musipilot
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Bad story...had to go rescue a Snowflake Moray and a puffer (panther, 4 in) tonight...friend of mine that rents his house and his tenant abandoned them, 3 days, in 4 inches of filthy water. I wasn't prepared for this, heres what I did, and I would appreciate any suggestions you may have.
I'm in the process of cycling a new 90 gallon for reef use, it has 2 in of live sand, and water that has been flowing a month, and tests perfect after the standard spiking early on. With no place else to take these two fish, I put them in there with some rock they had in their filthy tank they came from. I did a quick rinse of the rock in 1.030 water in case there were any bad guys in there. There was no point in acclimating them, the water they were in was a disaster.
The eel seems to be doing great, swimming all over the place, looks healthy, and dug a little cave for himself under the rock. He is constantly exploring the tank. The puffer is a different story. When we first got to him, he was lying on his side in the old tank ,breathing heavily. I put him in the reef tank, and after 3 hours, hes sitting on the sand, occasionally swimming up a little, but mostly sitting on an angle on the bottom, looking lousy. He also appears to have a brown slime on the bottom third of his body. I increased the airflow to the tank to ensure there was good oxygen. Heres the specs on the water in the tank: SG 1.023, Nit, Nat, Amm 0, Ph 8.3. Any suggestions on additional things I can do to help these guys survive? Thanks.
I'm in the process of cycling a new 90 gallon for reef use, it has 2 in of live sand, and water that has been flowing a month, and tests perfect after the standard spiking early on. With no place else to take these two fish, I put them in there with some rock they had in their filthy tank they came from. I did a quick rinse of the rock in 1.030 water in case there were any bad guys in there. There was no point in acclimating them, the water they were in was a disaster.
The eel seems to be doing great, swimming all over the place, looks healthy, and dug a little cave for himself under the rock. He is constantly exploring the tank. The puffer is a different story. When we first got to him, he was lying on his side in the old tank ,breathing heavily. I put him in the reef tank, and after 3 hours, hes sitting on the sand, occasionally swimming up a little, but mostly sitting on an angle on the bottom, looking lousy. He also appears to have a brown slime on the bottom third of his body. I increased the airflow to the tank to ensure there was good oxygen. Heres the specs on the water in the tank: SG 1.023, Nit, Nat, Amm 0, Ph 8.3. Any suggestions on additional things I can do to help these guys survive? Thanks.