Halo_003 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Been trying to get the clowns to eat pellets these past few days. They are quick to grab the pellets, but they don't swallow them. I wonder if the pellets are too large... Either way, there are plenty of cerith eggs for them to eat, but they don't go near them. Try crushing them up, something as simple as the side of a knife would work just fine. That's what I had to do to get my clown eating pellets. Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Try crushing them up, something as simple as the side of a knife would work just fine. That's what I had to do to get my clown eating pellets. That definitely seemed to help. They didn't eat everything, so maybe they just aren't hungry. Maybe I'll try mysis or seaweed? Here are some new FTS and a top down pic of the only coral (for now). Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 A snail decided to take a trip up through the filter intake tube. Was about to fall asleep and heard a bunch of gurgling and bubbles. Gotta be kidding me... Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Got some nice acans yesterday. Hard to get a good picture of them, but they are bright blue and orange with a little yellow near the mouths. Tentacles have been out a lot so I fed them some pellets and they devoured it. Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Got some nice acans yesterday. Hard to get a good picture of them, but they are bright blue and orange with a little yellow near the mouths. Tentacles have been out a lot so I fed them some pellets and they devoured it. lol picssss Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 lol picssss Best I can get. The camera makes it look blue and green, but it really is blue and orange. Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Best I can get. The camera makes it look blue and green, but it really is blue and orange. still looks like a healthy nice piece man! Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Yea. Lots of little heads around the bottom, too. Should be a quick grower. Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Clowns have been eating like pigs this week. I had a suicidal nerite snail last night. Woke up to a trail of dried saltwater going down the tank and stand and found the snail on the floor not far from the tank. Must have crawled through the top of the egg crate. Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 Well this came out of nowhere. I came home today and noticed my clowns appear to have ich. They were perfectly fine yesterday. They have been eating fine, including today. They don't show any signs of stress. They swim around the tank normally. Salinity is 1.025, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 0 nitrates (API testkit, so not sure how accurate). But my pH has always been low - between 7.9 and 8.0. I'm thinking this may be the cause. Now when I say the clowns "appear" to have ich, it is because I'm not entirely positive. It might also be velvet. It's only visible if I look very closely. My phone camera doesn't even pick it up. It is on most of their bodies, though. I don't know what to do yet, and I am still very busy with finals all this week. Talk about bad timing. Link to comment
vision Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 what a bummer, i hope your clowns are okay. good luck with your finals! Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 Thanks! I'm doing a water change tomorrow (been doing them once a week). Going to see what happens I guess since I really don't have the time right now to do any sort of treatment. Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 I'm still coming up with a plan. My friend had a 5 gallon tank laying around so she gave me that and a small HOB filter she had. I already have a spare powerhead and heater that I use to make my own saltwater, so I could set this up as a hospital tank. I fly home next Tuesday for about 9 days. I'm thinking I can set this up, let it cycle while I'm away, and hope the fish are still alive by the time I get back and start treatment. Only thing I don't have is a light. Is a light absolutely necessary? Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I'm still coming up with a plan. My friend had a 5 gallon tank laying around so she gave me that and a small HOB filter she had. I already have a spare powerhead and heater that I use to make my own saltwater, so I could set this up as a hospital tank. I fly home next Tuesday for about 9 days. I'm thinking I can set this up, let it cycle while I'm away, and hope the fish are still alive by the time I get back and start treatment. Only thing I don't have is a light. Is a light absolutely necessary? i don't have a light on mine, I just have an AC50 with filter floss, rock and heater Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Light is optional for a fish only tank, don't worry about it. Hope they're okay! Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted May 8, 2016 Author Share Posted May 8, 2016 They're still showing no signs of stress. But I've never seen a fish with ich in person before, so it's hard to tell. Hang in there, little buddies. Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 They're still showing no signs of stress. But I've never seen a fish with ich in person before, so it's hard to tell. Hang in there, little buddies. just keep them well fed and hope for the best! You never know they might pull through Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted May 9, 2016 Author Share Posted May 9, 2016 Both clowns ate twice today, but one of them appears to have taken a turn for the worse. Swimming lazily and starting to float sideways. Not looking good right now Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Things are looking much better. Both clowns are looking considerably healthier. The white spots have almost gone away. There are still some spots, but compared to what they looked like this past weekend, they are looking much better. Very strange. And in other news, I took my last final exam today. 1L year is complete! Link to comment
Cencalfishguy56 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Things are looking much better. Both clowns are looking considerably healthier. The white spots have almost gone away. There are still some spots, but compared to what they looked like this past weekend, they are looking much better. Very strange. And in other news, I took my last final exam today. 1L year is complete! did you do any treatments or just feed them? Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 did you do any treatments or just feed them? Just feeding pellets twice a day. Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted May 15, 2016 Author Share Posted May 15, 2016 Woke up this morning to find 1 of the clowns dead It was looking pretty rough these past few days. It's tail fin appeared to be ripped and each day it got worse. The other clown is heavily covered in ich and is hiding in the rocks. Not looking too good. It may be for the best, though. Just run the tank fallow for a few months and let the ich die out. In other news, I have a pod outburst. Hundreds of them are all over the glass. Link to comment
Sharbuckle Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Sorry for your loss Dylan. Hope you can get rid of the ich nice and quick. Link to comment
J-Ranko Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Sorry about the clowns. Seems we've had a string bad luck with fish in this forum recently. Link to comment
Dylan.N Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 Other clown passed overnight. Poor little guys. DAMN YOU ICH. Now I guess I'll run the tank fallow for a few months and hopefully it all dies out. This was my first fish disease/parasite experience, and I am definitely going to run a QT from now on. Link to comment
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