dbestnindy
Member
Of course, it is QT until it is safe to add to DT. Patience, patience!
got my new fish
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Of course, it is QT until it is safe to add to DT. Patience, patience!
fretfreak13
Active Member
Beautiful! =D Wish I had a tank big enough for a sailfin, they're one of my favs.
dbestnindy
Member
Thanks everyone. I haven't really gotten it to eat yet but it has only been one day.
dbestnindy
Member
So, I have had my sailfin for almost a week now. I can only get it to eat mysis. I have tried
Formula one flakes
super soft spirulina
frozen marine algae
veggie flakes
freen marine algae sheets w/garlic
I know they need a variety, what could I try next. This could get expensive. Any suggestions?
Formula one flakes
super soft spirulina
frozen marine algae
veggie flakes
freen marine algae sheets w/garlic
I know they need a variety, what could I try next. This could get expensive. Any suggestions?
crypt keeper
Active Member
your qt isnt set up correctly.
spanko
Active Member
Rods food.
New and Improved!
Rod's Food HERBIVORE BLEND has all of the same great ingredients of the Original Blend, but for those with more than the average amount of herbivores we have doubled the vegies, trippled the existing seaweeds and have added another natural seaweed to the Herbivore Blend.
Ingredients include:
Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Perch, Green Nori seaweed (porphyra sp), Red unroasted nori seaweed (porphyra sp), Seaweed, Mysis, Pacific plankton (Euphausia sp.) Krill, Brine shrimp, Frozen red cyclops, Fish eggs, Oyster eggs, Golden pearls (all sizes), Broccoli, carrot, Garlic, Baby Spinach, Selco, Astaxanthin (Haematococus pluvialis), Beta-meal (Dunalliella Salina), Spirulina, Freshly harvested rotifers, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
New and Improved!
Rod's Food ORIGINAL BLEND is a blend of ingredients that is designed to feed your entire coral reef aquarium. Particle size range from 5 micron up to 3/8 of an inch.
Ingredients include:
Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Perch, Green Nori (porphyra sp), Red unroasted nori (porphyra sp) Mysis, Krill, Pacific plankton (Euphausia sp.) Brine shrimp, Frozen red cyclops, Fish eggs, Oyster eggs, Golden pearls (all sizes), Broccoli, carrot, Garlic, Selco, Astaxanthin (Haematococcus pluvialis), Beta-meal (Dunalliella Salina), Freshly harvested rotifers, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
New and Improved!
Rod's Food HERBIVORE BLEND has all of the same great ingredients of the Original Blend, but for those with more than the average amount of herbivores we have doubled the vegies, trippled the existing seaweeds and have added another natural seaweed to the Herbivore Blend.
Ingredients include:
Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Perch, Green Nori seaweed (porphyra sp), Red unroasted nori seaweed (porphyra sp), Seaweed, Mysis, Pacific plankton (Euphausia sp.) Krill, Brine shrimp, Frozen red cyclops, Fish eggs, Oyster eggs, Golden pearls (all sizes), Broccoli, carrot, Garlic, Baby Spinach, Selco, Astaxanthin (Haematococus pluvialis), Beta-meal (Dunalliella Salina), Spirulina, Freshly harvested rotifers, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
New and Improved!
Rod's Food ORIGINAL BLEND is a blend of ingredients that is designed to feed your entire coral reef aquarium. Particle size range from 5 micron up to 3/8 of an inch.
Ingredients include:
Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Perch, Green Nori (porphyra sp), Red unroasted nori (porphyra sp) Mysis, Krill, Pacific plankton (Euphausia sp.) Brine shrimp, Frozen red cyclops, Fish eggs, Oyster eggs, Golden pearls (all sizes), Broccoli, carrot, Garlic, Selco, Astaxanthin (Haematococcus pluvialis), Beta-meal (Dunalliella Salina), Freshly harvested rotifers, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
dbestnindy
Member
Originally Posted by crypt keeper
http:///forum/post/3167589
your qt isnt set up correctly.
what would that be?
http:///forum/post/3167589
your qt isnt set up correctly.
what would that be?
dbestnindy
Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/3167590
Rods food.
New and Improved!
Rod's Food HERBIVORE BLEND has all of the same great ingredients of the Original Blend, but for those with more than the average amount of herbivores we have doubled the vegies, trippled the existing seaweeds and have added another natural seaweed to the Herbivore Blend.
