Time to stock! Some questions...

Buddyboy · #1 05-31-2006, 07:12 PM

Does my stocking order sound reasonable?

OCDP · #2 05-31-2006, 07:30 PM

Yes it sounds fine.. just go slow. I would do fish first, invert last. That's me though. Put in the least agressive and territorial fish first. Then go from there.

Buddyboy · #3 05-31-2006, 08:30 PM

Also, do you quarantine your new fish? I don't have a quarantine tank (boooo hissss) so a freshwater dip will have to do. Do you suggest just using pH adjusted purified water for the dip, or do you suggest adding something else into the dip water ie methylene blue, etc? Any experiences? Thanks

Beverly · #4 05-31-2006, 09:45 PM

A 38g tank is too small for a dwarf angel.

mark · #5 05-31-2006, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddyboy

Also, do you quarantine your new fish? I don't have a quarantine tank (boooo hissss) so a freshwater dip will have to do. Do you suggest just using pH adjusted purified water for the dip, or do you suggest adding something else into the dip water ie methylene blue, etc? Any experiences? Thanks

Ideally but probably most don't. But a used 10g and a cheap power filter is what 30 bucks.

Anyway about dips, lots here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dips_baths.htm

Buddyboy · #6 05-31-2006, 10:06 PM

Too small for a cherub angel? Don't they top out at 3" inches in length? I know they are active fish though...

Beverly · #7 05-31-2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddyboy

Too small for a cherub angel? Don't they top out at 3" inches in length? I know they are active fish though...

It's going to be a judgement call on your part whether you put a pygmy angel in a 38g, especially when the dimensions of the tank are not available to us. If the tank is 3' long, I'd say you were on the borderline of too small. If the tank is less than 3', I personally wouldn't put a pygmy in there. JMHO, though.

danny zubot · #8 05-31-2006, 10:47 PM

What about Samw tank? He has angel(s) in it.