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Hey, so looking for a bit of input/suggestions on this one.
We have a bonded pair of True Percula Clowns. And we've got a BTA for them to host in, it's about 3-4" diameter fully open. But it's on a Rock we can't/won't add to our DT... So right now it's in a seperate tank... In the meantime the Clowns have decided to try and host in our Hammer, while we try to get the BTA off it's rock... We are concerned for the hammer as it's clearly not "happy" with this treatment...
Anyway, the BTA is on a rock that won't fit in our current DT, So we put it in QT, but while in QT, an infected fish died, and we had to remove the BTA to treat the tank (Kanaplex not safe for BTA). Anyway, so now the BTA is in a small hospital tank, and I couldn't treat the rock, so it could carry the infection, so even if I could find "room" for it, I don't want to put it in the DT...
So we've been trying a few methods to coax the BTA off the rock... But he's VERY stubborn... The current method we're using is we've blacked out most of the tank, put light only on one end, and the rock on the far end and trying to get him to come to the light (about a 10" reach to get into the light for him, so hopefully that will coax him off, been about 24h so far and he's still being stubborn).
Anyway, a bit off track... So in the meantime, the clowns have decided they want to host in my Hammer Coral... It's clearly irritating the Coral, it's retracting quite a bit, and not opening up very much... Also the Hammer is in a spot which is near the cave that my Firefish lives in, and he's very skittish. So when the clowns come marching over to the hammer, the firefish hides in his hole, and never comes out, sometimes even missing feedings...
Now the clowns aren't always at the hammer, only about once/twice a day they come over and "play" in it... But they sleep on the opposite end of the tank, and still spend most of their time either in that corner, or grazing the rocks for pods...
So we were thinking we should discourage them from hosting in the hammer, until we can free up the BTA, and they can hopefully then host in that...
But I was concerned would discouraging them from going near the hammer be detrimental to them in any way? (basically we use the long feeding tube we use for target feeding and "shoo" them away, never touching them, but it scares them away)
Or should we just let them do their thing, possibly to the detriment of the Hammer?
Anyway, thoughts/suggestions?
Thanks!
We have a bonded pair of True Percula Clowns. And we've got a BTA for them to host in, it's about 3-4" diameter fully open. But it's on a Rock we can't/won't add to our DT... So right now it's in a seperate tank... In the meantime the Clowns have decided to try and host in our Hammer, while we try to get the BTA off it's rock... We are concerned for the hammer as it's clearly not "happy" with this treatment...
Anyway, the BTA is on a rock that won't fit in our current DT, So we put it in QT, but while in QT, an infected fish died, and we had to remove the BTA to treat the tank (Kanaplex not safe for BTA). Anyway, so now the BTA is in a small hospital tank, and I couldn't treat the rock, so it could carry the infection, so even if I could find "room" for it, I don't want to put it in the DT...
So we've been trying a few methods to coax the BTA off the rock... But he's VERY stubborn... The current method we're using is we've blacked out most of the tank, put light only on one end, and the rock on the far end and trying to get him to come to the light (about a 10" reach to get into the light for him, so hopefully that will coax him off, been about 24h so far and he's still being stubborn).
Anyway, a bit off track... So in the meantime, the clowns have decided they want to host in my Hammer Coral... It's clearly irritating the Coral, it's retracting quite a bit, and not opening up very much... Also the Hammer is in a spot which is near the cave that my Firefish lives in, and he's very skittish. So when the clowns come marching over to the hammer, the firefish hides in his hole, and never comes out, sometimes even missing feedings...
Now the clowns aren't always at the hammer, only about once/twice a day they come over and "play" in it... But they sleep on the opposite end of the tank, and still spend most of their time either in that corner, or grazing the rocks for pods...
So we were thinking we should discourage them from hosting in the hammer, until we can free up the BTA, and they can hopefully then host in that...
But I was concerned would discouraging them from going near the hammer be detrimental to them in any way? (basically we use the long feeding tube we use for target feeding and "shoo" them away, never touching them, but it scares them away)
Or should we just let them do their thing, possibly to the detriment of the Hammer?
Anyway, thoughts/suggestions?
Thanks!