SubZero Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 I have been keeping a reef tank now for over two years. Since my first was an eclipse 6, I only kept a few corals and some inverts. Now that my cycle is over, I got my first saltwater fish... I know they aren't unique, but they are colorful and fun to watch, so take a look at Ben and Jerry (Jeri maybe???) Link to comment
snostorm Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 Beautiful pair of fasle percs. I have 2 and absolutely love them. I have grown very attached to mine they eat out of my hand. In my tank its all about my pair of clowns. Link to comment
SubZero Posted October 25, 2004 Author Share Posted October 25, 2004 Well I should turn in my Nano badge and go back fish keeping 101... I picked up my fish yesterday and took my time acclimating them. My water parameters all checked out fine before I put them in. I acclimated them by floating the bag in the sump long enough to equalize the temperature, then I drip acclimated them for about two hours or so...I was pretty certain that the volume of water from my tank completely replaced the LFS water. Then I let them loose in the tank. About an hour after I let them loose in the tank I checked on them and they appeared to be happy as could be. They took to my candycane as you can see in the photo. I got up this AM and there was one left alive, almost stuck on the strainer to my bulkhead's overflow. It was covered in white stuff, but I am thinking that was his slime coat because he was stressed. When I put him in my hospital tank all he did was swim on his side and in loops then died a short time later. The other is at the bottom of my tank...out of reach being eaten by bristle worms, my hermits and nassarius snails. I imagine that by the time I get home from work there won't be much of a corpse left. Needless to say, I went back to my LFS. In the tank that I got my clowns from they lost like 6 or 7 overnight too. I don't feel so bad now... BUT, I am not sure when or if I am putting fish back in my tank. :*( Mark Link to comment
Withers Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 that sucks really bad sounds like it was just a poor shipment, it could have gotten delayed, although i would think that any respectable person working there would have let you know that. hopefully they didn't have any parasites. Link to comment
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