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Hey, so got a new Kole Tang, we picked one up some time ago (some of you may remember the thread) and unfortunately he was pretty sick and didn't make it. It was sad, but we learned some valuable lessons.
This time we think we found a nice healthy fish, he's active, and eating already, and looks healthy (more plump, not nearly as thin as the other one was).
Anyway, he's been in the QT for 24h now, and my wife pointed out she thinks he might be breathing heavy. He does seem to be breathing (mouth opening/closing, and gills going) quicker than some of our other fish do... But he's also very active.
I think he's ok (hope so) but we didn't want to take any chances since we had a hard time with the last one, so I thought I'd post a quick video of his behavior and hopefully those with more experience could confirm if all is well
Anyway, I'm very happy with this new little friend in our tank, and want him to be happy and healthy. Any suggestions/feedback welcome.
General info:
Here is the vid (in the thumbnail it looks like he's got whitespots, it's not on him, it's the glass lol, there is remnants of a sticker there, and some salt drips on outside of the glass, not to mention some minor algae film on the inside, this is apparent if you watch the video and see him in motion):
Any feedback/confirmations/warnings/suggestions or any other response is both welcome, and greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
This time we think we found a nice healthy fish, he's active, and eating already, and looks healthy (more plump, not nearly as thin as the other one was).
Anyway, he's been in the QT for 24h now, and my wife pointed out she thinks he might be breathing heavy. He does seem to be breathing (mouth opening/closing, and gills going) quicker than some of our other fish do... But he's also very active.
I think he's ok (hope so) but we didn't want to take any chances since we had a hard time with the last one, so I thought I'd post a quick video of his behavior and hopefully those with more experience could confirm if all is well
Anyway, I'm very happy with this new little friend in our tank, and want him to be happy and healthy. Any suggestions/feedback welcome.
General info:
- Tang is fairly small, not sure if he's Adult or not, he's about 2.5" to 3" long in total right now much smaller than other specimens (including the last one we had).
- No noticeable marks, lesions, abrasions, or discolorations on the fish anywhere
- Stomach isn't sunken at all, he's relatively plump (still a little skinny, but that's fairly normal coming from the LFS).
- LFS had him for 2 weeks, one week in a QT system running copper, and another week in an isolated tank with only inverts and 2 other tangs. (by the time I bought him, he was the only one left)
- In the LFS he ate in front of me, and was eating a live plant they had in the tank (on the live rock) as well.
- QT is 30gal long with oversize HOB filter (Aquaclear rated for 100+gal) running only foam and live rock rubble as filteration (no carbon/etc).
- One small powerhead for additional circulation (though the HOB makes a fair bit of circulation on it's own)
- There are 3 fair sized live rocks in the QT
- QT has been established for several months now (likely 5-6 months) and has plenty of pods, and some sponges, etc growing now. Ammonia/nitrite are zero, salinity is low (1.021, but intentionally so, I dropped it to match the LFS water, to make acclimation easier, now am letting evap slowly raise it to 1.025 to match my display where I'll maintain it during the remainder of the quarantine).
- Currently Nitrates are a bit higher than I'd like, but that shouldn't bother the fish (30-40 ppm, I'll be doing a large water change once he's settled for a couple days to bring this way down)
- Actually hoping the higher nitrates will help grow some algae for him to graze on
- No other life in the tank other than pods/small life on the rocks. (no other inverts or fish).
- Last fish was in the tank about 3 months ago, been fallow since then. Been ghost feeding to maintain bacterial culture (which is why the high nitrates right now) and that fish was healthy and had no problems at all (and is now in DT).
- Lights have been running dark during the fallow period, so unfortunately not a lot of algae in the tank right now for him to graze on (a little film on the rocks likely, and some patches on the glass of a tiny bit of film I can see)
- Lights are LED on a timer roughly synced to my DT cycle (but without the fancy ramp up and down cycle)
Here is the vid (in the thumbnail it looks like he's got whitespots, it's not on him, it's the glass lol, there is remnants of a sticker there, and some salt drips on outside of the glass, not to mention some minor algae film on the inside, this is apparent if you watch the video and see him in motion):
Any feedback/confirmations/warnings/suggestions or any other response is both welcome, and greatly appreciated!
Thanks!