Mr31415
06/07/2007, 07:04 AM
In my existing 120g predator tank I have two eels (snowflake and zebra), and three wrasses (twin spot coris, dragon wrasse and bird wrasse).
In that tank I have Ich - only on my lionfish though, I have never seen a spot on any of the other fish.
I am gradually moving all these fish to my new 480g tank - so my question is would it be more stressful for the eels and wrasses to spend 1 month each in hypo in a 30g tank, or to be moved straight to the big tank?
I am asking since the eels would not be comfortable without a substrate, the wrasses definitely not without some substrate to sleep in and the bird wrasse will most probably die from claustrophobia - it is already stressed in the small 120g tank.
My (limited) experience has just taught me that if a fish shows no sign of Ich (though it is in th tank - I know that) it could be better for the fish to go to a nice environment instead of being "cured" first... Is this not the same principal as the ocean? Because the ocean is so huge and the water quality so good - even though Ich exists there - it is never an issue as the fish's immune system easily fights it off.
Comments?
In that tank I have Ich - only on my lionfish though, I have never seen a spot on any of the other fish.
I am gradually moving all these fish to my new 480g tank - so my question is would it be more stressful for the eels and wrasses to spend 1 month each in hypo in a 30g tank, or to be moved straight to the big tank?
I am asking since the eels would not be comfortable without a substrate, the wrasses definitely not without some substrate to sleep in and the bird wrasse will most probably die from claustrophobia - it is already stressed in the small 120g tank.
My (limited) experience has just taught me that if a fish shows no sign of Ich (though it is in th tank - I know that) it could be better for the fish to go to a nice environment instead of being "cured" first... Is this not the same principal as the ocean? Because the ocean is so huge and the water quality so good - even though Ich exists there - it is never an issue as the fish's immune system easily fights it off.
Comments?