Tropical Baker 17
Reefing newb
In my infinite string of bad luck I have lost 2 fish in 2 weeks and almost my third. My setup is 55gal with 40# sand and 60# LR. The tank us relatively new and as of 2 weeks ago contained 2 clowns and a strawberry bassalet. First the clown died 4 days after getting him with out any signs of disease or distress. I checked all my readings and everything was fine. 4 days later the bassalet is also found dead. Fine at night but dead in the morning. His tail was ripped up but I think that was from getting stuck to the powerhead after. So now I am down to 1 clown. I wake up this morning and he is swimming oddly in a part of the tank he usually doesn't go to. He is close to the surface and weak. Upon further inspection he had white spots.
So before work I grab my 10g and fill it with water from my MT. I throw in a small PH and a heater and does it with formulin/malchite green I have lying around. When I return home my clown is swimming happily and no longer has white spots. YAY!
So my question is can I return him to the MT after I get home tomorrow? I will double check all my readings before doing so and need to add 5gal of new water anyway. I'm curious because it seems like a very quick turn around time since he seemed on the brink of death not long ago.
So before work I grab my 10g and fill it with water from my MT. I throw in a small PH and a heater and does it with formulin/malchite green I have lying around. When I return home my clown is swimming happily and no longer has white spots. YAY!
So my question is can I return him to the MT after I get home tomorrow? I will double check all my readings before doing so and need to add 5gal of new water anyway. I'm curious because it seems like a very quick turn around time since he seemed on the brink of death not long ago.