chickenjohn
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Great pic again Shaun, could you possibly name them when you post a pic? that way any I like the look of I can go to lfs and say I want this.
I don’t name them because most of the time I can’t remember what their called! LolGreat pic again Shaun, could you possibly name them when you post a pic? that way any I like the look of I can go to lfs and say I want this.
That’s because people just say ‘I want that one’ and point at it, don’t you know correct LFS protocol! lolIve noticed at my lfs that the corals aren't named, maybe the odd colony size ones, but the frags are just priced individually with no name.
LOLEven worse for me because of the language. It means the only common name is the Latin one.
As for remembering the names of the corals, jeez, I have trouble remembering if I have put underpants on in the morning !
Lol!C'mon slacker, where are the updates? Have you ordered your mini man shed yet? Have you started drilling holes? Did you drill too deep and have you struck oil?
The big question is just what do you want out of the S-650? Is it going to be a QT tank for the new stuff? I understand you will not be 'treating' the new fish with anything, but just watching them before they go into the DT. My concern here would be catching the bloody things again when you want to transfer them! I can see that being a royal PITA!.....Unless you remove the rocks and corals, which will make catching them a lot easier, plus if need be you can add 'medicinal stuff' if necessary with the new fish. Doing that though transforms it from a nice DT to a rather stark QT? Without the corals in the tank do you really need the Clarisea? Do you really need the MP40's? Remember, most of the stuff we do regarding water quality is more to do with keeping corals than with keeping fish.Lol
Lol!
Just awaiting the tank to be delivered now, I decided not to buy anything else until it arrives which I’m expecting any time now.
I can’t place the plastic shed in position until the tank is in, so no rush for that, but as soon as it’s here I’ll order the shed and the water tanks
What I have thought of though, is that with a drilled hole into the wall behind the S650 I could hook it up into the auto water change system with an additional Apex DOS, and then I’m also getting ideas about a couple of MP40’s and a clarisea Sk3000. This would all make it very easy to maintain and to keep in place.
I’m thinking of leaving it fully set up, apart from taking the fish out, or at least most of themThe big question is just what do you want out of the S-650? Is it going to be a QT tank for the new stuff? I understand you will not be 'treating' the new fish with anything, but just watching them before they go into the DT. My concern here would be catching the bloody things again when you want to transfer them! I can see that being a royal PITA!.....Unless you remove the rocks and corals, which will make catching them a lot easier, plus if need be you can add 'medicinal stuff' if necessary with the new fish. Doing that though transforms it from a nice DT to a rather stark QT? Without the corals in the tank do you really need the Clarisea? Do you really need the MP40's? Remember, most of the stuff we do regarding water quality is more to do with keeping corals than with keeping fish.
I think what I’m going to do is just leave the S650 running, catch as many of the fish as I can, taking into account there territorial behaviour and a new home, and then take frags from it for the new system. It would be very easy to hook it up into the new water change system and amend anything else that’s a pain to maintainHere is something for you to ponder.
If the S-650 is to be used as a QT tank - You will be restricted in adding new livestock in that you'll have to wait for each batch of fish to finish in the QT, transfer them to the DT, before you can add more fish to the QT. I think you're a bit like me and would find this extremely frustrating !
So, I'll throw this out there. What if you sold the S-650 (shock, horror, but hear me out) and replaced with a multi-tank system, a bit like you see in the LFS. A number (say four) of smaller tanks that would make it easier to QT fish beforehand and it would also give you some flexibility with the new fish?
Also, and I hope you never have to do this, would it be possible to use one of the smaller tanks as a hospital tank in the event you have to remove a fish to treat it? Can you isolate one of the smaller tanks? To be honest I don't know.
Just a thought.
I completely agree. If I do anything at all, it will be just monitoring for 4 weeks or so, not treatments. But let’s just say I’m not keen......I will never understand why people qt fish with lots of different medications, it just puts a fish under more stress than is necessary, only treat a fish if it shows signs of a disease and keep one maybe two fish in qt at the same time, I read quite alot of people buying a load of fish to put in qt and find one has got a disease so you then have to treat the whole tank and fish rather than the individual fish.
If a fish is eating well, swims out in the open and looks well and healthy after 6-8 weeks its fine.
Just let the fish be and just keep an eye on it, quarantining fish is simple observation, treat as and when necessary, nothing more nothing less.