Hi,
I'm about to place my first online order, and in an attempt to hit the free shipping dollar amount, I am considering purchasing two flasher wrasses for my nephew along with a royal gramma and yellow assessor for myself. He doesn't have a QT, so I was going to run his wrasses through QT with my basslets.
I use two 10 gallon tanks for quarantine, doing 12 days of TTM, with prophylactic dosing of Prazi Pro and Paraguard. But i've only ever done it with one small fish at a time (and only twice at that - i'm still very green). These are all small fishes, but i've read that basslets are very shy, and flasher wrasses like to swim around the tank a lot. I'm wondering if the activity of the wrasses in such a small tank will overly stress the basslets. If they are hiding in the PVC 100% of the time i'm concerned I might not observe any diseases that present during that time. Or, they might be too afraid to eat.
I have ammonia badges and prime to control ammonia between tank transfers, and plan on doing water changes every 2 or 3 days during the observation period afterward...does that sound about right given no biological filter?
I'm hoping someone with a little experience with basslets and/or wrasses in group quarantines might be able to share their experiences to let me know if they think this is a bad idea or not? Also, is there anything else I need to consider with this particular group, or in quarantining a group of fishes rather than a single fish?
Thanks,
Chance
I'm about to place my first online order, and in an attempt to hit the free shipping dollar amount, I am considering purchasing two flasher wrasses for my nephew along with a royal gramma and yellow assessor for myself. He doesn't have a QT, so I was going to run his wrasses through QT with my basslets.
I use two 10 gallon tanks for quarantine, doing 12 days of TTM, with prophylactic dosing of Prazi Pro and Paraguard. But i've only ever done it with one small fish at a time (and only twice at that - i'm still very green). These are all small fishes, but i've read that basslets are very shy, and flasher wrasses like to swim around the tank a lot. I'm wondering if the activity of the wrasses in such a small tank will overly stress the basslets. If they are hiding in the PVC 100% of the time i'm concerned I might not observe any diseases that present during that time. Or, they might be too afraid to eat.
I have ammonia badges and prime to control ammonia between tank transfers, and plan on doing water changes every 2 or 3 days during the observation period afterward...does that sound about right given no biological filter?
I'm hoping someone with a little experience with basslets and/or wrasses in group quarantines might be able to share their experiences to let me know if they think this is a bad idea or not? Also, is there anything else I need to consider with this particular group, or in quarantining a group of fishes rather than a single fish?
Thanks,
Chance