210 Gallon - "Texas" (First Build)

Aaron-A2 · Jan 26, 2019

@HotRocks Today is day 14 of that first batch of fish being at full therapeutic copper. I'm going to be transferring them over to a second sterile/cycled/temp/salinity matching tank later today. Do you normally begin dosing GC/Prazi at this stage same day, or wait a day or so?

Rakie · Jan 26, 2019

Aaron-A2 said:
@HotRocks Today is day 14 of that first batch of fish being at full therapeutic copper. I'm going to be transferring them over to a second sterile/cycled/temp/salinity matching tank later today. Do you normally begin dosing GC/Prazi at this stage same day, or wait a day or so?

@Humblefish was talking about a more effective medication for deworming. Fenbendazole. it's more gentle on fish, and is a 12 hour "dip" I guess you'd say.

If you are interested, I can dig up the links for you.

I've personally had a lot of issues with Praziquantrel (PraziPro), and so have quite a few people I know. So much so that we've all stopped using it.

Aaron-A2 · Jan 26, 2019

I'd love to read it. Right now I'm following HotRocks current QT process. I'll be using GC and not Prazi (currently in the second sterile QT tank phase).

Rakie · Jan 26, 2019

Yep, I mentioned that because humble also recommends GC, but the level of Prazi in GC is almost too low and nearly under therapeutic levels (if I remember correctly).

Prazi Resistant Flukes Thread <--- LINK

Sources to buy fenbendazole:

https://www.fishchemical.com/FENBENDAZOLE-22943.Item.html

https://store.nationalfishpharm.com/items/view/589/fenbendazole

http://fishremedies.com/fenbendazole.aspx

https://www.thomaslabs.com/product/fish-bendazole/fish-wormers <--- Cheapest

Aaron-A2 · Jan 26, 2019

Oops...

Rakie · Jan 26, 2019

Aaron-A2 said:
Oops...

I stopped using those plastic covers because of that

Aaron-A2 · Jan 27, 2019

QT Update

QT tank 1 fish (Bellus Angel, orange-back fairy, long-fin fairy) have been moved to QT tank 2. This is a sterile tank. Will begin dosing GC into the WC tomorrow. I'm going to look at fenbendazole for the next batch of fish since I don't have it on hand.

QT tank 1 has had a 100% water change and been brought back up to 1ppm copper. I picked up the new fish for QT tank 1 today:

5 Lyretail Anthias (female)

Per @HotRocks I'll be dosing GC earlier than normal for anthias due to their common ailments. They are so pretty!

HotRocks · Jan 27, 2019

Aaron-A2 said:
QT Update

QT tank 1 fish (Bellus Angel, orange-back fairy, long-fin fairy) have been moved to QT tank 2. This is a sterile tank. Will begin dosing GC into the WC tomorrow. I'm going to look at fenbendazole for the next batch of fish since I don't have it on hand.

QT tank 1 has had a 100% water change and been brought back up to 1ppm copper. I picked up the new fish for QT tank 1 today:

5 Lyretail Anthias (female)

Per @HotRocks I'll be dosing GC earlier than normal for anthias due to their common ailments. They are so pretty!

Good luck with them!!! Keep us posted!

Aaron-A2 · Jan 27, 2019

Looking good after acclimation! All eating. I also noticed that even though they meant to bag 6 lyretails, they accidentally bagged 5. I've already texted the LFS, it's all good, going to pick the 6th one up tomorrow. OOF.

NY_Caveman · Jan 27, 2019

Aaron-A2 said:

Beautiful! Love a big group of Anthias.

Aaron-A2 · Jan 27, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
Beautiful! Love a big group of Anthias.

Right?! I'm still in the phase of getting non-aggressive/peaceful fish in the tank first. I've always hoped for a school of these girls

Aaron-A2 · Jan 28, 2019

Any idea what this is? Just noticed it in my sump. I've never has worms in my tank to my knowledge...

NY_Caveman · Jan 28, 2019

Hard to tell. It seems fatter than a bristleworm and longer than a flat worm. Peanut worm, perhaps?

Aaron-A2 · Jan 30, 2019

New video update!

I had way too much fun making this video, so please ignore my 90's style commercial in the middle. The basic tl;dr is I started dosing GLA KN03 mixed in at a 50g --> 500ml ratio. This mixture raises my nitrates 1.00ppm~ for every 15-20ml dosed.

I'm hoping that as I add more fish, I no longer have to dose nitrates or at least not to the same degree, but only time will tell.

Aaron-A2 · Jan 31, 2019

QT Update

So of the 5 Lyretail Anthias I picked up, all are eating extremely well and exhibiting healthy behavior except for one. One anthias (the smallest one) has not eaten since Sunday. I have tried 5 different foods to no success:

Hikari Frozen Mysis
LRS Frenzy
Generic flake
Generic pellet (small)
Generic (different brand) pellet (large)

My guess is currently internal parasites, but I have nothing to base that on except experience. I have been feeding the fish GC+Focus since 2 days ago, but with the fish not eating I doubt it's having any positive effect. I'm not confident the small anthias will make it through the week.

Aaron-A2 · Jan 31, 2019

NSFAquarists

So as predicted -- sadly -- the anthias who wasn't eating has passed. After visual inspection, I can't see any noticeable issues. I did a FW dip just to check for anything external and saw nothing come off the body.

Farewell, brave fish bro.

@HotRocks

Aaron-A2 · Feb 2, 2019

Going to visit my LFS today to pick up 2~ more Lyretails before I start bringing copper up. The other 4 have been eating very well, still looking healthy.

Aaron-A2 · Feb 4, 2019

Alright.... a lot to cover but in few words.

QT Update
Instead of adding 2 more Lyretail Anthias, I added a female Bellus to keep my boi company. The plan was to begin raising copper after the Bellus started eating, but that stopped after I noticed marine velvet on the new addition:

I spoke with @Humblefish and was given great advice. Did a 5min FW dip in temp corrected RODI water and began bringing copper up from 1.00 to 1.500 within 24 hours.

The main issue I'm seeing right now is the Bellus (female) isn't eating. I've tried...