Ingredients include:
Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Perch, Green Nori seaweed (porphyra sp), Red unroasted nori seaweed (porphyra sp), Seaweed, Mysis, Pacific plankton (Euphausia sp.) Krill, Brine shrimp, Frozen red cyclops, Fish eggs, Oyster eggs, Golden pearls (all sizes), Broccoli, carrot, Garlic, Baby Spinach, Selco, Astaxanthin (Haematococus pluvialis), Beta-meal (Dunalliella Salina), Spirulina, Freshly harvested rotifers, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
New and Improved!
Rod's Food ORIGINAL BLEND is a blend of ingredients that is designed to feed your entire coral reef aquarium. Particle size range from 5 micron up to 3/8 of an inch.
Ingredients include:
Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Perch, Green Nori (porphyra sp), Red unroasted nori (porphyra sp) Mysis, Krill, Pacific plankton (Euphausia sp.) Brine shrimp, Frozen red cyclops, Fish eggs, Oyster eggs, Golden pearls (all sizes), Broccoli, carrot, Garlic, Selco, Astaxanthin (Haematococcus pluvialis), Beta-meal (Dunalliella Salina), Freshly harvested rotifers, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
I have to make a trip today for some more power heads so I will put that on my list. If nothing else, the other fish will eat it. thanks
http:///forum/post/3167590
Rods food.
New and Improved!
Rod's Food HERBIVORE BLEND has all of the same great ingredients of the Original Blend, but for those with more than the average amount of herbivores we have doubled the vegies, trippled the existing seaweeds and have added another natural seaweed to the Herbivore Blend.
Ingredients include:
Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Perch, Green Nori seaweed (porphyra sp), Red unroasted nori seaweed (porphyra sp), Seaweed, Mysis, Pacific plankton (Euphausia sp.) Krill, Brine shrimp, Frozen red cyclops, Fish eggs, Oyster eggs, Golden pearls (all sizes), Broccoli, carrot, Garlic, Baby Spinach, Selco, Astaxanthin (Haematococus pluvialis), Beta-meal (Dunalliella Salina), Spirulina, Freshly harvested rotifers, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
New and Improved!
Rod's Food ORIGINAL BLEND is a blend of ingredients that is designed to feed your entire coral reef aquarium. Particle size range from 5 micron up to 3/8 of an inch.
Ingredients include:
Shrimp, Scallop, Oyster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Perch, Green Nori (porphyra sp), Red unroasted nori (porphyra sp) Mysis, Krill, Pacific plankton (Euphausia sp.) Brine shrimp, Frozen red cyclops, Fish eggs, Oyster eggs, Golden pearls (all sizes), Broccoli, carrot, Garlic, Selco, Astaxanthin (Haematococcus pluvialis), Beta-meal (Dunalliella Salina), Freshly harvested rotifers, freshly hatched baby brine shrimp.
I have to make a trip today for some more power heads so I will put that on my list. If nothing else, the other fish will eat it. thanks
btldreef
Moderator
Rod's is great stuff. My Sailfin won't touch mysis, LOL. She spits it back out and looks at me like I'm nuts. If the store doesn't have Rod's (which by me is hard to find) try this: San Francisco Bay Emerald Entree. My tangs and angel love this stuff. It breaks apart small for the small fish as well.
The tang really should be eating, it looks fairly young in that picture and juvenile tangs eat like crazy. Mine literally begs for food at the front glass until I feed her.
The tang really should be eating, it looks fairly young in that picture and juvenile tangs eat like crazy. Mine literally begs for food at the front glass until I feed her.
crypt keeper
Active Member
If that is a pic of you qt, they should be bare tanks. No sand. no rocks.
btldreef
Moderator
Originally Posted by crypt keeper
http:///forum/post/3167631
If that is a pic of you qt, they should be bare tanks. No sand. no rocks.
Good call.
I can't believe I didn't pick up on that when I looked at the picture.
http:///forum/post/3167631
If that is a pic of you qt, they should be bare tanks. No sand. no rocks.
Good call.
dbestnindy
Member
Originally Posted by BTLDreef
http:///forum/post/3167635
Good call.
I can't believe I didn't pick up on that when I looked at the picture.
