Multibarred angelfish new try

LaloJ · Sep 6, 2023

So after a few years I may have another chance to keep this beautiful fish that is one of my all time favorites. It 's possible that in your area you can see him from time to time but here in Mexico he rarely arrives, I let go of an opportunity a couple of months ago but now this guy arrives this weekend, he is probably only a couple of inches or a little taller of that. I have a couple of questions here, I have a 20 gallon qt tank that is running all the time with rocks and a little bit of pvc, I also have a 10 gallon qt tank and my main tank now 50 gallon with a lot of live rock, the question is where would you put it? I'm a bit hesitant because the dealer receives a lot of fish at least once a week so this guy may come into contact with parasite carriers which are not welcome in any main tank, I know many aquarists would put him directly on the dt with all the live rock available but in this case I prefer to think in two times.

Sisterlimonpot · Sep 6, 2023

If you have the means, you're definitely going to want to at least put him in an observation tank. I'd say the tank that has established biological filtration.

I think it would be careless to drop any new fish into an established tank.

LaloJ · Sep 7, 2023

It's possible that I do some prophylactic treatment but not with copper, I'm thinking more about paraguard, the distributor told me that he is active and eating dry and frozen food.

LaloJ · Sep 8, 2023

Unfortunately I will have to wait for one more of these beautiful fish to be available, it seems that it could not withstand the shipping and it's unfortunate since the size was ideal, I probably should not wait long but or at least I hope so.