Feeding Question
- Thread starter Yuri De Lima
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I've fed them fairly soon. My uneducated reasoning is perhaps they'll forget they are stressed and think they've found a lovely place to be.
It's a Firefish Goby and Percula Clown Fish (False). I've Drip-Acclimated them for at least 3 hrs, kept the lights off for sometime and have been watching how they behave, so far everything is going well.
So I could feed them right away?
So I could feed them right away?
I've just got 2 new blue yellowtail damselfish and I started trying to feed them the next day after their arrival, although they seemed not to notice the food I offered them, not even the small pieces of shrimp. They started eating by themselves 2 days after their arrival.
I also drip acclimated them for a bit longer than an hour, but actually I wasn't counting the time but the ammount of water. I waited until there was a 3:1 ratio of water from my aquarium to the original water.
Also, I think the false Percula are actually called Ocellaris Clownfish.
I also drip acclimated them for a bit longer than an hour, but actually I wasn't counting the time but the ammount of water. I waited until there was a 3:1 ratio of water from my aquarium to the original water.
Also, I think the false Percula are actually called Ocellaris Clownfish.
Well, I acclimated them for this long because:
1st: sincerely, I was scared to death, even had nightmares just the night before the fish got here (last night) and today in the morning they got here close to 10a.m.
2nd:I saw on this website (www.saltwaterfish.com) that you should acclimate them slowly. 2hrs 30mins for fish and 3hrs+ for invertebrates.
3rd:I'm afraid I might have done a BIG "No No." I finished my cycle and added to my estimation too many livestock, too early and too fast. You see I let my mom words get the best of me, she has seen me setting up this tank in my room and seen my dedication to it, well more like addiction. And many times she would ask me "You gunna buy fish for that?" and I told her it wasn't time yet. I went online (www.saltwaterfish.com) was thinking about buying ONLY clean up crew like Niko recommended, but they had this special where you could buy $79 worth of livestock and you got free shipping (well at the end I found out that they actually charge you $10 for some fee and $10 for something to do w/ fedex gas mileage and gas prices)
This is what I have bought:
Inverts:
1 Scarlet Hermit Crab
10 Blue Legged Hermit Crab
10 Turbo/Astrea Snail(I put them in the sump away from hermit crabs)
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
1 Sally Lightfoot Crab
Fish
1 Firefish Goby
1 Percula Clownfish - Aquacultured (b/c they said they are hardier than wild one)
I've been monitoring them, clown seemed to be fine, swimming well.
Firefish went to hide in between the rocks as soon as I put him in the tank (haven't seen him out in the open yet) but he seemed well in the acclimation box.
I acclimated all invertebrates 3+ and all seem to be doing well (Sally Lightfoot crab is moving around the rock and shrimp is hiding between the rocks)
I know I made a Big "No No" I hope everyone makes it through.
Yuri
1st: sincerely, I was scared to death, even had nightmares just the night before the fish got here (last night) and today in the morning they got here close to 10a.m.
2nd:I saw on this website (www.saltwaterfish.com) that you should acclimate them slowly. 2hrs 30mins for fish and 3hrs+ for invertebrates.
3rd:I'm afraid I might have done a BIG "No No." I finished my cycle and added to my estimation too many livestock, too early and too fast. You see I let my mom words get the best of me, she has seen me setting up this tank in my room and seen my dedication to it, well more like addiction. And many times she would ask me "You gunna buy fish for that?" and I told her it wasn't time yet. I went online (www.saltwaterfish.com) was thinking about buying ONLY clean up crew like Niko recommended, but they had this special where you could buy $79 worth of livestock and you got free shipping (well at the end I found out that they actually charge you $10 for some fee and $10 for something to do w/ fedex gas mileage and gas prices)
This is what I have bought:
Inverts:
1 Scarlet Hermit Crab
10 Blue Legged Hermit Crab
10 Turbo/Astrea Snail(I put them in the sump away from hermit crabs)
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
1 Sally Lightfoot Crab
Fish
1 Firefish Goby
1 Percula Clownfish - Aquacultured (b/c they said they are hardier than wild one)
I've been monitoring them, clown seemed to be fine, swimming well.
Firefish went to hide in between the rocks as soon as I put him in the tank (haven't seen him out in the open yet) but he seemed well in the acclimation box.
I acclimated all invertebrates 3+ and all seem to be doing well (Sally Lightfoot crab is moving around the rock and shrimp is hiding between the rocks)
I know I made a Big "No No" I hope everyone makes it through.
Yuri