Sharkbait’s 40 Breeder Upgrade

[Sharkbait19]

What does your QT routine look like?

30 days in copper, 2 rounds of prazi pro 7-9 days each. If the fish accepts pellets, I try to throw in some NLS Hexshield. Usually the fish seem fine on day one, but it’s best to treat them like they are sick before they enter the main system.

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

30 days in copper, 2 rounds of prazi pro 7-9 days each. If the fish accepts pellets, I try to throw in some NLS Hexshield. Usually the fish seem fine on day one, but it’s best to treat them like they are sick before they enter the main system.

Haven't heard of hexshield before. Have always fed Thera-A though! Have fed it exclusively with intermittent frozen foods to my pair of clowns and they are 13 years old now.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Haven't heard of hexshield before. Have always fed Thera-A though! Have fed it exclusively with intermittent frozen foods to my pair of clowns and they are 13 years old now.

They don’t make it anymore, but I had some leftover from a while ago. It’s good as an antiparasitic (not sure how well it actually works though).
Good job on the clowns - I hope mine make it that long!

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

They don’t make it anymore, but I had some leftover from a while ago. It’s good as an antiparasitic (not sure how well it actually works though).
Good job on the clowns - I hope mine make it that long!

Sounds like a similar concept as their Thera-A line then. Helps boost the immune systems of the fish.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Well, after a failed attempt at giving Luxo and Sharkbait a tankmate in the 13.5, the 40 Breeder has received the unexpected addition of a molly!

While the goal in the 13.5 was always to try something cheap enough to not break the bank if things went sideways, I couldn’t help but feel bad if Luxo decided to kill the molly, a scenario that was seeming more likely with each split fin that appeared.

 

[Sharkbait19]

The Molly died.
It stinks because I thought I did a good job acclimating him, and he seemed to be well adjusted to the environment. My guess it that either he did worse than I thought, or one of the other fish picked on him.

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

The Molly died.
It stinks because I thought I did a good job acclimating him, and he seemed to be well adjusted to the environment. My guess it that either he did worse than I thought, or one of the other fish picked on him.

That sucks, man!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Got a new pistol shrimp! Also picked up a large serpent star as well as a cyphastrea.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Sad to say that the pistol shrimp died. This was my first (and probably last) attempt at quarantining inverts. It was an attempt at mitigating the risk of introducing ich to my DT, but in hindsight, I probably was just putting the inverts through poor conditions. The starfish and cyphastrea were moved into the display tanks.

I was quite impressed by how this one looked too. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one with blue claws and legs before.

 

[JoJosReef]

In understand QT of inverts can be challenging. Not an LFS, but I usually buy inverts from ReefCleaners since they run fishless tanks--not a guarantee against disease hitchhiking in, but minimizing the risk at least.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Yeah, I usually get general CUC from Reef Cleaners, but usually get more specific inverts at the store. If I were to get another pistol shrimp, I’ll probably just put it straight into the DT and take the small risk of disease, as I have in the past.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I tried moving one of my urchins into my Fluval 13.5 as temporary algae cleanup, and it wound up dying there. So now I’m down to one…

 

[Sharkbait19]

Got some new trochus snails, as well as a skunk cleaner. Unfortunately, it arrived microscopic, so wound up going into the 13.5 instead!

 

[Sharkbait19]

Added the goby and angel, along with some new inverts: a coral banded shrimp (whose first action was pinching me really hard!), a maxima clam, and a tiger pistol shrimp (again)! This time I’m not trying invert quarantine—seems to just put the inverts through suboptimal conditions. Ideally, I’ll have a more permanent setup down the line, where I can do 76 day rounds of invert/coral quarantine.

 

[Sharkbait19]

The coral banded shrimp died. My guess is shipping stress / poor acclimation. It’s bag had been punctured, and it was not filled with much water, so I’d imagine conditions weren’t too great.

 

[Sharkbait19]

So the blenny HATES the watchman goby, and is constantly chasing it around any time the two fish make eye contact! I think the goby found the pistol shrimp though, so hopefully he stays there and away from the blenny!

 

[rmorris_14]

So the blenny HATES the watchman goby, and is constantly chasing it around any time the two fish make eye contact! I think the goby found the pistol shrimp though, so hopefully he stays there and away from the blenny!

yup! I had to rehome my blenny due to him and the watchman not getting along.

 

[Sharkbait19]

The 24k torch that I brought back from the dead is now at the brink of death. After being knocked into the ground and buried in sand, it got BJD. I dipped it and am crossing my fingers that what remains will pull through.

Back when it was bleached:

A few weeks ago:

Now:

 

[Sharkbait19]

The 24k sadly died. It’s a shame because it was just starting to really show some color.

The good news is that I decided to start using Chemi-Clean, and the results are incredible! I’ll probably do a second dose to ensure I’ve gotten all the cyano.

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

How is the Flameback Angel doing in the tank?