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Hello Reefers,
pharmacist reefer aka “Reefacist” here. Finally I put some fish in my tank. I bought everything to quarantine and medicate prior to dropping fish in the DT but ended up just observing. I bought a little more than I wanted or should have in my opinion. I bought 2 Picasso clowns, a diamond goby, and a flame Angel. I put them all in a 10gallon qt. During observing I lost the flame as it swam into the filter slot and got stuck. Then I decided not to qt and dumped the 3 remaining into my DT. Woke up next day to find one of my Picasso’s stuck in one of the rock holes. I had to reallly pull to get him out but he was dead.
so now I want to buy a new Picasso to pair with the existing one. He is very small still and was only “paired” for 6 days. Some say just buy another and put him in. Some say buy a bigger one so it’s clearly the dominant. Some say just leave him alone by himself. What is the best/most proper way to introduce a new percula?
also how about introducing fish in the future to a tank with fish. Do I just throw them in(of course after temp/salinity acclimating)? Or do I put them in a acclimation box for a couple days in the tank? What’s the proper way. I’m looking to buy 4-5 more fish in March so I want to be ready so I don’t kill more fish. Rip to my beloved flame and Picasso.
pharmacist reefer aka “Reefacist” here. Finally I put some fish in my tank. I bought everything to quarantine and medicate prior to dropping fish in the DT but ended up just observing. I bought a little more than I wanted or should have in my opinion. I bought 2 Picasso clowns, a diamond goby, and a flame Angel. I put them all in a 10gallon qt. During observing I lost the flame as it swam into the filter slot and got stuck. Then I decided not to qt and dumped the 3 remaining into my DT. Woke up next day to find one of my Picasso’s stuck in one of the rock holes. I had to reallly pull to get him out but he was dead.
so now I want to buy a new Picasso to pair with the existing one. He is very small still and was only “paired” for 6 days. Some say just buy another and put him in. Some say buy a bigger one so it’s clearly the dominant. Some say just leave him alone by himself. What is the best/most proper way to introduce a new percula?
also how about introducing fish in the future to a tank with fish. Do I just throw them in(of course after temp/salinity acclimating)? Or do I put them in a acclimation box for a couple days in the tank? What’s the proper way. I’m looking to buy 4-5 more fish in March so I want to be ready so I don’t kill more fish. Rip to my beloved flame and Picasso.