bpeitzke
Aquarium Advice Activist
We have 6 fish in a 40-gal SW FO tank, no live rock (yet), CC substrate. Lost our Emperor Angel to fin rot (we didn't treat soon enough, I think), but remaining 6 appear to be thriving. But I'm not sure whether our temperature and salinity are optimal for them. We have 3 damsels and a dwarf angel (coral beauty), a maroon clown, and one fat 4" puffer (topaz/spotted green). All but the puffer are from Indo-pacific/Fiji area, I believe.
We've been keeping the tank at 78F and SG at 1.020. I got some advice that these are both too low for these fish, and that they would thrive more in temp 82-84F and SG 1.023-1.025. But I also got advice from LFS guy not to keep temp > 80F, and that SG > 1.023 would encourage parasites.
I read Dr. Shimek's paper on environmental conditions, and it made sense to me, but like I said, LFS sources differ.
Where should we be?
Grateful for any advice.
Bob Peitzke
We've been keeping the tank at 78F and SG at 1.020. I got some advice that these are both too low for these fish, and that they would thrive more in temp 82-84F and SG 1.023-1.025. But I also got advice from LFS guy not to keep temp > 80F, and that SG > 1.023 would encourage parasites.
I read Dr. Shimek's paper on environmental conditions, and it made sense to me, but like I said, LFS sources differ.
Where should we be?
Grateful for any advice.
Bob Peitzke