So my purple anthias eat through osmosis

[derek_s]

They are some of the most beautiful tukas I have seen. I love the yellow mouths, which I have not noticed on others.

 

[FutureInterest]

Awesome gratz man.

Hey get us a pick of the elusive bordonius if you can!

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Hey Derek, you you happen to consider deworming them too? The symptoms which have ben described in these guys (never eating, but never looking thin) is a common symptom for worm infetstation. Just curious if it would be a problem with these guys in specific.

 

[stacy22]

AP Bio teacher here.

 

[ralph atl]

beautiful fish!

 

[derek_s]

jmaneyapanda;258876 wrote: Hey Derek, you you happen to consider deworming them too? The symptoms which have ben described in these guys (never eating, but never looking thin) is a common symptom for worm infetstation. Just curious if it would be a problem with these guys in specific.

PM sent

 

[blind1993]

stacy22;258878 wrote: AP Bio teacher here.

pms will be sent many times!

 

[stacy22]

Have you taken your bio final yet? My microbiology kids are testing as I type. Good luck on all your finals!

 

[chauwall]

Derek_S;258774 wrote: I tried cyclopeeze as well and they seem to be eating it, too. Her eis a pic of them picking it out of the water:

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Wow! Those are gorgeous! Congrats on getting them to eat! Maybe you can nurse some for me too!

 

[steve]

I couldn't even imagine AP Bio...

De-worming them? Is it common panda?

 

[steve]

Yeah Derek, make it a business. I can see it now, Derek's Tuka Nursery!

 

[derek_s]

Well, they arent on mysis yet. We'll see how it goes.

 

[derek_s]

Update:

Still looking good and eating a live baby brine and cyclopeeze mix. Hard to tell if they are really taking to the cyclopeeze, but hopefully. I will continue to mix in frozen foods as we progress....


Its odd how shy they are usually, but put in some baby brine and they gain a lot of confidence. I even fed other fish in the QT with regular mysis as the PQs surfed around for the nauplii. Even better, I managed to hatch my own baby bine with sally's mix. it is easy to do and works well. I just wish the eggs were de-encapsulated....

 

[stacy22]

Glad they are still hanging in there Derek. They are great looking fish.

 

[derek_s]

They are gorgeous. They are not as rare as some anthias, but they are teh most challenging I have tried as far as getting to eat. It has actually been very fun and educational.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Steve;258907 wrote: I couldn't even imagine AP Bio...

De-worming them? Is it common panda?

certain fish seem quite prone to having worms, and it doing them in (for lack of treatment). I wonder if the common failure of these fish has something to do with that.

I use prazipro quite frequently now, as it safely treats a lot of different ailments.

 

[chauwall]

jmaneyapanda;260741 wrote: certain fish seem quite prone to having worms, and it doing them in (for lack of treatment). I wonder if the common failure of these fish has something to do with that.

I use prazipro quite frequently now, as it safely treats a lot of different ailments.

Jeremy, do you use prazipro as a dip or do you put it directly into the tank? I put it directly into my display as I understood that it is supposedly reef safe and it messed up the skimmer for 3-4 weeks and my tubs and pink birdnest have gotten pale and have no polyp extentions. I hope they make it.

 

[derek_s]

Update again: I verified that they were eating cyclopeeze. I tried feeding it stand alone, and they are going for it. Yay.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

chauwall;260750 wrote: Jeremy, do you use prazipro as a dip or do you put it directly into the tank? I put it directly into my display as I understood that it is supposedly reef safe and it messed up the skimmer for 3-4 weeks and my tubs and pink birdnest have gotten pale and have no polyp extentions. I hope they make it.

I have used it in the display before. You need to run a lot of carbon and skimmer does go nuts afterwards. I never saw any effect on anything, though. I use it in quarantine now. Do you have an ATO? If the skimmer pulled out a ton of saltwater,a nd it got replaced with fresh, the salinity mightve nosedived and caused the issue with the SPS.

 

[derek_s]

You can run it in the DT? Wow, that is good to know. I looked for some at 2 stores but did not see it. I need to get some before these guys are released into the DT.

Jeremy, would you usually recommend treating every new fish with it? Or just problematic ones (anthias?)