Victoria Music's Custom 180 Rebuild

[Victoria M]

Awesome!

My favorite part of watching the tank is the interactions between the fish.

Definately! The nice thing about putting some effort into your QT is that the fish behave more naturally and it is just so much more satisfying to watch them while you are doing a QT proces. It makes it easier to Not rush it. I have found lots of plastic plants and nice hides brings the fish out and gives them more confidence than a few PVC pieces.

 

[Victoria M]

Now I wish my QT was in the kitchen where I could see it all the time!

 

[Victoria M]

every fish ate today! I fed mysis shrimp and even the pyramid butterfly ate. woot! woot!

 

[Victoria M]

Lost a clown fish and an azure damsel. We noticed white stringy poop from one of the clowns so my guess is that is the clown that died.

 

[Victoria M]

I started prazipro a day early due to the fish deaths.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Lost a clown fish and an azure damsel. We noticed white stringy poop from one of the clowns so my guess is that is the clown that died.

How is the Butterfly looking?

 

[Victoria M]

How is the Butterfly looking?

It looks pretty good. The colors are a little muted though. It is eating frozen really well.
The fish that died were captive bred. But very small.
Also, we saw a fluke on the other clown fish. I dosed the rest of the prazi pro. As I tried to catch the clown I noticed the fluke fell off. It left a small mark.
I usually get my fish from my LFS and they QT in copper for two weeks prior to putting the fish in their sales floor tanks. I have never lost a fish from them.

 

[Victoria M]

The clown fish is looking bad. Breathing hard and fast. He was Resting on the bottom of the tank. I caught him, did a weak methyl-in blue bath, and a failed freshwater dip. Right now he is sitting in a very weak m-blue cup of water. I need to decide what to do next.
I hate this part of the hobby.
Should I dose copper to the QT before the other fish show signs of issues? I brought the prazipro up to full dose yesterday.

 

[Muttley000]

It looks pretty good. The colors are a little muted though. It is eating frozen really well.
The fish that died were captive bred. But very small.
Also, we saw a fluke on the other clown fish. I dosed the rest of the prazi pro. As I tried to catch the clown I noticed the fluke fell off. It left a small mark.
I usually get my fish from my LFS and they QT in copper for two weeks prior to putting the fish in their sales floor tanks. I have never lost a fish from them.

Hate reading about your issues, but glad you have reached the stocking point! Which LFS do you normally use?

 

[Victoria M]

I love Trilbys fish. Uh, Pampered Pets. I almost always QT but they are always healthy.

 

[Victoria M]

The baby clown has been put back in the QT. Sigh.

 

[Brew12]

The clown fish is looking bad. Breathing hard and fast. He was Resting on the bottom of the tank. I caught him, did a weak methyl-in blue bath, and a failed freshwater dip. Right now he is sitting in a very weak m-blue cup of water. I need to decide what to do next.
I hate this part of the hobby.
Should I dose copper to the QT before the other fish show signs of issues? I brought the prazipro up to full dose yesterday.

This is the hardest part.

Without knowing the problem, its hard to say if copper should be next or not. No visible symptoms makes it tough.

 

[Victoria M]

Her eyes are more in focus than her mouth but she has found a favorite place for food and it gave me a much better place to observe her. Her mouth looks injured and I think I see a fluke on her eye.

 

[Victoria M]

But she is eating everything that comes her way.

 

[Victoria M]

Copper level is .25.

 

[Victoria M]

At first I though the damage to her mouth was a giant parasite copepod thingy. brrrr.

 

[NY_Caveman]

I love your QT tank, but if I stare at it too long I start to have flashbacks.

 

[Victoria M]

I love your QT tank, but if I stare at it too long I start to have flashbacks.

Lol.

 

[Victoria M]

Have I ever posted the shot of my tank from my kitchen? I love having it right here where we see it during every family meal.

 

[Brew12]

Have I ever posted the shot of my tank from my kitchen? I love having it right here where we see it during every family meal.

That is fantastic.

The biggest regret of my system is it is in my home office. Now that it is maturing I think even my wife is regretting it didn't end up in a more public area of the house.