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[steved350]

Will I finally got my hands on a small Achilles Tang. Thanks FJW. He seems to be doing well. Eating mysis and trying to get him to eat nori. He will stay in copper for two weeks thenPrazipro any suggestions to get him to eat better. He’s only been in QT for a day. I guess patience is key.

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[Ostentum]

Mine only eats algae strips and picks at the rocks. Had him for about 3 months and he is fat and healthy wish he would eat flake and frozen

 

[steved350]

Good idea. I’ll cut the nori into strips.


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[RR-MAN]

Good luck with it Steve. Fingers crossed.

ADG has one for 4 yrs and the owner wants $350. I think a pretty good deal since fish is healthy.

 

[steved350]

Agreed considering the price now days


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[steved350]

I’d pay it


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[malira]

Good idea. I’ll cut the nori into strips.


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I have and have had foxfaces that will not eat plain mysis or brine but will eat mysis and/or brine with spirulina. San Francisco Bay and Hakari make them in frozen cubes.

 

[frankc]

Patience is good. I've had tangs and a foxface that would not go near the nori at first, but after trying every few days for a week or 2 they got the idea.

 

[steved350]

He’s picking at it every once in a while. Not super interested in it or mysis. I’m sure the copper is surprising his appetite. I have a small purple tang in there with him that I saw eat like a pig at the store and he’s acting the same way.


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[reefling]

Nothing good happens fast in a reef. Nice find Steve.

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[steved350]

Ammonia has shown up in both of my QT tanks. I did a small water change but was wondering if I can use prime to reduce it along with the water changes?


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[FarmerTy]

Ammonia has shown up in both of my QT tanks. I did a small water change but was wondering if I can use prime to reduce it along with the water changes?


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I have used prime in my QTs with no issues before. I used it with no medication dosed though.

 

[Fish Keeper82]

I throw in some of the bacteria in a bottle(I use Seachem Stability) like setting up a new tank and never had any issues with ammonia in QT.

 

[FarmerTy]

I throw in some of the bacteria in a bottle(I use Seachem Stability) like setting up a new tank and never had any issues with ammonia in QT.

I always float some sponges in my sump and whenever its QT time, transfer them over to the QT. When in a pickle, I'll do as fishkeeper and put some bacteria in a bottle in there with a sponge filter a day prior to adding the fish.

 

[webster1234]

Depending on the type of copper you are using, DON'T use prime with copper. It can reduce many copper medications to a form that is toxic to fish. Your only option is to do larger water changes, or a sponge filter seeded with bacteria.

Or use CP, then you can use prime to lock up the ammonia for a few days. You should still be feeding sparsely and doing 50% water changes any time you see some green on the test kit. I wouldn't worry about feeding anything other than the bare minimum to keep them alive while in QT. Any more will just pollute the water and make you have to do more water changes. And feeding nori in a small qt will drive your PO4 through the roof. You can fatten them up once you get them into the DT. Just try to keep them alive to weather the medication for now. That may sound harsh but more people lose fish in QT due to ammonia issues than anything else.

 

[Tangs]

I feed my Tangs Tetra Colour and dried out sea weed. I purchase the sea weed at a grocery store and comes in a sack.

 

[Cody]

I always float some sponges in my sump and whenever its QT time, transfer them over to the QT. When in a pickle, I'll do as fishkeeper and put some bacteria in a bottle in there with a sponge filter a day prior to adding the fish.

Are we talking cleaning sponges or real live sponges?

 

[FarmerTy]

Are we talking cleaning sponges or real live sponges?

Like the black sponges people often use in sumps to cover pump intakes or in between baffles.

 

[Cody]

Like the black sponges people often use in sumps to cover pump intakes or in between baffles.

Ah ok. Not a bad idea. I was thinking about using some smaller rocks for the same purpose, but I guess that's a much cheaper option.

 

[FarmerTy]

Ah ok. Not a bad idea. I was thinking about using some smaller rocks for the same purpose, but I guess that's a much cheaper option.

If you use medication in the QT, the rocks can absorb the medication causing the effective concentration to possibly be lower than treatment levels should be. This could be an issue where the copper level or chloroquine phosphate level is below treatment concentration.

The sponges will allow for some nitrification but will not absorb a ton of the medication like the live rocks can which makes them a slightly better option for a QT setup.