porschephd
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I had to do something today I wasn’t sure I wanted to. My Huma Huma has been in the QT tank since last Tues. He was very timid and coming along nicely. He wasn’t showing any signs of stress, ich or other. Unfortunately I thought the water from my main tank would suffice to establish a QT tank for a couple of weeks. I watched the levels over the last 6 days and they kept coming up. On Fri they started to run the Nitrites up. PH was a little down and Ammonia was still 0. I did a water change and went home. Came back Sat and the levels were higher and the ammonia was coming up. The Nitrites now were .40PPM. So another water change I did. I checked it, very little drop. So I did another (1/3) water change. Better so I left. This morning I went in to check and they were ALL through the roof. So I did a 50% water change. Still little change. I am not sure what the hell is going on. I suspect that the new CC is doing this.
I know the Picasso couldn’t live in that so I checked the salinity, temp and PH were about the same as the little tank. So close I couldn’t tell a difference. The only difference was the Nitrates, Nitrites and Ammonia are almost all 0 in my display tank. So I netted him and put him in the main tank.
As timid as he was in the QT tank I thought this would be a touch and go thing. Nope, he took off for the rocks. 30 seconds later he comes out and sees the Hippo, Bam! Knocks him one. He then rolls over to the Puffer who is like half his size and hits him for no reason. Then he sees my Epaulette Shark. Minding his own business and hits him. He goes after the sail-fin, the surgeon and the powder blue. Good lord he attacks everyone. Here he was this shy timid cute Huma Huma in the QT tank. Put him in with his peers and it was on!!! The only one he didn’t take a swipe at was my Lunar Wrasse.
I am hoping that since he found the shell my last Huma Huma lived in that he will relax a little bit. He is terrorizing my Hippo and taking swipes at my shark on a regular basis. My last Huma Huma was NOTING like this. Does anyone know if he will calm down a bit? Has anyone seen this situation and if so how did it turn out. Before in the QT you would walk by and he would start the “ I am a rock” and was in them! Now he is insane, not hiding and picking on everyone for no reason.
I know the Picasso couldn’t live in that so I checked the salinity, temp and PH were about the same as the little tank. So close I couldn’t tell a difference. The only difference was the Nitrates, Nitrites and Ammonia are almost all 0 in my display tank. So I netted him and put him in the main tank.
As timid as he was in the QT tank I thought this would be a touch and go thing. Nope, he took off for the rocks. 30 seconds later he comes out and sees the Hippo, Bam! Knocks him one. He then rolls over to the Puffer who is like half his size and hits him for no reason. Then he sees my Epaulette Shark. Minding his own business and hits him. He goes after the sail-fin, the surgeon and the powder blue. Good lord he attacks everyone. Here he was this shy timid cute Huma Huma in the QT tank. Put him in with his peers and it was on!!! The only one he didn’t take a swipe at was my Lunar Wrasse.
I am hoping that since he found the shell my last Huma Huma lived in that he will relax a little bit. He is terrorizing my Hippo and taking swipes at my shark on a regular basis. My last Huma Huma was NOTING like this. Does anyone know if he will calm down a bit? Has anyone seen this situation and if so how did it turn out. Before in the QT you would walk by and he would start the “ I am a rock” and was in them! Now he is insane, not hiding and picking on everyone for no reason.
