Greg's 75g

[Ginu]

+1 to covering fish tanks specially if wrasses are present.

I finally covered my tank a few weeks ago and could not be happier since the boogers jump on regular basis and I only have 3 wrasses (fairy solar, carpenters and cleaner)


Good looking fish you got there Greg.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by zhasan

oh nice addition there Greg! So this brings the count to 4 now?

Unfortunately, we're still at 3 - the teeny little Yellow Coris didn't make it
I'm on the hunt for another

Originally Posted by duncangweller

I love that orange back wrasse. Once I've moved house and got my tank sorted I am going on a wrasse finding mission

It's a monster compared to the others

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Thanks, just thanks

Originally Posted by Ginu

Good looking fish you got there Greg.

Thank you

[zhasan]

oh thats a bummer. Sorry to hear about your loss. I'm sure others will thrive!

[PurpleMonkey]

Sorry to hear about that yellow coris... Other wrasses are looking great... Makes me wanna get one.

[Azzkr]

To bad about the yellow wrasse, You will love the orange back, i have one and it has great character,

[gregzz4]

Thanks for all the wishes everyone

After some deep thinking, I am going to try another tiny little guy, but this time we'll be matching the QT water to him, instead of him being in a bag all day, and then raising his Sg to match my QT

The plan is to drop the QT water on Friday to match his 'Store' Sg, then he will just fit right in

The Coris is coming from Oceanic, and Paul likes to keep his water @ 1.016
This was a surprise for me, and was a problem the first time I received a fish from them
Now that I know what I am dealing with, all is good

Pics to come this weekend

[zhasan]

1.016? isn't that a bit too low? From what I've read all around it should always be b/w 1.022 and 1.024.

Anyway, I'm excited for you! I'm sure this time will be a breeze!

Will you be setting up a new QT tank for this lil fella, considering you got the other three in there for another 5-6 weeks?

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by zhasan

1.016? isn't that a bit too low? From what I've read all around it should always be b/w 1.022 and 1.024.

Anyway, I'm excited for you! I'm sure this time will be a breeze!

Will you be setting up a new QT tank for this lil fella, considering you got the other three in there for another 5-6 weeks?

1.016 is fine for fish.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by zhasan

Will you be setting up a new QT tank for this lil fella?

Nope. He'll go in with the other 3 and then the clock will re-start
I'd rather not QT a single fish as I find they get too stressed

Originally Posted by zhasan

1.016? isn't that a bit too low?

Albert is correct
From what I've read, having lower salinity for new fish is beneficial for them.
They require less energy to expel excess salt ( which SW fish do constantly ). This leaves them with more energy for healing, digesting, etc. They are less stressed so do better.
I wouldn't do it in a DT, but it's good in a QT when they are new


My B-day gift from my Wife arrived today



Seachem still tests 0ppm-ish, and the Hanna tests 0.05
With an error margin of +/- 0.04, it's hard to say for sure but I think my PO4 is under control