Losing fish now

Aquattro · #1 12-13-2012, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by paddyob

Confidence and trust gone.

Sorry, but you just can't have confidence or trust of anyone that tries to tell you a fish is fine. It just came out of the ocean days ago. This is exactly what I did and lost 12 fish. i will NOT add another fish to my tank that has not, at a minimum, gone into QT for observation for 6 weeks. Any sign of anything, it gets medicated. Tough way to learn the lesson, I really hate seeing these threads when so much has been posted just like it in the past.
Hopefully you develop a plan and rebuild. Crappy, I know..

paddyob · #2 12-13-2012, 03:20 AM

Stressed. Seriously stressed.

Aquattro · #3 12-13-2012, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by paddyob

Stressed. Seriously stressed.

Been there, it sucks.

paddyob · #4 12-13-2012, 04:24 AM

Even in the net the neon wants to clean the tang. You can see the white patch under the neon.

foxfishfan · #5 12-13-2012, 02:48 PM

It's tough to keep a quarantine tank running indefinitely but you almost have to. When I used copper to save almost all my fish, I had to remove my 2 anemones to a 'quarantine tank' started on the fly and they died. I always keep a bottle around because when it's something quick and spreads, you have to treat the entire tank to save the remaining fish. Try to have a good xmas Paddy.

Aquattro · #6 12-13-2012, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by foxfishfan

It's tough to keep a quarantine tank running indefinitely but you almost have to..

Not so. As long as you keep a large foam block sitting in your sump to culture bacteria, you can set up a new QT in minutes, adding the foam to an external filter. I have an observation tank with a large foam filter block, and a dry 20g in case I have to treat. I can fill the 20, add a large aquaclear and I'm good to go.

kien · #7 12-13-2012, 02:59 PM

I float half a dozen dish washing pads in my sump for this exact reason. If I have to take any out to place in my QT/hospital tank I just replace them with new ones and throw out the ones in the QT that probably have meds. Has worked great for year.

Aquattro · #8 12-13-2012, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kien

I float half a dozen dish washing pads in my sump for this exact reason. .

Great for pod culturing too

I used to hide some in my rockwork instead of rubble for pods to hide in.