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[beth]

I'm going to bet that you wasted your money. Up the salinity, do the acclimation, and I think you'll be fine. Sometimes its just bad luck.

 

[chrisely24]

I'm going to bet that you wasted your money. Up the salinity, do the acclimation, and I think you'll be fine. Sometimes its just bad luck.

Thanks Beth, maybe i will get lucky and get a color that denotes some trace chemical that I didn't know I had in there.
I imagine like you said it is just bad beginners luck. I am sure if there were anything really wrong with the tank the Serpent and the Shrimp would not be doing so good. The Shrimp (Fire and Cleaner) both molt almost every 2 weeks and are growing big.

i'll give the Poly-Pad the required 48 hours to see if it changes color then Wednesday after work i will put 2 more cheap fish in there and see how it goes.

 

[beth]

What water are you using in your tank?

 

[pegasus]

Thanks Beth, maybe i will get lucky and get a color that denotes some trace chemical that I didn't know I had in there.
I imagine like you said it is just bad beginners luck. I am sure if there were anything really wrong with the tank the Serpent and the Shrimp would not be doing so good. The Shrimp (Fire and Cleaner) both molt almost every 2 weeks and are growing big.

i'll give the Poly-Pad the required 48 hours to see if it changes color then Wednesday after work i will put 2 more cheap fish in there and see how it goes.

Typically, invertebrates are more sensitive to bad water conditions than a hardy fish like a clownfish. That said, if changes are made gradually, it's surprising what kind of conditions these critters can survive in. As Beth suggested, get your salinity up and acclimate your fish (I highly recommend the slow-drip method), and I think you'll be fine, also.

 

[chrisely24]

What water are you using in your tank?

I have a 4 stage RO/DI.

 

[chrisely24]

Thanks for the replies, I am gonna keep trying.

 

[Kristin1234]

If I have 2 clowns that are living peacefully together, does that mean they are a mated pair?

 

[pegasus]

If I have 2 clowns that are living peacefully together, does that mean they are a mated pair?

A mated pair will typically consist of a male and female. If they're the same size, they could be considered a "bonded" pair.

 

[jay0705]

Generally one will get bigger. Bigger being female

 

[Kristin1234]

Yea one is a good size bigger.

 

[jay0705]

That is the female. Mated/ bonded the only difference really is whether they have spawned

 

[Kristin1234]

Got it!

I doubt that will ever happen but I'm with that.

 

[chrisely24]

I'm going to bet that you wasted your money. Up the salinity, do the acclimation, and I think you'll be fine. Sometimes its just bad luck.

You were right, 1 week with the Poly-Filter under the drain hose in my sump resulted in nothing more than a dark brown filter.
I upped the salinity and added 2 Darwins black clowns on thursday of last week.
So far they seem to be doing good and are definately paired and are eating some.

 

[beth]

If you are not doing quarantine, then its risky business.

 

[2014FishKiller]

If you are not doing quarantine, then its risky business.

I am not sure why you want him to do quarantine, what is possible damage? He have no fish in the tank.

 

[flower]

I am not sure why you want him to do quarantine, what is possible damage? He have no fish in the tank.

Hopefully he will be able to add more fish...if these turn out to have a parasite or disease, he just contaminated the display by not using a quarantine first...Quarantine is not to make sure the new fish do not get a disease or parasite from the display, it's the other way around.

 

[beth]

Because QT prevents diseases from entering the tank to begin with. Once a disease is in the tank, then you have to deal with the disease on the fish and in the tank.