Adding New fish

[Poseidon]

So I picked up a bunch of new fish today:
2 Red Leopard Wrasse
1 Midas Blenny
5 Dispar Anthias

They are currently dripping in very slowly as they were kept at 1.018

I have a few questions,
1. How long should i drip them for? 1hr? 2? or...?
2. Should I add them all at once? Im thinking add the wrasse's and the blenny and maybe wait for a week or two to add the 5 anthias
3. Is it OK to add both of the leopard wrasse ? I have a large tank, 150g, and lots of rock and a good couple inches of sand, and i Currently have
  - large radiant wrasse
  - small cleaner wrasse

Thanks!

 

[davesolo29]

Nice fish list.  Where did u get them?


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[Poseidon]

Nice fish list.  Where did u get them?


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Midas i got from Kraken and the rest from Mississauga big als
they had a 25% off all marine livestock sale so i couldn't pass it up

 

[Duke]

i would add them all at once to spread any agression out. and acclimating the fish is good, but make sure the water temperature in the container you are acclimating in doesnt get to low.

 

[Poseidon]

i would add them all at once to spread any agression out. and acclimating the fish is good, but make sure the water temperature in the container you are acclimating in doesnt get to low.

Yea for sure, the one draw back for me is- is it to many fish to add to a tank at once? Like for my system to handle.
They are all fairly small but still, 8 new bodies creating ammonia has to count for something

 

[Duke]

In a mature tank I would be ok we to it

 

[KBennett]

Are the disbars eating?
Add them all asap.  I tried 5 this summer.  They didn't eat well and killed eachother off in quarantine.

 

[Poseidon]

In a mature tank I would be ok we to it

Ok right on

 

[Poseidon]

Are the disbars eating?
Add them all asap.  I tried 5 this summer.  They didn't eat well and killed eachother off in quarantine.

Big Al's was crazy busy, so they weren't feeding anything but they all look very healthy, I think I might put them in my frag tank and see if I can get them eating... Still undecided yet.

I do have frozen mysis, brine , pellets flakes etc etc so I can try an assortment of things.

 

[harleymike]

I only float mine for 45 min. Adding water from the tank every so often. Then throw them in. Never had any issues. IF there small don't worry about it.
Like they said,  a mature tank will be fine.

 

[KBennett]

Also, if you don't add more food than usual, you aren't increasing your bioload.  Just continue to feed the same amount, and gradually increase it.  Your other fish won't starve. 

They may be a bit more aggressive when hungry, but you'll have a lot of new ones to spread aggression.

What corals did you come home with?

 

[Boga]

What is your water at? Aclimating from 1.018 to 1.026 in two hrs will put a lot of stress on them. If possible extend time.

 

[yveterinarian]

I would quarantine all of the fish for a few weeks to make sure they don't have any diseases.  It is much easier to treat when in quarantine than trying to catch them later.  Also, you run the risk of infecting the entire tank if one is ill but not showing signs yet.  I found that one out the hard way and lost everything in the beginning.

 

[vdubz]

What corals did you come home with?

Ya Brandon, you pick up any cool, new pieces?

 

[Poseidon]

What is your water at? Aclimating from 1.018 to 1.026 in two hrs will put a lot of stress on them. If possible extend time.

Yup, it's going to drag out to 5 or 6 hours.
Very slow drip in a 5g pail

 

[Poseidon]

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What corals did you come home with?

Ya Brandon, you pick up any cool, new pieces?
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[davesolo29]

All your new additions doing well?


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[Poseidon]

Well I luckily decided to put them in qt ( sump of my frag tank)
All are alive and eating!

I did drip them in for close to 6 hrs to be safe. Don't want to spend 200$ on fish to lose them not being patient