I dropped the temp to about 73(room temp) based on the salvage protocol, should I leave it there or bring it back up?
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I dropped the temp to about 73(room temp) based on the salvage protocol, should I leave it there or bring it back up?
I run QTs around 76. Lower temperature is better for a QT from an oxygen standpoint. The lower your temperature is the higher your oxygen saturation is (within the acceptable temperature range for the given species). 76 is a good common ground. I do run displays 78-79.Keep temperature swings low, if increasing or decreasing temperatures do no more than +/- 2 degrees a day. The more stable the environment the fish is in the more functional its own immune system will be. I usually like 75 as the min and 78 as max gives a little wiggle room both directions if something goes awry. Ei the fan in my sump went last night and my tank is reading 81.3. If i had the set point higher this might have pushed me into a dangerous area. Instead i just put a cloud function on my lighting app till a new fan arrives.
73 is ok but say your house temp drops tonight and your heater fails off, your tank is now 65 degrees.
It's a joke that pet stores aren't regulated or at least annually inspected like everything else is.
I don't know about that. I saw a Sun Conure bird once in their and it was in terrible shape. I mean really bad shape.They are - Petco is regulated more than most LFS’s .
They just are blind when it comes to fish
There's still a long road ahead but they both already look better than they did yesterday. The blue tang keeps hiding every time I get close to the tank but I've seen her swim a little when she doesn't know I'm looking
All their other fish looked really healthy. They even had a powder brown tang that was doing great. These two were the only ones in bad shapeOh man they look rough. Now you have me wanting to go to Petco and see what’s going on there
I don't know about that. I saw a Sun Conure bird once in their and it was in terrible shape. I mean really bad shape.
Not the one in Calumet City, IL!They have heather inspectors and the humane society regularly check on them. I know several ex Petco employees.
I’ve seen plenty of bad fish at lox’s LFS worse then what these fish look like. It’s a problem with the industry itself not all on Petco.
The local Petco foundation donated $900K to the regional kill free shelter here. They were also one of the first big chains to carry ORA tanks bred fish back in the day before all the LFS jumped on board. No LFS has the capital to do stuff like that.
@Frtdrmrose7 should I consider a bath in methelyne blue for the yellow tang or just let him be for now?
He seems to be surprisingly strong and active for how bad he looks. I'll get the bath readyIt really wouldn’t hurt but it can be stressful so based on if the fish appears strong or not it could be risk vs. reward.
He's in the bath now, how often can/should I do the bath until they get better?It really wouldn’t hurt but it can be stressful so based on if the fish appears strong or not it could be risk vs. reward.