I setup a custom predator reef tank a few months ago, and have been hoping for a Rhinopias of some kind since then.
On Saturday, I got lucky, and my LFS had one that looked good and had just come in the day before. They go fast when they have them, and they were running a sale, so I pulled the trigger because it looked healthy.
After reading the great advice here and here and here, I do have two concerns that I hope @lion king or others could help me with.
(This may be a color thing? After a couple hours it seems to have eaten the black molly. White/gold still wandering around).
I ran out and grabbed a single Chromis and single Blue Damsel. I tried the Chromis, and it went after it immediately, though could never catch it in the 10gal QT. Eventually I removed it, and I'll try again later.
It does seem to have a feeding response, but only for things it recognizes. Any advice on getting them to at least eat mollies?
My concern is this:
@lion king any advice on gently treating for internal parasites? I have many of the common meds, other than Chloroquine Phosphate. (Metro, Kanaplex, Sulfaplex, Neoplex, GC, PraziPro, Copper, etc).
Video of it trying (and missing) to eat a Chromis. It's surprisingly bad at hunting right now, but cool to watch it waddle towards things.
On Saturday, I got lucky, and my LFS had one that looked good and had just come in the day before. They go fast when they have them, and they were running a sale, so I pulled the trigger because it looked healthy.
After reading the great advice here and here and here, I do have two concerns that I hope @lion king or others could help me with.
Feeding
So far (2 days) it seems to not recognize mollies as food, or ghost shrimp, or guppies. They are literally cuddling up to the Rhinopias and it didn't seem to look at them.(This may be a color thing? After a couple hours it seems to have eaten the black molly. White/gold still wandering around).
I ran out and grabbed a single Chromis and single Blue Damsel. I tried the Chromis, and it went after it immediately, though could never catch it in the 10gal QT. Eventually I removed it, and I'll try again later.
It does seem to have a feeding response, but only for things it recognizes. Any advice on getting them to at least eat mollies?
Disease and Treatment
It has already shed once in the 36 hours I've had it. It has a minor blister on it's chin from transportation to the LFS, but otherwise looks very good. I have not treated for anything yet.My concern is this:
It definitely has plastic-looking poo that showed up this morning.Look around the tank for what may appear as shredded white plastic, this is stringy poo from internal parasites.
@lion king any advice on gently treating for internal parasites? I have many of the common meds, other than Chloroquine Phosphate. (Metro, Kanaplex, Sulfaplex, Neoplex, GC, PraziPro, Copper, etc).
Video of it trying (and missing) to eat a Chromis. It's surprisingly bad at hunting right now, but cool to watch it waddle towards things.