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05/05/2019, 01:07 PM | #76 |
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How did you go with the qt process for the bicinctus clownfish? Did you treat with copper or just housed them for observation?
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05/05/2019, 01:36 PM | #77 | |
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05/05/2019, 01:51 PM | #78 |
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The anemone looked healthy today (aside from being bleached, which is, of course, a form of being unhealthy by itself). Hopefully, there is a zooxanthella left in it somewhere to multiply and color it up again.
While the smaller two bicinctus slept during the night in the anemone, they don't seem to show much interest in it during the day. That kind of leads me to believe that this wasn't their kind of anemone in the wild. If they don't really accept it, I may give it to my Solomon percula pair #2. They accepted a crispa before and also cuddled up with mushrooms. They are certainly not as picky as my pairs #1 & #3 which only accept giganteas.
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Where did you acquire the septra from? I’m thinking of getting a WC Amphiprion chrysopterus Pair soon Do you use copper? Or formalin for brook? |
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05/05/2019, 02:09 PM | #80 | |
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But Thomas Labs sells it under the name Fish Sulpha, so you should be able to get it through a well stocked fish store or directly from them. You could get it quick and easy on Amazon before, but they removed it because some people who couldn't afford to see a doctor were getting it for themselves... Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
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I usually don't use copper. The only exception would be an Amyloodinium infection of fish that can't handle CP.
Hypersalinity is IME the better measure against Cryptocaryon. For tiny fish like pipefish and small gobies, I generally do TTM Formalin dips are still the best measure against brook, but formalin gets harder to find these days.
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The bicinctus decided to accept the magnifica after all:
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I’ve actually never tried hypersalinity but I just picked up an extra auto top off so I’ll be doing it this time. |
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Evaporation during hyposalinity is really not the issue people imagine it to be. Keep in mind that you would need to evaporate about 3 times the volume of water at 1.009 to get a 0.001 change than you would need to evaporate to get the same change at 1.026. A lid is generally completely sufficient to keep the salinity in the therapeutic range. With the bicinctus I didn't even have to add RO water between the weekly water changes. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
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05/06/2019, 01:59 AM | #86 |
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mine jump back and forth between my gig and mag...
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I'm kind of wondering if they would also accept a haddoni as host.
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Ohh. I’ve read that with hypo there’s a big margin for error and a top off would keep it at therapeutic levels, that’s why I never really tried it but you are right, the risk is much greater for the fish with a top off and it’s kinda being lazy on the keepers part. Thanks for the info, now I feel it’s much easier than from what I’ve been reading. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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05/06/2019, 11:11 PM | #89 |
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Looks like Amphiprion bicinctus can also be found in S. haddoni in the wild.
These pictures were taken in the Red Sea, Egypt: Another one Allen & Fautin missed...
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The magnifica is completely bleached and doesn't show any sign of zooxanthellae being left in it. It is also not eating the food I give it. So I'm trying if zooxanthellae from a Xenia might transfer over to it via direct contact:
I had this work back in 1983 with a totally bleached crispa and a neighboring Anthelia colony. The crispa started coloring up from the tentacles that had frequent contact with the Anthelia and after a couple of weeks it was completely back to normal color.
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Added a little support for the Xenia. Now it has closer contact with the Magnifica and it actually seems the anemone is seeking the contact.
I guess it could take a couple of weeks to see if this works or not...
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Cool fish, just picked up a pair today
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What dosage do you use with the Septra for your anemonefish? Just what is on the label? Thanks! Mark
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I usually dose 1 tablet ("forte" strength) on 50 liter (or, if treating in a 10 gallon tank, just 1 tablet for the tank.) I got that dosage from a fellow Reefer in Germany who was a veterinarian. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk I
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05/25/2019, 08:06 PM | #95 |
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Very nice clowns! I believe I have a bicinctus omanensis hybrid.
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A. bicinctus?
This specimen look very different than my bicinctus pair. Very narrow stripes.
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Also, it lacks other omanensis traits like white tail fin or a particularly dark body coloration. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
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[QUOTE=ThRoewer;25592330]I would say that is still within the normal variance.
Also, it lacks other omanensis traits like white tail fin or a particularly dark body coloration. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk[/QUOTE Yes, I would agree. This specimen was one of a dozen from a Red Sea shipment (no specific location was provided) last November. All but two had the normal wide stripes. I bought the two even though one had an injury to its lower jaw. That one did not make it. I also picked up what I hoped would be a pair and indeed they are bonded together now for about 5 months. The female of the pair is over 5 inches in total length. It took me several months to condition the bicinctus and needed to do several treatments with Paragaurd and copper. I'm waiting for my wholesaler to get a small bicinctus to pair with the thin line female. I haven't figured out how to post video directly to a post so I'll have to use YouTube links. |
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