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    Goldbar wrasse scratching, none Ich related....

    Thanks Lee. I actually haven't been adding fat suppls, much, I'm surprised this guy can bend to be honest, but I have been adding garlic (what the heck, you know?) and Selco (the vitamins) everyday now (last 2 weeks or so). I stopped at the LFS and didn't have Zoe, but I picked up Marine-C...
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    Goldbar wrasse scratching, none Ich related....

    Thanks Lee. The 125 is way overdue for a large water change. I will get on top of that. However the water quality has stayed perfect (part of being lazy), 0 amm, nitri, nitra, phos, according to Seachem and API tests. Though I'm battling red algae. Thought it was the big window adjacent to the...
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    Goldbar wrasse scratching, none Ich related....

    Observed a bit more today. Noticed him going over to the right side of the tank and getting "serviced" by my pair of neon gobies. I thought they were going to be food, but they hopped on and cleaned him for a bit. After a moment or two the wrasse swam off and flashed twice into the sand. Acted...
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    Goldbar wrasse scratching, none Ich related....

    Well after the usual dinner, my 5.5" Goldbar wrasse is scratching himself, for how long, I'm not sure, I'd say at least 2 weeks. I don't believe it to be Ich, as he was copper treated in QT (at .35, I couldn't find a solid answer as to if large wrasses are sensitive to Cu) for 3 weeks. He's...
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    QT for leopards....

    I know this is a fairly touchy subject, but looking for some input on QT'ing leopard wrasses. Bottom line is I have to QT them, I can't take a risk again. I have a couple scenarios, the leading one, IMO, is to intro the fish into QT and then began a hypo or copper treatment a day or two later...
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    Growing concerns...

    Thanks again Lee. Good call on the "follow the leader" with the skittish bit. I had the tang in with a chromis that never was spooked (and the chromis ate from the nori sheet too with was awesome). I definitely see what your saying about the territory and tank size. I don't think the angel's...
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    Growing concerns...

    Did an hour of observation this morning. Zero flashes from either the angel or puffer. The puffer is still doing this move Lee, I wondered if you had any input (I know you haven't had this fish but maybe it's something general? Anyway, the puffer paces the glass, almost in a way like a tang...
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    Growing concerns...

    Well Lee I usually can only get 30 mins in the morning before work and it's only once each morning in the last two days. When I'm off work, I've never noticed him do it, watching for more then an hour. The 55 is in my bedroom is I just sink into my bed and they totally forget about me. That...
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    Growing concerns...

    That could very well be true. I've seen Ich infected fish scratch, and it's a very repetitive thing, scratching multiple times with in a minute or two. Not like a once daily thing (I think I noticed him do it again this morning, but just like before, he was low in the tank and was more of a...
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    Growing concerns...

    Alright cause for actual concern today. I swear I thought I saw him scratch again today (the first time was about a day after intro he flipped out and struck a died clam shell). It was bright and early this morning. He is quite active then and is 'hunting' the rock all morning. There's about...
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    Growing concerns...

    Interesting Bob. Will be checking for any updates. About the anchovies, where you find usually find them? Are they frozen? I take it the ones dripping in oil in the roll back can from the supermarket aren't any good? :razz:
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    Growing concerns...

    Very interesting Lee, silversides seem to be the 'backbone' of the hobby. If you don't mind, just curious as to why the 'fleshy' parts are bad? I'm thinking along the lines of a nice fillet is the best cut of meat. Is the composition just too oily or something?
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    Growing concerns...

    Thanks Lee. Yea, he works anything I feed him, never seen a fish 'chew' everything, even mysis. He loves silversides so if I feed a decent size chunk, he'll take a good 3 minutes just to eat the one piece. The angel is doing great too, he's eating mysis out of my hand now. Can't wait another...
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    Growing concerns...

    Well, my Naso went through QT ok, and 2 weeks into my 2nd round of fish in QT, a Blueface Angel and Hawaiian Blue Spotted Puffer, all so far have been great and have had zero problems. The thing is this seems like it's going to a little "too smoothly" if you get my drift. I'm almost looking for...
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    Really?? Ich still!!

    Krisfal, yes, very similar! (Esp. after I looked them up!) That's really reassuring! Thanks a ton for that link! It mentions 'favorable conditions' maybe higher then normal ammonia? As I had a lot of die-off? I never noticed them moving though, weird!
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    Mandarin Toxin!!!HELP!!!

    Depending on the size of the mandarin, 2 bottles of trigger pods would be about 2 days off food. A large mandarin, I've read, can eat between 500-1000 pods a day! Just goes to show how much they really need tanks with lots of rock for pod reproduction.
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    Really?? Ich still!!

    Lee, I think those are the spiral snails in the mandarin photo? Definitely not what I have. They're soft bodies and have those 6-10 legs coming off the main dot that secure it in place. If I had to imagine what an Ich cyst looked like, they would be it. Also the heaviest concentration of them...
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    Really?? Ich still!!

    I believe that's when Ich continues to reproduce (ie keeping a fish with Ich) and at about 11 months, the Ich genetically 'wears itself out' if I'm not mistake. The longest for a life cycle of "one Ich" was 72 days. Again, I think that's how it interpreted it.
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    Really?? Ich still!!

    Sorry I edited it after you posted but it's been 70 days so far. The longest day I found about Ich's life cycle was 72 days, which is coming up this Sunday and I have fish in QT that are ready to add. Wanted to be sure.
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    Really?? Ich still!!

    I can't believe I still have Ich in my 125. The tank's been fallow since Nov. 2, but I keep noticing Ich cysts on my front glass. At least that's what I think they are, I've been told you can't see Ich other then on cysts the fish. Is that true and I'm seeing something else? I'll try to describe...
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