Dawn's 36g Bowfront tank

emotional rollercoaster indeed! the other day I thought Ali wasnt getting enough food because I saw him nipping at the heliofungia. I thought he was eating it! It turned out some brine shrimp fell inside the coral when I was feeding and he was picking it out. More suspense there than what's been on the tv lately lol.
 
emotional rollercoaster indeed! the other day I thought Ali wasnt getting enough food because I saw him nipping at the heliofungia. I thought he was eating it! It turned out some brine shrimp fell inside the coral when I was feeding and he was picking it out. More suspense there than what's been on the tv lately lol.

For sure. We should just carry our TVs to the curb and watch our fish tanks. LOL. Your heliofungia is very cool so I can understand the anxiety if you thought it was on the menu. Glad to hear that Ali was just being a good citizen and keeping the community picked up.
 
King Midas is looking pretty good today. Ich is tricky in that it appears and seems to disappear different times of the day. Its early evening and I haven't seen any all day. Tomorrow I will give the 3rd and hopefully final treatment of Greenex to the tank. I've been feeding lighter as I remember from working in the LFS that my boss said excess food feeds the ich as well. Speaking of LFS I have not heard from them so I will assume no news is good news regarding my clam. I think they would have called me if it died.
 
King Midas appears to be clean looking this morning so I am very encouraged. He sleeps out in the open so I think he feels safe and settled in the tank now. Eliminating stress also helps with ich. I'v kept my hands out of the tank for that reason and the traces of algae on my glass is making me crazy! I will do a WC and then add the Greenex drops for the final treatment. The coral appear un-phased by the treatment. We are on the home stretch I hope!
 
Well, I only got 5 drops of Greenex out and that finishes the bottle, so I guess that finishes the treatment too. Its OK, I think King Midas is over the worst. I will go easy on the food and keep the tank stress free as much as possible.
 
I hope to bring the clam home Saturday or Monday. The LFS isn't open on Sundays. I will do a respectable WC and run carbon and the skimmer a day before I get him.
 
Sounds like it worked out and you have a good plan going forward. Good luck with it and I hope the clam is no worse for wear.
 
I hope so Diamond. Today I totally cleaned up the skimmer, removed it and gave it a really good scrubbing. I added carbon and now its back on line. Tomorrow I will do the WC and maybe go to the LFS to get my clam.
 
Did a WC today, King Midas looks as clean as a whistle, fresh carbon put in again this afternoon, so I expect I will be going to the LFS to collect Clammy, my clam. My husband and I have both missed him. BTW, King Midas is absolutely the most adorable fish. Yesterday I caught him peeking out of the conch and spitting sand. The sand got caught in the current and blew back into his face. There he was, his head peeking out of the conch with sand all over between those little antennae things he has. It was too cute!!!
 
Clammy is back home, more or less acclimated and now back in the tank. He looks pretty good and is responding when something near him cast a shadow so I thing we are getting back to normal. I will know for sure tomorrow when I see him.
 
sounds like you've been through quite an adventure! King Midas sounds so awesome! I love Blennies. One of the coolest fish to watch.
 
Good to know everything worked out with the Ich. Ya I need to really think about setting up a quarantine as well. It's just that, when I bring a fish home, I just want to put him in the tank as soon as possible! But I know It's a fantastic preventative measure. It's like wearing a seatbelt i suppose (imagining there were no laws for seatbelt wearing). Theres a small chance you'll get in an accident when driving, but if it happens wearing a seatbelt could save your life. I totally need to start wearing my seatbelt....in my tank that is.
 
Yes, me too in regards to QT. I lent my 5g tank to a friend and don't expect it back any time soon but I probably could even use a salt bucket with a heater and an eclipse pump. If I put the filter pad I am using in the sump in the chamber of the eclipse along with some spare rubble rock I'd even have some filtration. Since I do 1-2 WCs a week I could use water in the bucket to freshen it up so I think I have it figured out now. It is the wisest solution but I know what you mean about being anxious to see them in the tank! I too get excited about that. Seeing my tank is bursting with inhabitants I shouldn't be adding new fish for awhile.
 
I like where your heads at! I'll probably go that route too. I just wish the recommended quarantine time wasn't like 6 weeks! Or maybe that was for if they already had ich and thats how long it takes to starve Ich? Cant you just put them in there for like a week and if there's no signs Ich then put them in the tank?
 
Yes, my opinion is that one week quarantine is of great benefit. There are a lot of differing thoughts out there about ich but my boss,( the owner of a LFS since the 1970s) believed that 'ich' or 'ich triggers' are in a fish's body all the time but when the fish is stressed or immuned weakened then it manifests itself. QT one week or six, the triggers are still there. However one week definitely deals with any active parasites. Also if you are using your tanks water you give the fish a chance to adjust to salinity, PH and other such things without having to deal with tankmates yet. I am also of the opinion that when a tank develops a hierarchy that it is best not to add just one fish who is automatically low fish on the totem pole. I always added 2 to spread the bullying around. If those 2 spent time in quarantine together then they may even hang together when they go into the main tank and discourage bullys. Anyhow that my .02.
 
King Midas is letting his monarchy go to his head. Yesterday I saw him tangle, (just briefly) with Firefly, my purple firefish. It wasn't aggressive total bully like behavior but he was definitely asserting his authority. Poor Firefly never bothers anyone and he has had to move to another territory in the tank. I felt bad for him. He's kind of old, around 4 years and I think that is old for firefish. I will probably cater to him a bit at feeding time seeing that he is losing some power in the tank dynamics.
 
I have moved Ruth, the serpent starfish back into the DT. She's big but not gigantic so I hope I am not sorry. I worry about Jacque the cleaner and Snorkel the yasha goby getting eaten by her. I'm pretty sure the Sheriff can take care of himself. Ruth had crawled into the 1st sump chamber that is only 3" wide and I felt sorry for her being is such a small space. She better be a good citizen though or its back to the sump with her.
 
I am also of the opinion that when a tank develops a hierarchy that it is best not to add just one fish who is automatically low fish on the totem pole. I always added 2 to spread the bullying around.

I totally agree! I actually advised another member the same thing the other day. He wanted to transfer a whole heap of fish from one tank to another all at once. He needed a better reason apart from bio load as to why he should add them slowly.

Imagine living in a 7 bedroom share-house with strangers that just stay in their room. The house is fairly full, all is well, everyones got their personal space, no one really frequents the living room or the kitchen or the game room that often accept that one random dude. Now a bunch of other people come along and start to fill up space. It even works out to where you have to share your room with a couple of them. I know when I'm in an enclosed living area, the less people there are around stinking the area up the better.

Sure that's a personality trait of the type of fish I would be. Others may be more social. You could read up on which fish do well with each other, but that will only take you so far until you run into other forum posts about fish acting aggressive towards the fish that they're supposed to get along with. Adding little by little will not only allow the bio load to adjust properly, but it will also allow fish time to get used to their new tank mates. Since it's a 120, you could probably get away with more than one at a time. Since you have mostly pairs, you could probably throw in a pair a week. Getting used to a new environment with a buddy will probably go over better. Perhaps those fish will be less likely to get picked on.
 

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