Venting a Swim Bladder: Black Cap Basslet
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This is awesome. Thanks for sharing! And kudos to you for not giving up.
melypr1985
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I really think this should be stickied. It's a great "how to do it right". That way it's easy to find when people are looking for what to do.
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RMS18
I keep water chemistry as my hobby
Day 14 Update
I was able to video him closer for you all. He is still doing good from what I can see, I feed him twice a day morning and night. He is currently eating brine shrimp only, I have tried worms, and a meaty mix. Another week, week and a half in qt I think is right. Thanks so much for the support and feedback!
I was able to video him closer for you all. He is still doing good from what I can see, I feed him twice a day morning and night. He is currently eating brine shrimp only, I have tried worms, and a meaty mix. Another week, week and a half in qt I think is right. Thanks so much for the support and feedback!
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RMS18
I keep water chemistry as my hobby
That is great! If you would like i can type up a step by step and have you paste it in my first post. Being my first time I was more concentrated on the procedure than being a good narrator. Some of the steps I didn't make clear what I was doing.FYI; thread has been stickied!
melypr1985
totally addicted
Great Idea!
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RMS18
I keep water chemistry as my hobby
Day 16 Update
While doing a water change I caught the little guy exploring, so I went into sniper mode and slowly crawled up to the tank and was able to capture this footage.
While doing a water change I caught the little guy exploring, so I went into sniper mode and slowly crawled up to the tank and was able to capture this footage.
melypr1985
totally addicted
Your blown! He totally spotted you lol I'm so glad to see him doing so well. amazing! I'd love to see your write-up on your step-by-step of how you did this.
melypr1985
totally addicted
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RMS18
I keep water chemistry as my hobby
Day 23 Update
Performing the last water change! In 3 days I am 99.9% sure the little guy will be going into the dt tank! I'm very excited but at the same time worried and hope he does well in there. I have been trying so hard to get a good picture of him but he won't even let me record him eating anymore. Only comes out when I'm not around the tank, strange. He is still eating very well. The past week when the lights are out I see him going in and out of all the pvc exploring.
Performing the last water change! In 3 days I am 99.9% sure the little guy will be going into the dt tank! I'm very excited but at the same time worried and hope he does well in there. I have been trying so hard to get a good picture of him but he won't even let me record him eating anymore. Only comes out when I'm not around the tank, strange. He is still eating very well. The past week when the lights are out I see him going in and out of all the pvc exploring.
melypr1985
totally addicted
Woot woot! 
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RMS18
I keep water chemistry as my hobby
One last follow up, he is still doing great. A few days after going into the dt he had some kind of white growth on his left gill on the inside, thought it might have been lympho but it was very thin and smooth looking. But it has since gone away. He is settling in and after trying to steal the flasher wrasses den and getting kicked out at night when the flasher goes to sleep I caught the little guy digging his own den today. I shared this whole process with one of my lfs (actually the one that has given me some of the worst advice) and helped them out with a Anthias that they had for about 3 months with a swim bladder problem last week. From what I know it's still alive.
