Blue Sided Fairy Wrasse

[Frop]

Okay I just got this fish $40 plus a 60mile drive. So when I get home the salinity is 1.021 I have to drip it to 1.025 what do you guys do? Time wise. $40 is my most expensive fish most expensive coral was $60 and that didn't last long :/

 

[Cary Meredith]

I would say about an hour depending on the speed of the drip.

 

[indyjaco]

And watch temperature during the drip

 

[4FordFamily]

I never drip for more than 30 minutes due to temp drops and ammonia increasing drastically/quickly.

 

[Frop]

Just got home. He's already at 74.2f

I'll set a drip line in a second

 

[andrew james]

What I do when I'm expecting a fish is set my QT to 1.020 the night before. Then when I get the fish home I acclimate temp, test the bag water salinity and adjust QT up using display tank water. Then just dump the fish in.

 

[Frop]

What I do when I'm expecting a fish is set my QT to 1.020 the night before. Then when I get the fish home I acclimate temp, test the bag water salinity and adjust QT up using display tank water. Then just dump the fish in.

Good idea! But.. impulse buy ;p no expecting here. I just walked passed him and it was like he was speaking for me to buy him :D if fish can speak I was picking his emotion up lol I was really hoping to buy some frags only.

 

[Frop]

Do these fish jump? I just put it in the tank around 90min later. I heated the water he was acclimating in slowly also.

 

[lambchops]

Do these fish jump? I just put it in the tank around 90min later. I heated the water he was acclimating in slowly also.

Wrasse are known jumpers.

 

[Frop]

Wrasse are known jumpers.

Dang. I have a sheet (like a grid) I can use from my new tank. I'll cut it to size and buy net for it to replace.

 

[Frop]

Really excited :) I managed to do a 10% water change in replacing that dripped water. He came out after I started the power head (to eat the rest of the food that was flying around).

 

[Frop]

Hehehe :D

 

[lambchops]

Hehehe :D

They have been know to jump out of that kind of top. I would recommend building a screen top. I bought the kit from BRS, it's pretty easy to build.

 

[Frop]

They have been know to jump out of that kind of top. I would recommend building a screen top. I bought the kit from BRS, it's pretty easy to build.

:/ sneaky buggers. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[40B Knasty]

Great impulse buy! Very nice fish! Almost did the same thing with that exact wrasse yesterday, but I am at the beginning of a Prezipro cycle due to what another & I thought might be flukes. I have a yellow & purple wrasse and don't know how well they would mix. That would be the other problem:(

 

[Frop]

Great impulse buy! Very nice fish! Almost did the same thing with that exact wrasse yesterday, but I am at the beginning of a Prezipro cycle due to what another & I thought might be flukes. I have a yellow & purple wrasse and don't know how well they would mix. That would be the other problem:(

Sucks. I'm hoping there isn't any outbreak of anything if the transition was stressful. Last time I stressed my fish I think it cause an ich outbreak. So far he is just hiding behind some rocks and the glass.

 

[jlear3]

Just picked up a yellow leopard wrasse, dripped for 45 mins after 20min in the tank to temp acclimate. Seems to be doing well save for a mark on his side from the store

 

[40B Knasty]

Sucks. I'm hoping there isn't any outbreak of anything if the transition was stressful. Last time I stressed my fish I think it cause an ich outbreak. So far he is just hiding behind some rocks and the glass.

I think we all should start driving around with a bucket of water up to temp with one of those small 50w aqueon heaters preset to 78F keeping it warm. It doesn't have to be saltwater or ro/di. Place the bag-o-fish in the bucket w/ water and float it. Then we only have to drip it for 15m when we get home and dump it in ;) That's if you have a 12v plugin your car.

 

[Frop]

I think we all should start driving around with a bucket of water up to temp with one of those small 50w aqueon heaters preset to 78F keeping it warm. It doesn't have to be saltwater or ro/di. Place the bag-o-fish in the bucket w/ water and float it. Then we only have to drip it for 15m when we get home and dump it in ;) That's if you have a 12v plugin your car.

I have a foam box that's always in my car that should have some insulation. it's literally only there for buying saltwater stuff. I don't know how much it helps though. Maybe I can add real insulation inside it. One time I bought my dad freshwater plants and it was shipped in a bag wrapped in fiberglass insulation.

 

[40B Knasty]

I have a foam box that's always in my car that should have some insulation. it's literally only there for buying saltwater stuff. I don't know how much it helps though. Maybe I can add real insulation inside it. One time I bought my dad freshwater plants and it was shipped in a bag wrapped in fiberglass insulation.

The Styrofoam is fine. Buy some hand warmers and tape them to the top. If water gets on them they become useless. I heard that helps. Also for a power outage. Ziplock bag a bunch of hand warms and stuff them under LR, in the sand, or under PVC. Just throwing that out there. For small tanks owners like you and I. I could see this being a useful tip.