Mike and Terry's 300g Reef

Mike&Terry · Dec 31, 2011

MarvinsReef said:
awesome news about the 8 Line flasher.

Thanks man! He has made quite a turn-around since he arrived. We decided to discontinue the antibiotic after his second round as the wound on his belly where his ventral fin should be is no longer looking raw and inflamed. His mouth has healed up nicely and his anal fin is on the mend. :bigsmile:

Reefer831 · Dec 31, 2011

I really love your tase in stocking this tank!!! Thank's for sharing.

Mike&Terry · Jan 7, 2012

Thanks Reefer831 for the kind words and for participating in our thread - we truly are appreciative!

Small update: Our male eightline flasher has settled into QT life. His anal fin is healing up nicely and we are using hypo to treat ich. He is still very shy, but eating like a champ! We'll try to snap a couple of pics to share this weekend.

Aquaph8 · Jan 7, 2012

I was afraid of that cause someone else reported their eightline coming in with Ich too. I havent seen any signs in mine just yet but if they all came from the same system, Hmmmm.

Mike&Terry · Jan 7, 2012

I'd definitely keep a close eye on him as ours showed signs when he arrived. I am truly amazed he pulled thru considering the condition he was in. The transport bag smelled awful and I knew he wouldn't make it thru an hour of acclimation, so I ended up matching the salinity of the transport water and put him directly into the QT.

I still can't get the image of the DOA one out of my head... uggghh. Anyway, we learned a hard lesson and won't be making any future purchases from that particular vendor again.

-Terry

Aquaph8 · Jan 7, 2012

Yeah, I feel the same way. I dont feel too comfortable with putting the eightline in my tank now and upon further inspection he does have a few spots. I have two leopards in with him now. Have you used hypo with Leopards yet? Ive never used hypo, I guess its time I learn though.

Mike&Terry · Jan 9, 2012

Sorry I didn't respond sooner Brett. tbh, none of our 4 leopards have ever had any signs of ich, so they were not treated with hypo. We kept the QT tank salinity the same as our DT, added a couple of pieces of live rock and a plastic container full of sand and just observed. The only treatment we gave them was Prazi as a preventative because leopards are prone to worm infestations. The hardest part with leopards is getting them eating prepared foods. All of our leopards were already eating frozen mysis when we got them which helped a lot.

We just prefer hypo to copper for ich as it really is less stressful on the fish and doesn't mess with their appetite they way copper can.

-Terry

MarvinsReef · Jan 9, 2012

Mike&Terry said:
Sorry I didn't respond sooner Brett. tbh, none of our 4 leopards have ever had any signs of ich, so they were not treated with hypo. We kept the QT tank salinity the same as our DT, added a couple of pieces of live rock and a plastic container full of sand and just observed. The only treatment we gave them was Prazi as a preventative because leopards are prone to worm infestations. The hardest part with leopards is getting them eating prepared foods. All of our leopards were already eating frozen mysis when we got them which helped a lot.

We just prefer hypo to copper for ich as it really is less stressful on the fish and doesn't mess with their appetite they way copper can.

-Terry

awesome. so did you put all 4 Leopards in the tank. that must be pretty fun to watch.

Mike&Terry · Jan 9, 2012

Yes, all 4 are in the tank. We have 1 male M. bipartitus, 2 female M. bipartitus, and 1 female M. kuiteri. They are all very active and fun to watch. The male is KING and loves to pose for me, LOL and the female kuiteri rules the ladies.

-Terry

Aquaph8 · Jan 9, 2012

Thanks so much for the reply Terry. As I was acclimating my kuiteri I read your post about your eightline having ich. So of course I went and gave mine a close inspection and sure enough. In a way you kinda saved me cause it was really hard to see on this paticular fish. Unfortunetly, I already had started acclimating the wrasse and was kind of commited to it going through the same treatment as the other two fish in QT. Today after about 24 hrs of the salinity being completely lowered the two leopards show 0 signs of anything. The eightline still has a bunch of spots but he's out eating really well and seems a lot better so far. Im pretty optomistic about the whole situation. Just thought I should fill you in after all my questions and even though you didn't know how much you helped reporting the ich, Thank you.

Aquaph8 · Jan 15, 2012

M&T, did you end up trying any other meds on your eightline? Mine is still in hypo but he broke out with more spots again just as I thought it was getting better. Just wanted to see if your having any better luck.

Mike&Terry · Jan 18, 2012

Brett, I am so sorry about your losses. You know we lost our Eigthline as well. I wish I knew the cause. I suspected some type of protozoan infection when ours first arrived. Coupled with the fin damage and the condition he was in, I opted to treat him for 6 days w/metronidazol. I wonder if that medication inhibited brook or amyloodinium enough that he appeared to be better when I started hypo. If I had it to do it over again, I would have continued w/metronidazol or switched to QS.

Mike&Terry · Jan 26, 2012

The past month has been a real roller coaster ride with the Eightlines. We lost the XL male w/in 24 hours of arrival. Not sure what happened as he looked perfectly healthy. We just released the trio of females from the acclimation box last night and they are doing great. Here are a few pics taken this morning:

nt 1990 by terryl93, on Flickr

nt 1989 by terryl93, on Flickr

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nt 1987 by terryl93, on Flickr

nt 1986 by terryl93, on Flickr

nt 1984 by terryl93, on Flickr

nt 1983 by terryl93, on Flickr

Our replacement XL male will be here tomorrow morning... wish us luck!

-Terry