New Fishy

[Fish Finder]

My new fishy arrived yesterday finally. Dripped him slowly for about 5 hours. Once i placed him in the tank he was breathing very heavy and i was worried. Right away he went and hid behind the rocks. I checked on him hourly to make sure he was still up right. When i woke up this morning he was up and swimming around the tank. I am going to try to see if he will eat today when i feed my anthias. As of now so far only two fish in the tank. Hope he dose well because he is a great looking fish. What do you think? Pic's are taken with the light's off.

 

[aaron23]

very cool looking fish dom, whats it called lol

 

[Fish Finder]

very cool looking fish dom, whats it called lol

Wrong person this is Justin It is called Prognathodes basabei, Orange Margin butterflyfish.

 

[sef20]

what happened to his back fin

 

[Bob 1000]

Nice fish,but 5hour drip.. Doesn't the oxygen level in a bucket almost disappear after an hour, unless the drip is fast...

 

[sjsoto]

why 5 hour drip justin? how bout some pics with lights on?

 

[Fish Finder]

Nice fish,but 5hour drip.. Doesn't the oxygen level in a bucket almost disappear after an hour, unless the drip is fast...

When dealing with rare deep water fish you have to do everything slower then normal fish. Though what you say is tru. He came in with at least 10G of water in his bag. The container i used can hold up to 25G. When i was done there was about 20G of water in there. As long as there is water movement like what i had with the power head that was in there the fish will b fine.

 

[Fish Finder]

why 5 hour drip justin? how bout some pics with lights on?

Will try to get some today

 

[Fish Finder]

Some new quick pics with the light's on. Will get better one's soon when i get around to cleaning the glass lol. Today he also ate for the first time. He ate 7 mysiss shrimp

 

[OneTimer]

That is a beautiful fish! What size tank is it in?

 

[Bob 1000]

?h okay 25 gallons with a powerhead.. I thought 5 gallon bucket no powerhead..lol..

 

[Fish Finder]

that is a beautiful fish! What size tank is it in?

75g rr

 

[Fish Finder]

?h okay 25 gallons with a powerhead.. I thought 5 gallon bucket no powerhead..lol..

It's all good. That's what everyone dose as well as me with fish. But when dealing with a fish this rare and delicate you gotta take things to the extreme.

 

[Domboski]

Awesome fish Justin. I'm glad to hear it was eating mysis like a champ yesterday.

 

[daisy]

such a pretty fish! hope he does well!

 

[sjsoto]

do all deep water fish need to be "puncture" if they inflate caused by difference in water preasure?

 

[REEFGUY]

really nice,good luck

 

[reefprobe]

How much $$$$$$$

 

[Fish Finder]

do all deep water fish need to be "puncture" if they inflate caused by difference in water preasure?

Yes all deep water fish need to be punctured (fish coming from over 400ft down). That's why when buying the fish you need to make sure your getting it from a good source. From 400ft it take's the fish and the diver min of 5 hours to slowly come up and decompress.

 

[LifeStyle]

Congrats.