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Hi fellow reefers. Few months into this great yet at times stressful hobby.
I'm losing a lot of fish in QT. As the titles reads; bad method, bad luck, or "it is what it is"?
I've quarantined fish three times now. Each time in the same 20 gallon tank which PVC pipes, HOB filter, powerhead, and a heater.
1st time. 24 hour old saltwater. Drip acclimated. 2 firefish (purple and red) and 1 cardinal. 1st firefish jumped out one day shy of two weeks. The rest made it. In my DT now and thriving.
2nd time. Freshly made saltwater and then seeded with Seachem Stability for 7 days. Drip acclimated. Three firefish (2 purple and 1 red). All three died within three days.
3rd time (currently). Took water from DT. Acclimated by floating bag for 20 minutes then adding small amounts of tank water every 7 minutes for about 45 minutes into the bag. 2 blennies. 1 dead. 2nd one still eating. Dead blenny was a bicolor. White marking on the body from the moment I put him in the tank.
Ammonia was tested all three time every other day using Red Sea kit and Seachem ammonia alert. I bought all the from the same LFS.
I'm losing a lot of fish in QT. As the titles reads; bad method, bad luck, or "it is what it is"?
I've quarantined fish three times now. Each time in the same 20 gallon tank which PVC pipes, HOB filter, powerhead, and a heater.
1st time. 24 hour old saltwater. Drip acclimated. 2 firefish (purple and red) and 1 cardinal. 1st firefish jumped out one day shy of two weeks. The rest made it. In my DT now and thriving.
2nd time. Freshly made saltwater and then seeded with Seachem Stability for 7 days. Drip acclimated. Three firefish (2 purple and 1 red). All three died within three days.
3rd time (currently). Took water from DT. Acclimated by floating bag for 20 minutes then adding small amounts of tank water every 7 minutes for about 45 minutes into the bag. 2 blennies. 1 dead. 2nd one still eating. Dead blenny was a bicolor. White marking on the body from the moment I put him in the tank.
Ammonia was tested all three time every other day using Red Sea kit and Seachem ammonia alert. I bought all the from the same LFS.