Lost another Copperband...

[Borg]

Sorry to hear. Was he eating well in QT? Doubt it was the flow.

he was eating mysis, brine

 

[dvgyfresh]

I don’t have a QT and it’s not that I couldn’t get another tank , it’s that there’s no room for one / I am allowed one tank lol apartment life

I also don’t believe in QT instead I believe in happy fish with adequate space / vitamin enrichment - I rescued a YT covered in ich and it recovered and was sold for my sump

 

[ApoIsland]

he was eating mysis, brine

Unfortunately it probably spent most of that 2 months starving to death. Brine is almost useless. Regular mysis not a whole lot better. Mine eat as much PE mysis as they can twice a day for at least 5 minutes each feeding and they still grow very slow.

 

[jtf74]

Took way too long to QT, temp match 15 mins and drop in tank

Just shy of 3 months in QT before DT. Got him hand feeding before leaving QT and fattened up before having to compete and now he's the most aggressive eater in the tank. Just observation QT no meds and established QT tank for a while prior to getting it. Worked well.

 

[jtf74]

he was eating mysis, brine

Maybe wasn't eating enough. These fish eat a lot. Like the hummingbird of the sea.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I don’t have a QT and it’s not that I couldn’t get another tank , it’s that there’s no room for one / I am allowed one tank lol apartment life

I also don’t believe in QT instead I believe in happy fish with adequate space / vitamin enrichment - I rescued a YT covered in ich and it recovered and was sold for my sump

Bro those Pandora's are taking over!

I just glued a disk of 20 or so to the overflow on the frag tank. It'll probably be covered by Xmas!

 

[dvgyfresh]

Bro those Pandora's are taking over!

I just glued a disk of 20 or so to the overflow on the frag tank. It'll probably be covered by Xmas!

They are a plague lol pretty soon they will take over the back glass but I’m here for it and yes it will be!! It’s def a polyp a day type zoa. I recently sold (2 month ago )a small colony in the middle and they have already filled it

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

They are a plague lol pretty soon they will take over the back glass but I’m here for it and yes it will be!! It’s def a polyp a day type zoa. I recently sold (2 month ago )a small colony in the middle and they have already filled it

I didn't realize until I lifted it off of the rack, that there were half a dozen growing Down into the rack, no direct light.

 

[dvgyfresh]

I didn't realize until I lifted it off of the rack, that there were half a dozen growing Down into the rack, no direct light.

Oh yea .. they barley even need light most of the colony near the wall has been shaded for the past 6 months, I also sold the clove polyps above them which is why they were shaded

 

[Tamberav]

I don’t think the OP ever answered about the salinity of the bag so arguing pro or against QT is kinda useless in this situation.

Two hours in a bag is a long time yet two hours isn’t enough if they have salinity around 1.018.

I feel like a lot of fish die from acclimation issues. Either brought up too fast or sitting in a bag too long for no reason if the parameters are close.

Then people asking why the fish died over the next so many hours or days.

 

[muffinmanXL]

Its not about what's best for me. Whats best for the fish?

Leaving it in the ocean.

 

[jtf74]

Leaving it in the ocean.

Thanks for your insight.

 

[bruno3047]

I didn’t read every post so please excuse me if it’s already been answered but what other fish are in the tank?

 

[bruno3047]

Copperbands are not impossible to keep but they’re certainly not the easiest. Here’s mine. You can also see him in my avatar photo.

 

[i cant think]

Copperbands are not impossible to keep but they’re certainly not the easiest. Here’s mine. You can also see him in my avatar photo.

Yours is a beauty!
They’re certainly not impossible to keep though! Here’s mine, going on two years now. Added him in when the tank was 4 months old and he didn’t care.

Wish they grew faster though, he’s about 2.5 inch, possibly 3 inch. I got him about 1.5 inch-2 inch.

 

[bruno3047]

Yours is a beauty!
They’re certainly not impossible to keep though! Here’s mine, going on two years now. Added him in when the tank was 4 months old and he didn’t care.

Wish they grew faster though, he’s about 2.5 inch, possibly 3 inch. I got him about 1.5 inch-2 inch.

That’s a beauty, for sure.

 

[fishmonkey]

Hi,

I'm really bummed out...

3rd try on a Copperband.

This one was looking healthy and somewhat fat at the LFS. It ate an amphipod before my eyes.

Brought it back home, acclimated it for 2 hours by putting water in the bag every 15 minutes.

Put it straight in my 48" display tank.

It looked rattled and was staying in a corner, but I figured it would take a day or 2 before it would be used to its new tank.

This morning, less than 24 hours later, it's laying on its side at the bottom of the tank, still breathing but almost dead.

Everyone else in the tank is happy, as usual.

No agressive tank mate.

Did I do something wrong, or I just picked a fish that was already condemned?

I've never acclimated more than 15 minutes.

 

[i cant think]

I've never acclimated more than 15 minutes.

Personally I acclimate everything for 30 minutes max. I find 15 to be too slow unless it’s drip acclimation.