Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: Good bye planted, welcome marine
What are some good fishes to start with, apart from the clowns and pakistan butterfly I already have?
Was tempted to buy the moorish angel but read somewhere that its difficult to keep them..
Looking for gobies, but never see them in LFS.
Need some info on anemone too. Which is the best to buy? Is dit dangerous to keep the carpet anemone?
Saw a couple of tentacle anemone, but they were all pinkish in color. LFS said, they would become white once they get acclimated and the zooxxxxx populated on them.
What are some good fishes to start with, apart from the clowns and pakistan butterfly I already have?
Was tempted to buy the moorish angel but read somewhere that its difficult to keep them..
Looking for gobies, but never see them in LFS.
Need some info on anemone too. Which is the best to buy? Is dit dangerous to keep the carpet anemone?
Saw a couple of tentacle anemone, but they were all pinkish in color. LFS said, they would become white once they get acclimated and the zooxxxxx populated on them.
Whats the need of going so fast? its not freshwater its marine........ we need to mimic the ocean chemistry which has been the same since millions of years..... so the older the better...... i know marine fishes are beautiful, its too tempting to add but that doesnt mean u keep killing them by adding them so fast..... What so ever, your tank is not yet cycled properly.... U can add fishes if its fun for u to watch them die a slow painful death......
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 4:13 pm Post subject: Re: Good bye planted, welcome marine
Well, my question is not "I am going to the LFS immediately, pleae let me know what to buy..." What I am asking is when I go to the LFS probably in 3 weeks time, what would be some good fishes to buy...
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Good bye planted, welcome marine
What people are saying is that you should be asking questions on how to correct your current issues first instead of asking about new stock, irrespective of if you are going today or in a month.
What people are saying is that you should be asking questions on how to correct your current issues first instead of asking about new stock, irrespective of if you are going today or in a month.
+1....... i know people who waited for 3 months before adding any more fishes when the tank was new.... just add fish like chromis or damsel, wait, check water parameters, etc. then u can go for what ever you want.... you have already added too many fishes. in marine the rule is 1 small fish per 10-15g.... if u go higher, u will require really massive filteration. if not, your tank will never set and you will keep on getting nitrite spikes..
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:59 am Post subject: Re: Good bye planted, welcome marine
Well, I think its not ich. He looks a lot better today. He was quite stressed during the transportation, which happened through my non-aquarist friend who kept the packet in his car. When I got it, it was sort of warm water in it. Didn't look good from day 1. He has started feeding on pellets after a week now. The white scales have gone. All that's remaining is a wound kind of think on its tail which is also healing.....Didn't want to try copper and other stuff, so left him alone in the QT. Thanks guys, but I don't think the other fishes are stressed out. Everyone is active and eating the pellets. Did a water test today morning. All is well except ¬20ppm nitrates.
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Good bye planted, welcome marine
The sebae looks in a bad shape now. The wound is spreading to other locations. Probably he was stressed out to the core. Anyone new to this hobby, please make sure you transport the fishes properly. The sebae has been the victim of bad transportation(partly my mistake as I did not warn the friend about the temperature getting high).
The others are all getting along well. The pakistan butterfly which was always in hiding, is now in the open looking for food. He loves fresh shrimp the best. The percula is more into the pellets(probably farm raised, not sure though).
Dropped the idea of buying anemone, till my tank matures for another 4-6 months.
Planning to get some stuff from US in a few months. Anyone has any good recommendations for online stuff? There used to be a petco near my apartment. But they were all expensive.... I have a refractometer+phosphate remover in mind. Amazon has quite few 30-40$ ones. Not sure if they can be trusted.. For phosphate removal, planning to get a Phosban/PhosGuard. Not owning a RO unit, I am almost sure my source water has lots of phosphate/silicate in it.
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U can add fishes if its fun for u to watch them die a slow painful death......
I may be new to marine , but have quite experience in fish keeping.Don't think anyone here would like to do that, nanomania.
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: Good bye planted, welcome marine
Tried JBL spirulina today. All inmates seem to appreciate it.
The sebae clown expired. May his soul rest in peace.
Leaving for Christmas vacation on Friday. Everything gonna be set on timers. Brought a float valve connected via pipe to the tap and fixed it onto the sump. Should make up for the water loss during the 10 days. The next three days is going to test the float valve. Looking for better solutions. Got two options:
1. Keep a big bucket of water with a small pump operated on a 1 minute timer, every week once.
2. Use the existing float valve, but connect to a huge barrel of water, rather than the corporation water tap.
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