Tonight's the night!!

[Keri]

My false perc's have been in QT for 4 weeks waiting patiently to go into the 65....they're dripping right now.... sooo excited!! (Yeah, my Friday night highlight LOL) :smilecol:

[Zylumn]

Well done on QTing pics would be great
Kevin

[Keri]

In the 4 weeks I've had them I can NOT take a better picture than 2 orange blurs!! They just don't photograph well! Oh well...they looked happy in the moonlights this morning before I left for work :)

[Keri]

Ok! I got a shot, not a great one, but you get the idea!
http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii254/Keri1980/clownsnewhome1.jpg

[ElGuappo]

Is this your QT tank?

[Zylumn]

Nice pic the clowns look great! keep us posted on their progress.
Kevin

[Keri]

Is this your QT tank?

Nooo... :) This is the 65 they are in now :) the QT is just an 8 gal biocube with sand and some macroalgae.

Nice pic the clowns look great! keep us posted on their progress.
Kevin

I keep looking them over, hoping NOT to see ANY patches of white or anything weird! I worry because the larger one had a wound on her side when I first got her (him/her....whatever, it will be Her) that healed beautifully within 2 days of being in my QT tank - I think she had been bitten by a larger fish in the tank she was in at the LFS - and she was always very skinny but she's starting to fill out now. I've been feeding mysis and formula1 pellets with brine as a treat but next time I go to Town I'd like to pick up a frozen "more complete" formula. Any recommendations?

[ElGuappo]

Cool i thought it looked a LITTE nice for a QT tank. way to go nice work. do keep this tank (QT) up and running full time?

[Zylumn]

I have a hard time getting my fish to take formula 1. I personally try to change up what I feed every second day and every 2 weeks I add this to my food.
http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/store_pages/product-info.php?product_ID=fd-sel60
I use selcon every time when QT ing. It seems to work for me.
Kevin

[fishmaster]

Nooo... :) This is the 65 they are in now :) the QT is just an 8 gal biocube with sand and some macroalgae.



I keep looking them over, hoping NOT to see ANY patches of white or anything weird! I worry because the larger one had a wound on her side when I first got her (him/her....whatever, it will be Her) that healed beautifully within 2 days of being in my QT tank - I think she had been bitten by a larger fish in the tank she was in at the LFS - and she was always very skinny but she's starting to fill out now. I've been feeding mysis and formula1 pellets with brine as a treat but next time I go to Town I'd like to pick up a frozen "more complete" formula. Any recommendations?

Try adding frozen cyclopeze to the mix. Mine love it. I have been feeding mine Formula 1, mysis for almost a year. I added frozen cyclopeze to the mix about 6 months ago & they started spawning soon after. They are very healthy and spawn every few weeks. They also get bits of squid and prawn when I feed their host & the female eats nori from time to time. The only change I plan to make is to go from Formula 1 to New Life Spectrum.

[ElGuappo]

my True perks like the new life spectrum 1mm pellets quite abit. so does my rusty angel and chromis, my jawfishwill occasionally eat one. my tobbacco bass however wont touch them, im thinking of trying the finiky fish version. my hermits and shrimp really like it aswell.

i use the cyclopeese 2 times a week for my coral, but if i put a frozen chunk in the clowns do eat it quite fast.

i tried the marine mixed formula but I didnt like it because none of the fish would touch the plankton but otherwise good product.

[Sebae again]

Your tank looks great! Is the purple stuff in the upper left a type of algae? I cant keep anything in my tank like that because my tang eats any that looks nice.

[dsaundry]

Nice looking tank Keri..Love those zoo's. The clowns look very happy but they can be a bugger to get to stay still for a photo..:lol: :lol:

[Keri]

Hey thanks for all the great suggestions everybody! I was looking at that cyclopeeze stuff last time I was in town, I think I'll pick some up as well as some other formulas :)
The purple algae is really intense, but I'm kind of wishing thast I had something like a tang to eat it, I pull quite a bit out quite frequently....tho I do love the colour! I think my tank is too small for a tang but maybe a LMB might eat it? *shrug* worth a try.... or maybe there is something else out there with ther tang's appetite but not it's size...I'll have to do some research!
I keep the 8 gal QT running all the time because my tank isn't fully stocked yet....in the future I will likely keep it up as well as it's not much trouble to maintain at that size.... just for corals I guess, ideally I'd like to QT EVERYTHING that goes into the DT because we've put a hell of a lot of time and ka-ching into it, I'd be really sad if I wiped everthing out with a parasite or something.

[sharuq1]

Loving those zoas! <3

[drewthenoob]

Loving those zoas! <3

Thanks!! Me too!:biggrin:

Edit: Ooops,sorry, this is Keri, I'm on Drew's 'puter lol