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I think the combo of the prolonged acclimation and change in salinity is probably pretty stressful on the fish. Lowering the salinity in QT and gradually raising it over the course of the whole stay there is probably the least stressful. I’d try skipping the drip acclimation all together. All the little stress adds up quickly into big stress for the fish
Agreed. I'm hoping this does the trick, but it'll be a little while before I can get the biomedia up and bacteria'd. Fingers will be crossed.
I’ve had good luck with the aqua medic trap, but you’ve got to put it close to the sand and expect to leave it in there for a few days. You also have to start feeding only in the trap to make it a comfortable place. The trick is not to jump the gun and spring the trap to early, Marine fish are smart and will quickly learn what you are up to and remember. There’s another super clever trap I’ve seen on Instagram that’s probably the best design I have seen but the name eludes me, as soon as I remember I will message you the name.
I'll check out the aqua medic one, I'm sure it's better than the bottles that I've tried in the past. My issue has been that I've needed to catch and remove fish quickly, so the getting used to it thing doesn't work too well. Except one time where one fish swam right in the trap, but not the one I wanted to get. So sad.