So I have struggled and learnt hard way .. sharing my success with QT.
(I acknowledge r2r articles, my brother's inputs and my family's support and dealing with hours of me staring at my fiahes!)
Outcome: My Quoyi is eating, swimming and happy! Cowfiah, puffer and goatfish are eating and happy too!
Here is what all worked (IMHO)
1. Kept him in QT (had moved to DT for 2 days and he was **** stressed, did not eat)
2. Had a lot of established nitrifying bacteria bio cube,buo balls, 2 big sponge and 1 big dead coral skeleton from my 3 yr old DT. Those prevented amonia spike.
3. Kept QT water good. Changed 50% every 2 days. Kept Nitrate and PO4 in check.
4. He was alone for 1 week, then I added 2 clown from my DT, but to no avail ... after a week, I added a goatfish (and 2 other peaceful fish - yes a bit much for 30G). Goatfish is GREAT distraction, not aggressive, swims all day, eats everything that falls (keeps tank leftover free). In future I will try goat fish again for enticing finicky/ shy fishes.
5. Had a mini skimmer run 80% of time. Shut off inly for 12 hours after medicine addition.
6. Kept a powerhead running, facing water surface to keep O2 level high.
7. Added a good temperature controlled new heater (last one had thermostat failure and temperature shot up to 86!!)
8. Fed multiple different frozen and nori 2x to 3x daily but 0 pellets, to keep nutrient spike in control (I had 2 good eating and swimming angel (Flame and annularis) die in QT suddenly in QT, I fed them pellets).
9. For 3 weeks Quoyi dd not seem to eat (i did not see her eat), since 2 days she started eaeatingshe first started "eating small stuff" floating near her mouth. Probably small parts of brine shrimp... then floating pieces of algae sheet and today she is scraping the rocks and swimming and even chasing away goatfish when he swims in-the-face!! Lol!
10. I did 1 round of General cure, 2 rounds of Sufaplex and 1 round of kanaplex. Tonight I will change 60% of water and add no more meds. Watch until Friday.
I will keep Quoyi and rest of QT as is for 5 more days and then on Friday move the fishes to DT. Hope this helps others wanting to succeed with QT!
Questions
1. Its been 3 weeks for quoyi and 10 days for rest of 3 fishes in QT, i plan to keep/ observe all in QT for 3 more days. The LFS had them in Copper and Prazi. I ran 5 rounds of meds. How much longer do I need to keep them in QT to be sure of ich and velvet free? If they show 0 signs of issues over next 4 days, can be 90% ok to move them in DT on Friday night?
2. My 300G DT setup has 3 tangs (Hippo, tomini, yellow), 3 angel (coral beauty, queen and flagfin), 1 gobi, 2 clown, 1 butterfly, 1 lyritail anthias, 1 flamehawk. What is best way to add the 4 new fishes? Practical 90% safe bets/ tips for 75% j
(I acknowledge r2r articles, my brother's inputs and my family's support and dealing with hours of me staring at my fiahes!)
Outcome: My Quoyi is eating, swimming and happy! Cowfiah, puffer and goatfish are eating and happy too!
Here is what all worked (IMHO)
1. Kept him in QT (had moved to DT for 2 days and he was **** stressed, did not eat)
2. Had a lot of established nitrifying bacteria bio cube,buo balls, 2 big sponge and 1 big dead coral skeleton from my 3 yr old DT. Those prevented amonia spike.
3. Kept QT water good. Changed 50% every 2 days. Kept Nitrate and PO4 in check.
4. He was alone for 1 week, then I added 2 clown from my DT, but to no avail ... after a week, I added a goatfish (and 2 other peaceful fish - yes a bit much for 30G). Goatfish is GREAT distraction, not aggressive, swims all day, eats everything that falls (keeps tank leftover free). In future I will try goat fish again for enticing finicky/ shy fishes.
5. Had a mini skimmer run 80% of time. Shut off inly for 12 hours after medicine addition.
6. Kept a powerhead running, facing water surface to keep O2 level high.
7. Added a good temperature controlled new heater (last one had thermostat failure and temperature shot up to 86!!)
8. Fed multiple different frozen and nori 2x to 3x daily but 0 pellets, to keep nutrient spike in control (I had 2 good eating and swimming angel (Flame and annularis) die in QT suddenly in QT, I fed them pellets).
9. For 3 weeks Quoyi dd not seem to eat (i did not see her eat), since 2 days she started eaeatingshe first started "eating small stuff" floating near her mouth. Probably small parts of brine shrimp... then floating pieces of algae sheet and today she is scraping the rocks and swimming and even chasing away goatfish when he swims in-the-face!! Lol!
10. I did 1 round of General cure, 2 rounds of Sufaplex and 1 round of kanaplex. Tonight I will change 60% of water and add no more meds. Watch until Friday.
I will keep Quoyi and rest of QT as is for 5 more days and then on Friday move the fishes to DT. Hope this helps others wanting to succeed with QT!
Questions
1. Its been 3 weeks for quoyi and 10 days for rest of 3 fishes in QT, i plan to keep/ observe all in QT for 3 more days. The LFS had them in Copper and Prazi. I ran 5 rounds of meds. How much longer do I need to keep them in QT to be sure of ich and velvet free? If they show 0 signs of issues over next 4 days, can be 90% ok to move them in DT on Friday night?
2. My 300G DT setup has 3 tangs (Hippo, tomini, yellow), 3 angel (coral beauty, queen and flagfin), 1 gobi, 2 clown, 1 butterfly, 1 lyritail anthias, 1 flamehawk. What is best way to add the 4 new fishes? Practical 90% safe bets/ tips for 75% j
