darthtang aw
Active Member
Ok, this thread has been hard for me to sift through. But I will try my best.
A few questions, Was the gill area inflamed or irritated even reddish (dark red)?
Sounds to me like the gu at the LFS you purchased them from doesn't know crap. Feeding Guppies and other frozen stuff? This was his problem..he was feeding food that they essentially won't eat and it was deteriorating and ruining his water quality. I think the bio load in that tank may even have been stressed a bit. Hence the hard breathing as there isn't enough oxygen in the water.
Sounds to me like your guys will only eat Live food. This will be a problem. Your 200 pods won't last a week with them hunting when at full strength. However it sounds like your tank is established for a while so your pods may be able to reproduce quickly in that environment.
How big is this tank and how much live rock do you have in there? Any plants? How strong is your flow rate?
Also everyday feed the live brine, you can grow this yourself, if interested how ask and I can dig through my notes on the best procedure. However when you feed the live brine add a few pieces of frozen mysis shrimp. Soak this in selcon for 24 hours.
For the guy that doesn't seem to have strength to hunt much, give him brine that have sat in seawater with some Garlic extreme in the water, this will help boost his immune system and increase his appetite.
Stop the mela-fix. NOW! This is not reef safe and will harm invertebrates. Basically killing off your pods. Keep doing daily water changes, but definitely stop the mela-fix. I have not read or saw anything that shows or signifies a parasite nor disease...just poor care and health decline due to LFS.
As a side note, You will have better luck adding snake oil to your tank for all the good melafix does. Melafix in my opinion is junk and worthless. I used it in the beginning of my SW career and it never worked. The health of your horses has gotten better through your care, environment, and water changes. Melfix has nothing to do with this.
And NEVER frequent the LFS again.
A few questions, Was the gill area inflamed or irritated even reddish (dark red)?
Sounds to me like the gu at the LFS you purchased them from doesn't know crap. Feeding Guppies and other frozen stuff? This was his problem..he was feeding food that they essentially won't eat and it was deteriorating and ruining his water quality. I think the bio load in that tank may even have been stressed a bit. Hence the hard breathing as there isn't enough oxygen in the water.
Sounds to me like your guys will only eat Live food. This will be a problem. Your 200 pods won't last a week with them hunting when at full strength. However it sounds like your tank is established for a while so your pods may be able to reproduce quickly in that environment.
How big is this tank and how much live rock do you have in there? Any plants? How strong is your flow rate?
Also everyday feed the live brine, you can grow this yourself, if interested how ask and I can dig through my notes on the best procedure. However when you feed the live brine add a few pieces of frozen mysis shrimp. Soak this in selcon for 24 hours.
For the guy that doesn't seem to have strength to hunt much, give him brine that have sat in seawater with some Garlic extreme in the water, this will help boost his immune system and increase his appetite.
Stop the mela-fix. NOW! This is not reef safe and will harm invertebrates. Basically killing off your pods. Keep doing daily water changes, but definitely stop the mela-fix. I have not read or saw anything that shows or signifies a parasite nor disease...just poor care and health decline due to LFS.
As a side note, You will have better luck adding snake oil to your tank for all the good melafix does. Melafix in my opinion is junk and worthless. I used it in the beginning of my SW career and it never worked. The health of your horses has gotten better through your care, environment, and water changes. Melfix has nothing to do with this.
And NEVER frequent the LFS again.