The fish isn't sick or being treated for anything. I just want to be sure it doesn't come down with something before it goes in DT. Kind of a holding tank. I would think (I guess that is why I read articles here) that it would stress the fish with no place to hide, etc and cause an outbreak of ich. Any advise since this is the only other tank?
http:///forum/post/3167635
Good call.
The fish isn't sick or being treated for anything. I just want to be sure it doesn't come down with something before it goes in DT. Kind of a holding tank. I would think (I guess that is why I read articles here) that it would stress the fish with no place to hide, etc and cause an outbreak of ich. Any advise since this is the only other tank?
btldreef
Moderator
Originally Posted by DBESTNINDY
http:///forum/post/3167696
The fish isn't sick or being treated for anything. I just want to be sure it doesn't come down with something before it goes in DT. Kind of a holding tank. I would think (I guess that is why I read articles here) that it would stress the fish with no place to hide, etc and cause an outbreak of ich. Any advise since this is the only other tank?
Yes, but IF the fish ends up having something (often ich isn't noticeable right away) then you have an issue on your hands because ich can live in sand and rock. It is true that fish need hiding places and the stress can bring an outbreak of ich, but if you have rock and sand in the QT, you have no way to successfully cure the ich once it's there. Many people use PVC pipes in their QT tanks so that the fish have a place to hide. Your QT tank (because that's what a holding tank is, or should be just in case) should have nothing live in it (sand, rock, coral, etc). Place ornamental decorations or PVC piping in it for a place for the fish to hide.
Good luck
http:///forum/post/3167696
The fish isn't sick or being treated for anything. I just want to be sure it doesn't come down with something before it goes in DT. Kind of a holding tank. I would think (I guess that is why I read articles here) that it would stress the fish with no place to hide, etc and cause an outbreak of ich. Any advise since this is the only other tank?
Yes, but IF the fish ends up having something (often ich isn't noticeable right away) then you have an issue on your hands because ich can live in sand and rock. It is true that fish need hiding places and the stress can bring an outbreak of ich, but if you have rock and sand in the QT, you have no way to successfully cure the ich once it's there. Many people use PVC pipes in their QT tanks so that the fish have a place to hide. Your QT tank (because that's what a holding tank is, or should be just in case) should have nothing live in it (sand, rock, coral, etc). Place ornamental decorations or PVC piping in it for a place for the fish to hide.
Good luck
dbestnindy
Member
I just finished reading a post that Beth replied to because the person removed their sand. She thought that was a bad idea due to ammonia spike. I guess I will leave it alone and hope nothing goes wrong. I was getting ready to use the tank for a fowlr and decided to get one more fish before I started that project. I am going to get some Rods food in a few minutes. I get to go to the online store that has walk-ins on the week-end. Wooo-hooo
btldreef
Moderator
Originally Posted by DBESTNINDY
http:///forum/post/3167702
I just finished reading a post that Beth replied to because the person removed their sand. She thought that was a bad idea due to ammonia spike. I guess I will leave it alone and hope nothing goes wrong. I was getting ready to use the tank for a fowlr and decided to get one more fish before I started that project. I am going to get some Rods food in a few minutes. I get to go to the online store that has walk-ins on the week-end. Wooo-hooo
Oh no. Definitely don't removed sand while you've got a fish in it. Just when the fish comes out, if you continue to use for quarantine purposes, then no sand/rock. But if you're almost done using it as a QT, definitely leave it alone. You really should have a QT. They're really easy to make, you can use a rubbermaid bucket, I have, LOL. Definitely don't need to spend a fortune.
http:///forum/post/3167702
I just finished reading a post that Beth replied to because the person removed their sand. She thought that was a bad idea due to ammonia spike. I guess I will leave it alone and hope nothing goes wrong. I was getting ready to use the tank for a fowlr and decided to get one more fish before I started that project. I am going to get some Rods food in a few minutes. I get to go to the online store that has walk-ins on the week-end. Wooo-hooo
Oh no. Definitely don't removed sand while you've got a fish in it. Just when the fish comes out, if you continue to use for quarantine purposes, then no sand/rock. But if you're almost done using it as a QT, definitely leave it alone. You really should have a QT. They're really easy to make, you can use a rubbermaid bucket, I have, LOL. Definitely don't need to spend a fortune.