steve r
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we try to add our first fish yesteryday. that tank has been cycled for two weeks and has had hermits and snails living for the last week without any issues. the water tested zeros across the board on friday.
we bought a bi color blenny and a sandsifting star yesterday. we acclimated the blenny by adding a little water every 10 minutes to his open floating bag after about 15-20 minutes closed to get the temp right. after the bag after 3 additions of water we would dump half the water out
( not in the tank ) and do it again. we did this three times.
when we released him at about 3:00pm he swam right on top of a rock and sat there for a couple of minutes. he then proceded to explore our tank and find a few choice holes to stick his head out of. he would even ocassionally feed on the algae we have growing. he seemed to be doing really good. we left thelights off and didnt bother him. i went to bed at 1:00 am. when i woke up at 7:00 he was dead on the bottom. he had a couple of chew marks but i think that was post mortem from a few hermits. although i did not see them near the fish when i found it.
the total acclimation was about an hour and a half. the star fish we acclimated even slower and he is doing fine this morning. any thoughts on what went wrong? do some fish just not make it? we are very sad that we took this little guy from his home at the LFS where he has been doing great for three weeks and brought him home to do "less than well" in our tank. sorry for the long post. any help would be appreciated
steve r
we bought a bi color blenny and a sandsifting star yesterday. we acclimated the blenny by adding a little water every 10 minutes to his open floating bag after about 15-20 minutes closed to get the temp right. after the bag after 3 additions of water we would dump half the water out
( not in the tank ) and do it again. we did this three times.
when we released him at about 3:00pm he swam right on top of a rock and sat there for a couple of minutes. he then proceded to explore our tank and find a few choice holes to stick his head out of. he would even ocassionally feed on the algae we have growing. he seemed to be doing really good. we left thelights off and didnt bother him. i went to bed at 1:00 am. when i woke up at 7:00 he was dead on the bottom. he had a couple of chew marks but i think that was post mortem from a few hermits. although i did not see them near the fish when i found it.
the total acclimation was about an hour and a half. the star fish we acclimated even slower and he is doing fine this morning. any thoughts on what went wrong? do some fish just not make it? we are very sad that we took this little guy from his home at the LFS where he has been doing great for three weeks and brought him home to do "less than well" in our tank. sorry for the long post. any help would be appreciated
steve r