What is your most regrettable fish purchase? - Page 4 - Fish for the Planted Aquarium

glenhead · 03-11-2005, 10:05 AM

Iris600 -

No, Otos will not eat hair algae. Had a bunch in my 55, and (over time) eradicated it by the "scorched earth" method - remove everything that it was growing on. Time consuming, painful, and a hassle, but effective!

TWood · 03-11-2005, 10:20 AM

Yeah, well... There are many things that we 'should' and 'shouldn't' do, but who wants to live in fear?

"On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everybody drops to zero." - Tyler Durden

reilly · 03-12-2005, 09:16 PM

Heres an interesting Q tank schedule... has anyone tried it?

- new fish in Q tank for 2 weeks
- if new fish looks OK add in a fish from your tank for 2 weeks
- if that goes OK you should be fine to put both into your main tank

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Originally Posted by TWood

And once you have a new fish in a Q tank, then what? Watching it for a week may not reveal anything. How do you treat the unknown?

It's arguable that the trip through the Q tank introduces more stress than it's worth. It's also arguable that the new fish was the catalyst that set off a latent infection in the show tank that was just waiting for a stress factor. It's also arguable that the vast majority don't use Q tanks and we are only hearing of the few occassions when there was a problem.

It's also arguable that I'm completely wrong.

TW

figgy · 03-13-2005, 02:13 PM

I don't want to be rude, but I ave to ask: How is it that the ich gets so far? I don't quarantine because I feel it's stressful for the fish [and for me...] and I eyeball my fish daily. One spot and the tank gets dosed after I move the shrimp if they're in it. I have had ich but never once lost a fish. Had tanks all my life and currently have 7 going. Maybe I'm just on a very long lucky streak???

Figgy

JanS · 03-13-2005, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by TWood

Yeah, well... There are many things that we 'should' and 'shouldn't' do, but who wants to live in fear?

This is why I always try to beat a train at the tracks, or walk into a room full of people with TB.... Who wants to live in fear???

ben_manzella · 03-13-2005, 05:07 PM

Micky Mouse Platties avoid taking children to the fish store. Just kidding. Well maybe not.

Talonstorm · 03-21-2005, 02:04 PM

A female gambusia I bought labeled as a female guppy. The little witch terrorized my quarantine tank (had 4 guppies and the 3 resident ones in there) until I figured out what she was. Now I VERY closely inspect the female guppies I buy before allowing the lfs to bag them up and sell them to me.

Tina

mlfishman · 05-16-2005, 07:11 AM

Endless Shrimp Special @ Red Lobster....Musta caught something bad....couldnt keep solid food down for 3 days after.....never again

Praxx42 · 05-16-2005, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by JanS

What is your most regrettable fish purchase?

4 lima shovelnose catfish. Wonderful predators, but ate me outta most of my money. Traded for plants.

vancat · 05-16-2005, 08:19 AM

haha
what'd ya expect -eatin' at Red Lobster.

Mine was the Cod on special at Stop & Shop. It needed some Fluke-Tabs.