Thinking of Building a Biocube 14G

Nice additions! Tough to beat a pair of yashas. They are more confident as a pair and will be out in the open more.

DD keeps their water at 1.025 so you can reduce the acclimation time. Might want some AmQuel on hand. Gobies shouldn't produce much ammonia overnight but I wouldn't risk it

http://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=377

Look forward to some pics.
 
The gobies are here and look really good. The shrimp is very small, but seems very healthy as well. I acclimated them and they are now in the tank hiding with the lights off. Their breathing is very slow and calm and they have all found each other and are hiding out together. Their eyes are crazy looking, looks like a snakes almost. Hopefully I start seeing them in the next couple of days to give you all some pictures.

Very useful link thank you! Even though I just now saw it, haha. My parameters are very close to theirs so that's good to know the transfer probably isn't that stressful for them.

I do have Prime on hand, is that adequate?
 
I believe Prime is the same thing and just to be clear I was suggesting to add it to the bag(s) once opened since that is when ammonium will change to ammonia. I wasn't thinking you would get an ammonia spike once in the display. Glad they acclimated well. I know what you mean about the snake like stare :). Curious if DD bagged everyone separately?

I'm sure you'll see them out soon.
 
Oh, I got you now on the ammonia. Yes, each creature was bagged separately with 4 bags layered, popcorn foam, a temperature bag, all in a foam container (also FedEx didn't beat up the box at all!). The gobies water looked extremely clean, didn't even see any waste. The shrimps water looked dirty though, the thing is so small I didn't even see it in the bag at first. I was like wtf? I had to acclimate them with the open bag method, I haven't done it that way in years but I don't have any air tubing. I'm actually relieved with your link now though, on paper it seems as though I could have just dumped them in, haha. When I was dumping the water into the used water bucket the one goby launched out into it... That was scary and the only hiccup in the process. That and juggling around the three bags. Also, with my limited tank size my water level sank fast, luckily I had a mix already made up to keep adding new water in.
 
Can't wait to see some pics of them. BTW if you need some acclimation tools DrFosterSmith has a little kit for like $1.99 tubing, hard U tube to hook over the side of the tank and little valve to control the flow, bought a few them a couple weeks ago to have, kinda cheapy but hey its $2.
 
:) Ya they can be a little jumpy. The dump method is actually a good thing assuming SG and temp are matched up. Not for a fish you pick across town or a couple hours away but for fish shipped overnight. IMO, it's better to get them out of the shipping water ASAP.
 
I have not seen the new inhabitants since last night. I forgot how frustrating these shrimp gobies are when you introduce them. It's a complete guessing game and quite frustrating when it comes to know how well they have introduced to the tank. I think I know where they decided to hide out but I haven't seen any new sand mounds made my the tiny shrimp. Maybe it's small size is hindering him from some fast digging. I seriously doubt the shrimp was ever part of the pair before now, he is just so darn small. I'm wondering if I throw some food in the tank will coerce them out from hiding or not.
 
I would mix up some mysis and add some to the tank with the powerheads still on. When you add it step away so they don't get spooked by someone right up against the glass. My red stripe pistol was also tiny whan I got him/her but it still moved a lot of sand. Another idea is to take some small rubble and place it along the bottom edge of the main rocks. When you start to see where it collects, that's gonna be the burrow (but may not be the only entrance/exit).
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
AquariaCentral.com
Top Bottom