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Not getting a warm and fuzzy on the Ocellatus. I'm going to separate it tonight, I think there is too much feeding pressure in my quarantine tank.
Here is a vide of the DT with a more yellow spectrum. I think it looks a lot better.
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08/29/2017, 07:50 PM | #752 |
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Went out and got a few new foods tonight and actually some small successes the Ocellatus. This video is from the third or fourth feeding of the night. It might not look like much, but it's actually a lot of progress.
Then of course there is the big fat puffer that eats everything...love that fish.
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Hi there Caribfan, I'm loving your tank. I've always loved angels and butterflies and would love to recreate a smaller version of your tank with butterflies and angels that would be happy in a 110 (primarily dwarfs). What would you say are your biggest success factors?
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02/22/2018, 05:46 AM | #755 |
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Sad day yesterday, my tank is officially broken down and moved out of the basement. We're moving this Saturday. We are going to be living in an apartment for 3 - 4 months while I renovate an old farm house.
Fish are all at my parents in a 150 gallon and a 50 gallon. Everyone seems to have survived the move. I was more emotional than I expected to be, I think it's because I've had a lot of those fish for quite some time Hoping to get the tank set back up in July or August after we've moved to the farm, will surely keep everyone posted.
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Good luck with everything Matt.
I hear ya on the emotion part, especially when you've had them for a while.
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Glad you had an option to keep them somewhere in the interim. Hope all goes smoothly for you!
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Appreciate it guys, the next four Months are going to be intense between starting a produce farm, renovating a house and continuing full time at day job. Plus I’m supposed to be a husband and father in there somewhere too.
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I'm quite surprised, extraordinary thread, I was able to read the whole thing in about a week but it was worth it. Matt, any update ?? It's been a long time since 4 months
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I am also interested in an update. I read thru the entire post this morning. I have a 120 that I am seriously considering making a Butterfly Display. Thanks, Dean |
01/08/2021, 11:28 AM | #761 |
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Matt, I'm curious to know how your filtration system is set up on the QT tanks. You say you have an established bioballs filter, so when you add Cupramine it doesn't wipe out your colony of bacteria?
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IME Cupramine has never affected the bio filter in a negative way.
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My QT is not currently set up, but when it was, I never noticed that the cupramine effected the biological filter. My QT is a 50 gallon breeder with a piece of glass at one end with a small overflow notched out, the bio balls sit on the other side of the glass. There is also a return pump there. One thing I have done in the past is left about half the bioballs that my QT filter can hold in the sump for the display tank. If I have to set up the QT, I just pull those active bioballs out of the sump and I’m ready to go. I’ll typically use water from my DT to set up the QT too. Hope that makes sense.
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My wife and I started a small produce farm in 2018 and most of my time has been dedicated to that. The tank is up and running, although the only fish I kept were the dwarf angels. There is still a venustus, multi bar, lemon peel and like a 10 yr old Eibli. I think the futballer damsel is in there as well.
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What are your plans for a tank? You could probably do something less elaborate than my set up. I know some folks will just keep a sponge filter or two in their dumps and use those as cultured media when they set up a qt. Another option is to just have a permanent quarantine tank and keep a couple damsels in there to keep the filter sustained. Kind of cruel to put the damsels through so much treatment though.
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A 10 or 20 gallon would likely be all you need if your DT is a 79 gallon.
It’s all about being able to keep the fish in an appropriate sized tank during the QT process. I wouldn’t quarantine a show size Naso for a 300 gallon in a 10 gallon, but for a short period (4-6 weeks) that fish would do fine in a standard 55 gallon.
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So I was thinking about the four Butterflies for my tank: 1: Chaetodon kleini 2: Chaetodon ulietensis 3: Heniochus singularis 4: Chaetodon rafflesi and with that some pajama cardinals Your knowledge would be appreciated. Thanks, Dean |
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I treat for four weeks with cupramine, and I take 6-8 days to get to the effective dose. Not familiar with rejilux. Most fish will be fine in a 20 gallon for 6-8 weeks, as long as you don’t overcrowd and have a suitable biological filter.
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I think having a good skimmer is important too, for the waste removal but also oxygenation of the water. What size tank are these fish going into?
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Did a 60 gallon water change for the first time in forever, not proud of that. Nitrates weren’t too far off the chart, maybe 60 ppm.
The current stocking rate is not great, only one butterfly at the moment, and it’s scheduled for removal. The existing list is: -centropyge venustus -centropyge eibli - going on 9+ years I think -centropyge flavissima -paracentropyge multifasciata -zebrasoma flavescens -chrysiptera annulata -johnrandallia nigrirostris On the short list for addition: -dusky butterfly -rainford butterfly -pair of Bella gobies -leopard wrasse trio (new territory here for me) -second venustus angel -second multibar angel The tank is still a mess, I basically just put the rock in without any thought when I set it back up. If I get it aqua apes, I’ll try to post some pictures or a video..
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