Just figured out i never posted my tank shots :D so here you guys go ..............

[poidog]

Honestly, I'm not arguing and hold none of this personally. It's not a common argument, it has to do with the proper, proven, care for an animal species. I'm sorry if I hold higher animal care standards than others. Life is life, wether a person or an individual coral polyp.

My comment about newbs, I'm tired of from certain newbs were everything has to be an argument. "well from this one thread from 2008 with no real support, using mostly low light sps, I should be able to keep an acro".... just to paraphrase. Plain and simply, I suggested you rehome the acro. Maybe asking why, instead of throwing back "it was only $10" would have been a more appropriate response.

 

[tinman]

Oh my goodness.

heyyy walt we are missing you here

how do you like that waving hand thats from you man its growing like crazy

 

[KeishaKornbread]

heyyy walt we are missing you here

how do you like that waving hand thats from you man its growing like crazy

It looks good. Maybe you can get it to grow on that back wall.

 

[tinman]

yup. very true. i take that piece back myself... and again i explained why i said that its only 10 bucks ....

and we are glad that you hold higher animal care stardards that others.. just wanted to say all the fish and corals in your tank would have done much much better in the occean than in your tank how much ever care you provide ..

you are one of us who enjoy aquariums as a hobby and hence a reason for fish ending up in aquariums and explaining in a sweet way helps with more people listening to what you say and hence provide better life to aquatic animals

thanks for the suggestions poidog .. ill do more research

Honestly, I'm not arguing and hold none of this personally. It's not a common argument, it has to do with the proper, proven, care for an animal species. I'm sorry if I hold higher animal care standards than others. Life is life, wether a person or an individual coral polyp.

My comment about newbs, I'm tired of from certain newbs were everything has to be an argument. "well from this one thread from 2008 with no real support, using mostly low light sps, I should be able to keep an acro".... just to paraphrase. Plain and simply, I suggested you rehome the acro. Maybe asking why, instead of throwing back "it was only $10" would have been a more appropriate response.

 

[tinman]

It looks good. Maybe you can get it to grow on that back wall.

i want to ... but im not sure how to get it off from that rock and put it on the wall .. i just placed your piece of rock and it linked perfectly with that in my tank and was hoping it would spread that that rock too ..

 

[tinman]

Hospital tank for jawfish AKA 'Sandy''

here is a pic of my hospital tank that i set up for my injured jaw fish ..

its recovering soo fast i never imagined that i would be able to see visible recovery ..
the tail is growing back and the blood clot from the tail is gone and its digging all over again ..

for now he is the only occupant of this tank cant get his pic he is Under the rock


now waiting for it to recover completely so i can get him to main tank ...

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[KeishaKornbread]

A hospital tank should not have sand or rock. It should be barren to minimize hiding spots for parasites and any other outside buggers that can complicate recuperation.

 

[tinman]

A hospital tank should not have sand or rock. It should be barren to minimize hiding spots for parasites and any other outside buggers that can complicate recuperation.

Ummm should I take the sand off ?? Had it there cause I thought sandy likes to dig and hide .. . In this case it's wounded and have no parasites... Still recommend to remove the sand ??

What about rock ... So if it's like an empty tank what takes care of the filtration ??

If there is no spots for the fish to hide ..wouldn't it get stressed out ??

 

[KeishaKornbread]

It's too late now. It would do more harm to take it out now since he's already in there. You want hospital tanks bare. For hiding places, he will be fine with PVC or vinyl tubing that he can swim into. You want stuff in there that can be easily sterilized.

 

[KeishaKornbread]

This is from the disease and pest section for ICH but it can be used for any need to QT or hospitalize a fish or coral...

The most effective method to keep ICH out of your tank is to isolate new purchases in a Iso/hospital tank for 3-4 weeks before introducing them into your display. Most people dont have a hospital tank or they think it will require a 2nd complete set up so they never bothered. It can be very cheap to set up a tank, it can be a bare bottom with some pvc pipe to provide hiding places a couple pumps to provide some flow and thats pretty much it. It does not need a skimmer because it would need to be off to medicate anyway. A cheap HOB filter will do fine with reg water changes for the short term and the bare bottom will help keep things stable. The params (unless medicating of course) and temps are kept the same as the display so acclimating will be a piece of cake when the time comes to introduce it into your display.

 

[tinman]

Ummm read about that
But thought this is only for just injured jaw fish and wanted him to be comfortable

Will follow this once he gets completely fine and move to my main tank

Thanks

This is from the disease and pest section for ICH but it can be used for any need to QT or hospitalize a fish or coral...

The most effective method to keep ICH out of your tank is to isolate new purchases in a Iso/hospital tank for 3-4 weeks before introducing them into your display. Most people dont have a hospital tank or they think it will require a 2nd complete set up so they never bothered. It can be very cheap to set up a tank, it can be a bare bottom with some pvc pipe to provide hiding places a couple pumps to provide some flow and thats pretty much it. It does not need a skimmer because it would need to be off to medicate anyway. A cheap HOB filter will do fine with reg water changes for the short term and the bare bottom will help keep things stable. The params (unless medicating of course) and temps are kept the same as the display so acclimating will be a piece of cake when the time comes to introduce it into your display.