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    My update.

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    If u enjoy luggin back hm bags or containers of water, by all means. Would be good if u hav ur own transport. And the lift better stop at ur level.

    Lastly do the maths, volume of ur tank will determine how much water u need to bring back.

    Lastly, if u have Osim massage chair.....u will need it! :yeah:

    Hyposalinity Treatment for New Fishes

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    I know most of us will QT any new stock (referring specifically to fishes) in a separate tank. So i just wanna ask the following :

    1) What is the water parameters in your Quarantine Tank? Same as main / Different? Pls elaborate.

    2) During QT, do you add any medication or any other addictives?

    3) Can Hyposalinity be carried out on new fishes even though it appears healthy? Its to double confirm is parasites free before introducing them into main tank.

    QT will hold Main tank water. This is to get ur new LS to adapt to water frm ur main system as close as possible.

    Below is wat i practised.

    Use a container (capable of drippin) n fill it with water frm ur QT.

    Drip water over an hr into the bag containin the new fish u bought.

    The end result will be a mixture of water from the LFS and water from ur QT.

    Make sure ur QT r up and runnin. (so as no to stress the newcomer by puttin ur hand into QT and fixin up powerhead, skimmer....etc with it inside).

    QT was wrapped ard by cloth. (U can observe frm the top)

    Slowly submerge the bag and its content into the QT.

    Let it swim out.

    Leave it alone for a day.

    Daily water change in the evenin as soon as after feedin.

    Siphon out waste and leftover food.

    Remove n discard 70% of water frm QT.

    Check salinity.

    Replace back the 70% with a even mixture of main tank and new saltmix. (after removing water frm main tank, i replenish my main tank with new saltmix=small water change daily :P ).

    ***My QT only got powerhead and skimmer inside, i intro fish usually at nite with min lightin***

    Durin QT, no medication was added unless fish show sign of disease infection.

    New fish can be carried out usin hypo if u hav the patience and time.

    But do note, its the LS tat u choose that makes the difference.

    Eg. Newcomer can be quarantined and in perfect healthy condition but poor introduction into main tank, harrassement by existin LS, or prob oreadi exist in ur main tank will cause the newcomer to be infected.

    ;)

    Achilles Tang

    in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)

    Posted

    Thks for the advise. this is what I did when I got the fish. Cover for first few day and slowly open up day by day until now fuuly open.

    tats good.

    I intro my AT at nite, when all light are off. Almost need to use nightvision to c wat i m doin. :P

    No net was used in the process.

    btw, my AT spend ard 3-4wks in quarantine tank. then another 2wks plus in a cage like container in my main tank before finally releasin him into the open. ;)

    cycling ..

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

    Posted

    Well said,

    The prob with newbie is believin too much wat they read frm the bottles, boxes, labels.....they see in shops.

    Cost of prawn = Few cents = no satisfaction. :huh:

    Satisfaction comes frm spendin $10, 20, 30.... :blink:

    Coz spendin money reassure them it will work?

    Patience will pay off. ;)

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