DiscusnAfricans
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The fish are spoken for. The bucket of salt is still available. Even if you can't cancel your order, salt doesn't go bad as long as it stays dry...
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So, is the salt mix Instant Ocean, 160G bucket? Has it been opened or sealed brand new?
DiscusnAfricans
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Yes, I'm pretty sure. I opened the bucket once, but didn't use any salt. I think it has 6 sealed bags of salt inside the bucket. Its been a while since I looked at it. I'll try to dig it out tonight.
wtf 1k of them worms.......this is why I need with live rock first...then after I am clear with everything then i get the fish
Lively
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My guess is they came in on a piece of coral I got and without anything to eat them, they got out of control - I've talked with a couple of SW fish folk, kinda rare for it to happen the way it happened to me. Oh, and they will attack and kill clams too - from what I've heard about them.
Just don't let it sit without worm preditors for too long...
Just don't let it sit without worm preditors for too long...
DiscusnAfricans
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Thats definitely the way to go. You're probably better off finding someone breaking down an already healthy system and that way you can reduce your quarantine time. Load it up with an invert crew and keep an eye on the inhabitants. Sorry I can't give you the rock and sand, but it was already spoken for. Theres always people breaking down reef tanks though.
All fish have been sold. The rock and sand will be picked up sunday. Kam- do you want to pick up the tank next week or do you want me to bring it to the september meeting?
Tony
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Michael -
The fish are doing quite well. Acclimated quickly and were swimming around exploring last night. Thanks again and give Maria a call this weekend if you fins that coral banded. I'll PM you her number.
The fish are doing quite well. Acclimated quickly and were swimming around exploring last night. Thanks again and give Maria a call this weekend if you fins that coral banded. I'll PM you her number.
DiscusnAfricans
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Glad to hear the fish are doing well. They were quite sociable, just watch out for that attack clownfish! I'll keep an eye out for the CBS, I think he snuck into a crevice in the live rock. Have fun this weekend. Take pictures in case you have a "hangover" moment.
crazyclowntang
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don't mean to get on your case here lively
(waiting for response:scared0016, but high bristol worm population usually means too much food and little maintenance. I have never heard of bristol worms eating a live fish. Are you sure that 6 line wrasse did not die before they ate him? On thing I did notice about 6 line wrasse is that if they are not wild caught they will not eat worms. Captive rasied 6 lines dont know bristol worms are food.
(waiting for response:scared0016, but high bristol worm population usually means too much food and little maintenance. I have never heard of bristol worms eating a live fish. Are you sure that 6 line wrasse did not die before they ate him? On thing I did notice about 6 line wrasse is that if they are not wild caught they will not eat worms. Captive rasied 6 lines dont know bristol worms are food.
Lively
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LOL - I'm not that bad, am I?
It wasn't overfeeding that caused it - I'm very good about not overfeeding my fish. He might have died in the night, but he seemed fine before I went to bed, he was hanging out in a little cave and he ate shortly after I put him in the tank. But, it's always a possiblity.
The worms were so bad that I saw them day and night and I noticed that they were pretty bad in the area the fish decided to sleep in. I'm 99% sure the reason they exploded like they did was I didn't have enough of a clean up crew in there. The closest LFS with salt critters closed up shop and I didn't restock and I was down to two hermit crabs - not smart.
I didn't know that about a 6 line, didn't come up in the research I did.
It wasn't overfeeding that caused it - I'm very good about not overfeeding my fish. He might have died in the night, but he seemed fine before I went to bed, he was hanging out in a little cave and he ate shortly after I put him in the tank. But, it's always a possiblity.
The worms were so bad that I saw them day and night and I noticed that they were pretty bad in the area the fish decided to sleep in. I'm 99% sure the reason they exploded like they did was I didn't have enough of a clean up crew in there. The closest LFS with salt critters closed up shop and I didn't restock and I was down to two hermit crabs - not smart.
I didn't know that about a 6 line, didn't come up in the research I did.
crazyclowntang
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Yeah, if you put one wild caught with a captive raised, the WC will eat the worms and the CR will see that and will copy the behavior. You know how you are not suppossed to keep butterfly fish with corals because that is all they eat? Captive raised butterflies sometimes will not even look at the corals unless you let them go hungry and they are forced to start picking at the corals in the tank. I have had butterflies and angel fish together in a tank full sps coral and the corals were never touched.