For those Type A - Here's the straight to the point question:
How can we best quarantine 5 female & 1 male lyretail anthias arriving Tuesday?
We have a 20g long quarantine tank with a recirc pump / sponge, heater, air stone, powerhead, 4 pieces of PVC, and (1) 5-6lb piece of live rock from our display tank. It's been up and running for a week. The ammonia badge briefly (2 days) went to green (slight ammonia) and then back to yellow (safe). The tank is blacked out on the sides and back and we have a black cover for the front.
What do you recommend? Step by Step?
1. Float bags to temp match
2. Drip acclimate?
3. Lighting Schedule?
4. 2-3 days observation with no meds / treatment?
5. Freshwater dip?
6. Prazipro?
7. Copper Power?
8. Metro / Kana ?
For those who want a little more information / backstory:
We recently had some issues losing green chromis and 2 lyretail anthias within 9 days of adding to our tank. Some people suggested that our (5") sally lightfoot crab might be the culprit. After a valiant battle, we captured and relocated Sally to the refugium.
While asking the forum for advice about the losses, we took some heat for not quarantining.
Over the summer, we had invested in a 10g Q system. As soon as I posted pics of that, we took criticism because it wasn't big enough. When we decided to try lyretail anthias, we read that they do not respond well to quarantine and many sources said to skip quarantine for anthias. I've read so many differing opinions on the subject, especially where it pertains to anthias, that we don't know what to do.
Last week, Petco was running their $1/g sale. So, I picked up the 20g L that many had suggested as a better size for quarantine.
We have a procedure (attached) that we collected - I think from @Brew12 and/or @Humblefish. Does this apply to lyretail anthias?
Our display tank is a 13 month 125g mixed reef with 200lbs of live rock, strong flow, (4) Kessil 360's, and a small refugium with caleurpa & chaeto. Parameters are very stable:
1.026 salinity
2 ppm NO3
.04 ppm PO4
Alk - 8.5 dKh
Ca - 460 ppm
Mag - 1440 ppm
78 degrees
We maintain levels using BRS 2 Part. Lots of LPS and a few SPS frags.
How can we best quarantine 5 female & 1 male lyretail anthias arriving Tuesday?
We have a 20g long quarantine tank with a recirc pump / sponge, heater, air stone, powerhead, 4 pieces of PVC, and (1) 5-6lb piece of live rock from our display tank. It's been up and running for a week. The ammonia badge briefly (2 days) went to green (slight ammonia) and then back to yellow (safe). The tank is blacked out on the sides and back and we have a black cover for the front.
What do you recommend? Step by Step?
1. Float bags to temp match
2. Drip acclimate?
3. Lighting Schedule?
4. 2-3 days observation with no meds / treatment?
5. Freshwater dip?
6. Prazipro?
7. Copper Power?
8. Metro / Kana ?
For those who want a little more information / backstory:
We recently had some issues losing green chromis and 2 lyretail anthias within 9 days of adding to our tank. Some people suggested that our (5") sally lightfoot crab might be the culprit. After a valiant battle, we captured and relocated Sally to the refugium.
While asking the forum for advice about the losses, we took some heat for not quarantining.
Over the summer, we had invested in a 10g Q system. As soon as I posted pics of that, we took criticism because it wasn't big enough. When we decided to try lyretail anthias, we read that they do not respond well to quarantine and many sources said to skip quarantine for anthias. I've read so many differing opinions on the subject, especially where it pertains to anthias, that we don't know what to do.
Last week, Petco was running their $1/g sale. So, I picked up the 20g L that many had suggested as a better size for quarantine.
We have a procedure (attached) that we collected - I think from @Brew12 and/or @Humblefish. Does this apply to lyretail anthias?
Our display tank is a 13 month 125g mixed reef with 200lbs of live rock, strong flow, (4) Kessil 360's, and a small refugium with caleurpa & chaeto. Parameters are very stable:
1.026 salinity
2 ppm NO3
.04 ppm PO4
Alk - 8.5 dKh
Ca - 460 ppm
Mag - 1440 ppm
78 degrees
We maintain levels using BRS 2 Part. Lots of LPS and a few SPS frags.