phastroh
Do Not Listen To Me!!!
Ok so here is the question.
What do I need to be able to keep fish in before and/or when they are sick?
I can't exactly have 2 of everything needed for a tank.
What do you use?
Can I get a 10Gal with a HOB filter? What do I put in it? How do I get it water? Do I use old tank water?
These are the kinds of things I want to know. I am just starting to put fish and things in my tank and I was thinking what the heck am I going to do when and if something happens.
Example: I had a starfish that was fine with no problems and then one day I saw his arm had something wrong with it. So I let it be but it was like one after another white spots started appearing.
The first thing I thought was how I read they can be toxic when dying so I had no choice but to leave him in there. I was thinking he could not be happy so I took him out and put some tank water and the newly mixed water in a medium sized rubbermaid container.
I let him stay there overnight and dumped out some water and put new in. The water was the same parameters before this happened as when it was going on. My salinity was low at .021-.022 - I like it that low and am actually trying to raise it to .023 right now.
I did try to give it a drop of liquid food even though I am pretty sure that isn't their main diet.
So the bottom line is that he never got better and died. I actually couldn't say he was 100% head and I always feel like I could have done better. That is why I was to find out what I need to do to make this better.
Just as a side note/question: What could I have done to help this star that I thought was awesome? He was gorgeous.
Thanks a lot.
What do I need to be able to keep fish in before and/or when they are sick?
I can't exactly have 2 of everything needed for a tank.
What do you use?
Can I get a 10Gal with a HOB filter? What do I put in it? How do I get it water? Do I use old tank water?
These are the kinds of things I want to know. I am just starting to put fish and things in my tank and I was thinking what the heck am I going to do when and if something happens.
Example: I had a starfish that was fine with no problems and then one day I saw his arm had something wrong with it. So I let it be but it was like one after another white spots started appearing.
The first thing I thought was how I read they can be toxic when dying so I had no choice but to leave him in there. I was thinking he could not be happy so I took him out and put some tank water and the newly mixed water in a medium sized rubbermaid container.
I let him stay there overnight and dumped out some water and put new in. The water was the same parameters before this happened as when it was going on. My salinity was low at .021-.022 - I like it that low and am actually trying to raise it to .023 right now.
I did try to give it a drop of liquid food even though I am pretty sure that isn't their main diet.
So the bottom line is that he never got better and died. I actually couldn't say he was 100% head and I always feel like I could have done better. That is why I was to find out what I need to do to make this better.
Just as a side note/question: What could I have done to help this star that I thought was awesome? He was gorgeous.
Thanks a lot.