within 4 weeks. But your conservative estimate is 8-10 weeks. If you have this time, do it. I usually do two weeks at .009, then 2 at .014, 2 at 1.018 etc. That seems to work best for me.
Number 1 rule of WC and CB fish: QT them like theirs no tomorrow
