New fish

[DaGoldenChild]

i just got a manderin dragonet and two of my other fish are picking with him, they are smacking him with their tails could this lead to problems later on, or should i just not worry about it?

thanx in advance
David

 

[Anonymous]

My experience with dragonets is that they are impervious to being picked on. Usually, the aggressor get's bored with them because they do absolutely nothing to protect themselves or even acknowledge that they are being attacked. When I recently added an Atlantic Blue Tang into my tank and my manderins tail and fins were shredded within a few days time. The tail and fins healed and the tang leaves the manderin alone now.

I hope you have a similar experience with yours.

Louey

 

[DaGoldenChild]

I hope you have a similar experience with yours.

i hope so too!!!!

i was beginning to get worried i just got it about 5 hours ago and i thought i would have to take it back to my LFS

 

[DaGoldenChild]

I have another question figure i would post it here:
My water is a little cloudy what is the best way to get the clearest possible water

 

[Anonymous]

1. test your water quality you could have a bio overload there.

2. Change your water frequently about 10% a week

3. run carbon for a short time in a stocking ( around a week or so)

This should help

Also I noticed your tank stats and imo 5 lbs lr isnt enough to produce enough food for your dragonet. I thin k you might wanna reconsider

 

[DaGoldenChild]

Im running carbon now, and i just did a water change recently


I was going to buy more LR today but my LFS was out so im going to buy it tomorrow

 

[hdtran]

Did I read correctly in your sig that you have 5 lbs of LR in a 55g tank, and a mandarin dragonet? I hope that's a typo and you meant 75 lbs of LR...

If you're going to add 70 lbs of LR from the LFS, you probably want to return the dragonet (and the other fish) while the tank runs through its nitrogen cycle...

 

[Anonymous]

Im running carbon now, and i just did a water change recently


I was going to buy more LR today but my LFS was out so im going to buy it tomorrow

Honestly I think you should take back the dragonet back and seriously scould the guy at the fish store for selling him to you.

I see nothing but problems for you in the future if you keep it up like this. YOur bioload is already maxed out for an aged tank thats why you are getting couldy water to much ammonia.

Like I said change water frequently

Dont add anything new until your water has cleared up.

Run carbon for a few weeks

Take back the dragonet

if you follow these instructions you should be ok

 

[hdtran]

I also notice that you mention a Fluval 304, which is a mid-size canister filter, and no protein skimmer? Again, I hope that your signature is woefully out of date?