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Originally Posted by naesco
(Post 414498)
It is good to see that you have decided to set up a QT and are recommending it to others.
I have a few other recommendations.
In the ensuing weeks, plan your tank. The regular visit you and your hubby make to the LFS returning with several fish should be a thing of the past.
Avoid difficult to keep species like Achilles tangs. There is a reason that fish like the achilles have been flagged red by most authors and experienced reefers. Sure, a few of them survive but most perish for no apparent reason and take their tank mates with them.
If your are going to start adding fish to your main tank in a couple of months choose a couple of hardy fish and observe them for several weeks. Only than start slowly adding some of the species your are more fond of to ensure that the disease cased by the stress in your previous tank does not resurface.
Best Wishes. I know what you have gone through.
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I have bought a lot of fish over the past few years but never before has it been 4 all in one week.
The achilles (bought on March 29) was a special order my friend got in for me for $150 he ordered in 4 of them (I just couldn't pass it up) mine is the only one not alive. The other 3 he ordered in are all alive and doing great. Not sure it was the achilles's who had the disease as my friend had him in his tank for a few days before we bought it and his tank is fine.
The orange shoulder my boyfriend bought on March 31, he didn't tell me about it, I got home and I found the fish in my tank. The orange shoulder was eating in the store, a store we don't normally buy fish from, and he looked kinda skinny.
The regal angel my boyfriend bought (April 2) from a different LFS. The regal had been in QT at this store for a week, he looked very healthy and was eating. Again I got home and surprise there's a regal angel in my tank. He got it for $80 it was to good of a deal to pass up. Honestly if it had of been me I would of bought him.
The king angel (bought on May 4, who is still alive) my friend picked up for me from a fish store in Calgary, I told him 6-8 months ago if he ever saw a king angel for around $200 not to hesitate buying it for me and that I would pay him back. The king was $220 and he came from a display tank that was set up in the fish store and the owner had her in that tank for a year.
So my guess is that the disease came from either of the tangs or possibly the regal angel. Had I QT those fish before adding them to the display I would not be going through all of this right now :cry:
I'd love to go back in time and change the outcome of things but since I can't, I will share my story (as awful as it is) and pray that others will see this and not make the same mistakes.
At this point we just are hoping the ones we have left survive. After 8 weeks of an empty tank the disease should be gone from the displays, and it should be safe to put whoever's left back in. Not sure if we will be adding more fish. My favorite (king angel, who is very bossy so tank mates might be tricky to add anyways) and Steve's favorite (sohal, who has always been peaceful but has always had a large sailfin to keep him inline) are still alive at this point and those two are the two main fish we have always wanted. As long as they and the others we have left survive I will be happy with what I've got for awhile.
If we do buy anymore fish they will be well thought out ones and they will be QT before being added to the display.
