What to do with my new triggerfish???!!

[marie]

I personally would put the trigger in a new quarantine tank. If you put him in with the hippo and clown, that means extending the hippo and clowns treatment an extra few weeks.....

[daniella3d]

Yes that's what I was upset about, having to put my hippo for another 4 weeks QT.

Can I safely put my trigger in the 1.024 salinity? I don,t have another tank available, just these 2 wich both have independant system. There is no fish in the 1.024 tank, but there are some coral. I could lower the salinity a bit maybe around 1.021 or 1.022? and then acclimate the trigger to this from 1.017? That would be around .04 to 0.05 points, is that ok?

Originally Posted by marie

I personally would put the trigger in a new quarantine tank. If you put him in with the hippo and clown, that means extending the hippo and clowns treatment an extra few weeks.....

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Yes that's what I was upset about, having to put my hippo for another 4 weeks QT.

Can I safely put my trigger in the 1.024 salinity? I don,t have another tank available, just these 2 wich both have independant system. There is no fish in the 1.024 tank, but there are some coral. I could lower the salinity a bit maybe around 1.021 or 1.022? and then acclimate the trigger to this from 1.017? That would be around .04 to 0.05 points, is that ok?

i think its your best call if you have no other options slightly lower one and slightly raise the other and acclimate him to it slowly and see if hes good just keep an eye on him/her

[Lance]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Can I safely put my trigger in the 1.024 salinity? I don,t have another tank available, just these 2 wich both have independant system. There is no fish in the 1.024 tank, but there are some coral. I could lower the salinity a bit maybe around 1.021 or 1.022? and then acclimate the trigger to this from 1.017? That would be around .04 to 0.05 points, is that ok?

Acclimate him slowly. Remember, it's much harder on the fish to go from lower to higher salinity than vice versa.

[daniella3d]

Yes I know. now the tank is at 1.022, so that would be 0.05 point. but how slowly? 3 hours? 4 hours? more? After 2 hours the salinity in the bag is now at 1.020.

Originally Posted by Lance

Acclimate him slowly. Remember, it's much harder on the fish to go from lower to higher salinity than vice versa.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by marie

I personally would put the trigger in a new quarantine tank. If you put him in with the hippo and clown, that means extending the hippo and clowns treatment an extra few weeks.....

So Marie. What you're saying is: You" Figure the Trigger" should stay away from the "Hippo in Hypo"?

OMG! Way too much candy last night! Sugar High!

[marie]

Originally Posted by Lance

So Marie. What you're saying is: You" Figure the Trigger" should stay away from the "Hippo in Hypo"?

OMG! Way too much candy last night! Sugar High!

Ummmm ok........yes that is exactly what I meant

[daniella3d]

Ok now the fish is in the aquarium and wow, he's got some appetite! I feed it with a pipette and he wants to eat the pipette as well, lol

I guess he's ok with the acclimation with that sort of appetite. I gave him frozen mysis and he ate a full cube. Cute fish, very deep blue.

[Lance]

Yay! Enjoy him. Triggers are lots of fun.

[daniella3d]

They seem to be quite tame, almost like a pet.

Originally Posted by Lance

Yay! Enjoy him. Triggers are lots of fun.