metrokat Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Hold for pickup with Fedex is a NO GO. If you request a specific facility where it should be held.. even if the package is express AM, it will no longer be guaranteed for AM delivery and moved to that specific facility in the afternoon. I ordered from the same vendor and they're holding for me until 1/7. Lesson learned. Holiday cheer shouldn't count on live shipments. I'll hit the bottle tonight for shits and giggles. Or I could just open the bottle of microbe lift and wave it around for shits. The little fishies should be ready for pickup by noon. So hopefully they will be okay only extra traumatized. Just like Mama. 2 Quote Link to comment
MikeTR Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Somethin smells fishy.. or wait.. something just smells. Likely packed with oxygen, they'll be fine. Do not open the bag, float for temp (at least 30 mins) and add to tank. Expect a few not to make it long term, that's life. Lights out today.. all day.. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Somethin smells fishy.. or wait.. something just smells. Likely packed with oxygen, they'll be fine. Do not open the bag, float for temp (at least 30 mins) and add to tank. Expect a few not to make it long term, that's life. Lights out today.. all day.. They need to have a bath in safety stop before I put them in my tank. Quote Link to comment
MikeTR Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 They need to have a bath in safety stop before I put them in my tank. Honestly I'm not sure what that's going to do. Ich is the only thing that's not treatable in a reef tank. Both metro and prazi are reef safe for flukes, internal parasites, bacterial infections. mmm.. ok, i guess it's better than nothing. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 The blue dip is methylene blue I think, which you can't put in the tank. Not sure what the green dip is. Why treat the tank when you can treat before the fish go in the tank Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Just for you Mark, I went and took a whiff of the cat/fish bathroom. It smells like cat. I sniffed the bottle and it did stink. My apartment cleared out of the smell within an hour but that is why I've been contemplating doing the next dose at night, why even hang around for the hour that it stinks. Maybe your bottle had a leak or something. I rinsed the measuring cups in vinegar before putting them away. No smells anywhere except right at the bottle. Yeah, the smell should clear up in a few hours. Deffinitely shouldn't linger for DAYS Quote Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 So what's the deal? You get your fishies? Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 FedEx did not call me when the box arrived, I was tracking it and as soon as I got notified that it was at the hub I went over. I found my babies! Look at the size of the damn box! Temperature acclimation They got a bath in safety stop and in the tank they went. They're really adorable! And big! I expected like tetra sized fish, these guys are big. The clownfish pair are doing their best to break up the school. They're tail slapping the group and stuff. Lights are out so I'm not entirely sure what's going on. The damselfish are being slapped around also. 10 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I say this calls for a video of them swimming around when you turn on the lights! 2 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 More pics when you can!! 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'll do my best and try to use the blur tool to hide the SPS carnage. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I'll do my best and try to use the blur tool to hide the SPS carnage. Embrace the horror... It'll motivate me to talk about my astrina issues. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 Anybody seen Benny? Quote Link to comment
nanoreefnate Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Are those Blue Eye Cardinals in the bags Metro? 1 Quote Link to comment
LongPig Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 What's in the boooox! 3 Quote Link to comment
LynkUK Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Temperature acclimation You need a bigger tank to fit all those bagged goodies in.... 1 Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I feel like this tank has caused you nothing but trouble since you banned Kate Upton gifs on your thread... JUST SAYIN'! 2 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Anybody seen Benny? Today was errand day Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Crappy cellphone Peechurs with no light and dirty glass. Some are beginning to show a yellow color (spots are algae on the glass don't panic) I feel like this tank has caused you nothing but trouble since you banned Kate Upton gifs on your thread... JUST SAYIN'! You need a bigger tank to fit all those bagged goodies in.... What's in the boooox! Fishmas!!! Are those Blue Eye Cardinals in the bags Metro? Yes yes yes!!!! It'll motivate me to talk about my astrina issues. Tell me about the stars. What's going on? Too many? plague like proportions? Eating everything? Got some Harleys? 3 Quote Link to comment
