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Three months ago, I resolved to run fallow and treat fish with CP to eradicate crypto in the DT. Today I'm super frustrated realizing that the whole ordeal may very well have killed more fish than it may have saved. Just about a year in, it seems that I've lost about 3/4 of all fish I've tried to keep.
Hopefully, this round of QT will ensure the long term health of our fish, and there were learning experiences in a lot of these fatalities, but it's still really crushing and makes me feel like I've been far from the responsible fish keeper I should be.
Summary of deceased / alive are below.
Deceased:
1 Mochavinci clown - sucked into hob filter in QT
1 Firefish - Mysterious injuries
1 Royal Gramma - Unknown, made it one night
1 Mandarin - Just about DOA
2 Damsels - Aggression
1 Sailfin Tang - Unknown, died in QT.
1 Pintail Wrasse - Unknown, maybe a bad reaction to prazipro
1 Orchid Dottyback - Aggression / Disease?
Moved Fish To QT To Eradicate Ich
1 Damsel - Aggression
3 Clownfish - Aggression (Attempted to create a harem, tried separating them with a breeding net but the net wasn't totally secure and there were some break ins and break outs)
1 Bellus Angelfish (Surgeons turned on her one day and she never had a chance)
1 Firefish - Unknown (Seemed to struggle to compete for food)
1 Goby - Unknown (Very cryptic fish, never saw it more than a few seconds at a time)
Moved Fish back to DT
1 Scribbled Rabbit - Injury incurred in transport
1 Yellow Tang - This one really upsets me. He looked great going back in last night but I found him dead on the sand this morning. My best guess is that he was sleeping by the frag rack and got ripped up by the powerhead.
Alive:
2 Damsels
2 Clowns
1 Sixline
1 Kole Tang
Hopefully, this round of QT will ensure the long term health of our fish, and there were learning experiences in a lot of these fatalities, but it's still really crushing and makes me feel like I've been far from the responsible fish keeper I should be.
Summary of deceased / alive are below.
Deceased:
1 Mochavinci clown - sucked into hob filter in QT
1 Firefish - Mysterious injuries
1 Royal Gramma - Unknown, made it one night
1 Mandarin - Just about DOA
2 Damsels - Aggression
1 Sailfin Tang - Unknown, died in QT.
1 Pintail Wrasse - Unknown, maybe a bad reaction to prazipro
1 Orchid Dottyback - Aggression / Disease?
Moved Fish To QT To Eradicate Ich
1 Damsel - Aggression
3 Clownfish - Aggression (Attempted to create a harem, tried separating them with a breeding net but the net wasn't totally secure and there were some break ins and break outs)
1 Bellus Angelfish (Surgeons turned on her one day and she never had a chance)
1 Firefish - Unknown (Seemed to struggle to compete for food)
1 Goby - Unknown (Very cryptic fish, never saw it more than a few seconds at a time)
Moved Fish back to DT
1 Scribbled Rabbit - Injury incurred in transport
1 Yellow Tang - This one really upsets me. He looked great going back in last night but I found him dead on the sand this morning. My best guess is that he was sleeping by the frag rack and got ripped up by the powerhead.
Alive:
2 Damsels
2 Clowns
1 Sixline
1 Kole Tang