fish acclimation

I am planning on going to my LFS to pick up my first fish a one spot do face for my 150g mixed reef. With this fish being a little price being around $100, does anyone have any recommendations to assure best chances of survival? Do not worry the tank has been cycled for a few months already and...

I originally got into this hobby about 20 years ago, and it was very different then. Fish sometimes collected with dynamite or cyanide. Nobody quarantined anything. And reckless animal options like sharks, octopus, or large morays were not uncommon. Got back into it 2 years ago, and I've been...

I have a 250 gallon saltwater tank set up with about 10 fish (large to small). This tank used to be an aggressive tank turned to a reef tank. All of these fish have been in the tank for more than 6 months. Nitrates are higher than they should be but has not been an issue before. Now when I add...

Hello, My name is Jeff. I am new to this forum. I currently have a 250 gallon, 75 gallon, 55 gallon, 35 gallon, and 10 gallon aquarium, all saltwater. This post is about my new 1 week old baby bamboo shark. For some background I want to put out there that I have a lot of experience with sharks...

Hey all! I added a YWG to my tank Friday morning. The fish was purchased directly from Dr Reef’s Quarantined Fish. When I turn the lights on, the fish spends hours chasing its reflection in the glass, and will occasionally perch himself on the overflow guard. It spends a fair amount of time...

Hi all. I have a 150g DT and a 75g sump (which I maintain at 35g) my DT has three fishes, a couple juvenile Vlamingii and a juvenile Hippo tang. Tank salinity is 1.021. I plan to start reefing in 6 months time so I would like to gradually increase the salinity to 1.023/4 for my fish to get...

Hey guys!, I got 2 regular black velvet mollies from petco they looked really healthy from the getgo and were only $4 a piece. I got a heater for my acclimation bucket with a dripper I already had. I dripped them for 9 hours and put them in after lights out, slightly raising the PH and salinity...

Hello everyone, im currently downsizing my livestock as ill be moving soon. Owned for over 5 months and conditioned to a reef enviroment, very strong and healthy fish, he destroys nori, pellets, and frozen foods like a champ

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I'll be getting the first clownfish for my tank from someone who is quarantining them for me and they informed me they ship their fish in water between 1.024-1.026 and has ammonia blockers in the bag. I know that when I open the bag, the increase of oxygen will raise the pH which will also raise...

Hi, I've had my first clownfish, two of them, for 3 weeks now. Nitro and Nissan. I dosed prazi, metro, and have given both clowns melafix since getting them, as Nissan was injured from being housed with aggressive fish previously and I was nervous about parasites. Nitro, the smaller clownfish...

Is adding my fish all at once a good idea? I have a 90 gallon tank with a 110 rated canister filter, and was wondering if it would be smart to do this, since it would reduce aggression and allow them to all choose their tanks at the same time. Let me know your thoughts, thanks have a great day.

Two suppliers I've used recently explicitly warned *not* to drip acclimate - biota and reefcleaners. I've always been a little skeptical that fish are so sensitive to salinity changes. A popular treatment for flukes is the "freshwater dip" where we drop a sick fish from normal salinity...

Hello everyone! I need help introducing fairy wrasses to my dt! I know every fish is different and may have different mannerisms but I want to add a lot of wrasses to my display tank and I want you all to offer me some guidance and the order of introduction as well as shut my ideas down if you...

Hi guys, I picked up a naso tang from my LFS and in the store it looked fine, I brought it home and put it in my 75gal qt which currently has copper under 1.0ppm. I don’t notice any heavy breathing or very alarming behavior, however, it developed this white dust looking patches on its head. Also...

How many fish is too much for my 30gal? I have two clownfish, one six line, one green chromi and one midas blenny. I will upgrade to a 90gal in summer. Am I able to add a springeri damsel or another chromi? All fish are getting along great btw!

I placed an order for 6 Bimaculatus Anthias from TSM yesterday and would like advice from people who have successfully kept them. First time with anthias, but I’ve been reading a lot about them for the past few months.What have you all been feeding yours? Adding them to my 210 gal display. I...

Hi all. I am having some trouble with my lightning maroons clowns, which seems to be a common tale! This is my first saltwater aquarium. We set it up over the course of this month and it finished cycling last weekend, so on Sunday we put in the two clowns. Things seemed fine at first - there...

Hello, So 4 months ago I had a bad marine velvet outbreak which I lost 70% of my fish. The remaining that survived I treated them witch copper for 30 days and left my DT fishless for 80 days. So now I am buying new fish every two weeks. I already bought a coral beauty, pair of clowns and some...

Any tips or suggestions to acclimate a fish from the divers den? Or is it just like any other fish I’ve ever purchased? 1,) float the bag for temp (15mins or so) 2,) Open the bag add a small cup of tank water to off 3,) Then drip acclimate for 30-60 mins or until the salinity is the same. I’ve...

I am official starting up a quarantine system to stock up my tank. thought I would reach out for some do and don't as I am little hesitant to play doctor. Here is where I am starting with the QT. take look and let me know if there is anything missing.

My Christmas wrasse is in the tank! I’ve been searching for one for months and he has just finished quarantine.

Hi, I just picked up a coral beauty the other day and I know they do like to hide, but I put him into my tank and there is this one cave that I have and it has yet to leave that area. I have had them for a couple of days now. Any suggestions or thoughts? I can post pictures if needed!

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