nanoreefnate Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Crappy cellphone Peechurs with no light and dirty glass. Some are beginning to show a yellow color (spots are algae on the glass don't panic) Yes yes yes!!!! omgomgomg !!! Yaaay! Dang though you have 6 more than me! lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Tell me about the stars. What's going on? Too many? plague like proportions? Eating everything? Got some Harleys? There was a population explosion over the summer whilst I was traipsing around the southern side of the state and the TS was doing bare minimum in terms of tank maintenance. At that time he was only feeding pellet foods once every 2-3 days (much less than I usually feed). My calupera must have sucked all the algae's nutrients out of the tank because it died off last month. The TS NEVER scraped the glass and after a month there would be about half as much on the glass as you just pictured. I think this is why they turned to the coral as a food source. Usually I just pull the lil goobers when I see them but there are more than I can contend with ATM. Trying to source a Harlequin that I can "rent" for a month or so to help but the LFSs are not super cooperative in this respect. They seem to target about half the colonies across the gambit of coral types. They started on select zoa colonies moved to the SPS and are now munching thru LPS as well. Really bad pics By the time I got the lights on and phone out it had moved off the the bleached spot to the left. http://s75.photobucket.com/user/g12052/media/40%20B/20141217_041850_zpsaq71cpqm.jpg.html'> They dance around the healthy edge of the favia just chewing through it. http://s75.photobucket.com/user/g12052/media/40%20B/20141217_041608_zpsxuke51dh.jpg.html'> Bah! it's infuriating! Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Those cardinals look smaller in a bigger tank. I lost one today, stuck on the MP40, so now down to 5. They were all fine yesterday, and have been in the tank for months. I hate mystery deaths. Must be the flu. Or I could just open the bottle of microbe lift and wave it around for shits. Just wanted to let you know I did not miss the humor. 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 There was a population explosion over the summer whilst I was traipsing around the southern side of the state and the TS was doing bare minimum in terms of tank maintenance. At that time he was only feeding pellet foods once every 2-3 days (much less than I usually feed). My calupera must have sucked all the algae's nutrients out of the tank because it died off last month. The TS NEVER scraped the glass and after a month there would be about half as much on the glass as you just pictured. I think this is why they turned to the coral as a food source. Usually I just pull the lil goobers when I see them but there are more than I can contend with ATM. Trying to source a Harlequin that I can "rent" for a month or so to help but the LFSs are not super cooperative in this respect. They seem to target about half the colonies across the gambit of coral types. They started on select zoa colonies moved to the SPS and are now munching thru LPS as well. Really bad pics By the time I got the lights on and phone out it had moved off the the bleached spot to the left. They dance around the healthy edge of the favia just chewing through it. Bah! it's infuriating! Jedimaster1138 has the same exact thing happen to him. He could count hundreds os asternias on his SPS. Those cardinals look smaller in a bigger tank. I lost one today, stuck on the MP40, so now down to 5. They were all fine yesterday, and have been in the tank for months. I hate mystery deaths. Must be the flu. Just wanted to let you know I did not miss the humor. omgomgomg !!! Yaaay! Dang though you have 6 more than me! lol I hope they survive. Imma name one of them Fed, the other Ex. 1 Quote Link to comment
MikeTR Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Totally disagree with your asterina issue.. the fact that you see them on the edges is where the tissue is dying and receding.. why would they be particular otherwise and just be on the edges? Would they not just pick a spot on the coral and go to town if they were truly eating healthy flesh? If they are munching on your zoas, then the zoas have a fungus or a film of algae growing on them, or could be a bacterial infection. When I had zoa pox outbreak, they attacked the infected ones. My colonies were covered with hundreds of them. Only the healthy polyps remained which ended up saving them. Merry Fishmas Kat! Glad everyone made it home safe. 2 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Merry Fishmas Kat! Glad everyone made it home safe. Quote Link to comment
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