Is this velvet?

asylumdown · #1 03-31-2011, 02:04 PM

I stood here this morning watching the tank waiting o=for the lights to come on. The tang still isn't as spunky as normal, but at least it's reacting to my presence. Last night it had that 100 yard stare that fish seem to get before they croak. It's also nibbling at the nori clip.

As soon as the lights came on, the cleaner wrasse wriggled out of a hole in the rock that i didn't even know was there. He must have 'gone to bed' a good 2 hours before the lights went off last night because.

So, I think I was freaking out for nothing!

The Grizz · #2 03-31-2011, 05:31 PM

Did your tank temp get a little high with the nicer weather? Just thinking out loud

asylumdown · #3 03-31-2011, 06:27 PM

It was at 26.5 celsius when the lights shut off. The tank is set to 25, so it's only a little warmer than usual, but thinking about it I think it's the first time my tank has gotten that warm during the day this year. I didn't think anything of it because it hit 26.5 degrees practically every day last summer, but I got the tang in... December? The dead of winter anyway. This would be the first time the tank has gotten that warm while it was in it. *smacks hand to forehead*

hmmm, maybe I'll have to lower my holding temp a couple of degrees so it's a cooler starting point in the morning. In the summer we have the A/C set to 19 or 20 when we're sleeping, so the tank always falls to it's holding temp overnight, and only seems to rise a degree or two above it over the course of the day.