Funny Story New Fish

[RamsReef]

>Be Me
>Get 4 bimacs and 1 flame angel in QT
>Get Uromena
FeelsBad.jpg

2 bimac + flame angel RIP

>Treat with Metro and Ruby Reef Ralley for 1.5 weeks

3rd bimac RIP

>4th Bimac Stud makes it 30 days in copper + the metro / Prazi / Ruby Reef (All treated same time)
>Paranoid about adding him into tank
>Give food while waiting to make decision
>Decide to add him into tank (400 gallon main tank so no going back)
>Do 3 water bowl transfers to minimize tank water between systems, try to be as sterile as possible.
>Put him into fish trap to make sure he doesn't get beat up.

Fish starts to act funny.

>Proceeds to throw up my meal I had fed him.
FeedFrenzy.gif

So much for my sterile tank transfers lol

 

[PharmrJohn]

>Be Me
>Get 4 bimacs and 1 flame angel in QT
>Get Uromena
FeelsBad.jpg

2 bimac + flame angel RIP

>Treat with Metro and Ruby Reef Ralley for 1.5 weeks

3rd bimac RIP

>4th Bimac Stud makes it 30 days in copper + the metro / Prazi / Ruby Reef (All treated same time)
>Paranoid about adding him into tank
>Give food while waiting to make decision
>Decide to add him into tank (400 gallon main tank so no going back)
>Do 3 water bowl transfers to minimize tank water between systems, try to be as sterile as possible.
>Put him into fish trap to make sure he doesn't get beat up.

Fish starts to act funny.

>Proceeds to throw up my meal I had fed him.
FeedFrenzy.gif

So much for my sterile tank transfers lol

Dude. That sucks man.

 

[RamsReef]

Dude. That sucks man.

Yeah not the worst. Lost a achillies and a gem in qt Achillies didn't make it 1 night and gem made it to day 28 an then got some sort of bacterial infection and boop died. 2 dream fish I removed from my list cant afford that :(

 

[PharmrJohn]

Yeah not the worst. Lost a achillies and a gem in qt Achillies didn't make it 1 night and gem made it to day 28 an then got some sort of bacterial infection and boop died. 2 dream fish I removed from my list cant afford that :(

I hear ya. I never have gone for dream fish for just that reason. Doesn't mean you are wrong in trying, it just makes me a coward. I've always gone with cheaper fish. If they die? Well, it sucks but they are monetarily replaceable.