Alright... now for the
fun update. I have 4 fish in QT (and have had them in there for over 2 weeks now), and I just started treatment with Cupramine last week. Happily, I can report that all of them are doing great so far, so I wanted to give you all an update on what's going on there.
Here's what I've got...
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McCosker's Flasher Wrasse and Starry Blenny: I picked both of these up together and they have settled in quite nicely. Unfortunately, I can't get a decent picture of the blenny for the life of me, so here's a few shots of the Flasher.
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Hawaiian Flame Wrasse (male): picked this guy up from a local hobbyist getting out of the hobby for a while. I always wanted one of these but didn't really want to put down $200+ for one... luckily I got an awesome deal on this one.
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Potter's Dwarf Angel: I never truly realized how awesome these little angels were until I saw one in a LFS recently. This one seems to be slightly different than most I've seen though... it has STRIKING AND VERY DISTINCT lavender lines (some I've seen are quite dull) that make them "pop" against the orange background that much more. Unfortunately, when it was in the LFS, even though extremely fat, it wasn't eating. It showed a ton of interest, but it seemed like it didn't know what to do when it got to the food. So, after much deliberation, and since I was quarantining with a few pieces of LR in the tank it could pick on, I figured I would take the chance and see if I could entice it to eat. Well, after almost a full week, it was still showing interest but no cigar... I tried rubberbanding slices of scallops to a piece of LR... nothing... live brine... nope... finally, I figured that since these type of fish like to forage from the bottom/rocks, I would try sinking pellets, leave them in for the day and see if it would eat any. Well, when I got home from work, I noticed that the few pellets I left were gone (so someone must have eaten them). After a couple of days of that, I finally witnessed the angel actually eat the pellets from the bottom. Then after another day or so, the angel started eating the pellets as they were floating down to the bottom (so finally figuring out that items suspended in the water column are edible). Now, this last weekend, the angel is eating small pieces of brine/mysis shrimp along with gobbling up any pellets it can get its mouth on. He/She's doing AWESOME!!! Here's some pics...
And a really crappy picture of all of the fish together (I'm sure the blenny is in there somewhere but with really good camouflage)...
Now another 3 or so
long weeks until they get added to the DT... patience is definitely key with this hobby.
Thanks,
Chad