Sunday, August 19, 2007

Baby/Bertie: AM Feeding: Bloodworms, krill. SG 1.08

Seahorse Tank: NH3 ~1.0 ppm; SG 1.02. 80% water change.

Seahorse Hospital: NH3 ~0.5 ppm; SG 1.015. 70% water change; added 1 tsp Methylene Blue.
Current total seahorse count: Hippocampus kuda 37; Hippocampus comes 21.

Rock Tank: SG 1.025

Fire Shrimp Tank: SG 1.027

Joney: SG 1.023

Shrimp: SG 1.022

Carl: Ca++ 19 drops; Mg 1350 ppm; SG 1.028

Max/Maxine: SG 1.027

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Bertie/Baby:
Feeding: Coral food on coral, mysis
SG: 1.016

Seahorses: SG: 1.020
100% water change; bleached tank and accessories.
Seahorses had ~9 minute fresh water dip before being moved back into the tank.
Count: Hippocampus kuda: 40 seahorses; Hippocampus comes: 21 seahorses

Started hospital tank back up again. SG: 1.019

Blue Meanie Rocks: SG: 1.025
NO3: ~20 ppm

Diva: SG: 1.025

Joney: SG: 1.023

Shrimp: SG 1.025

Rocks: SG 1.026

Carl: SG 1.027

Max/Maxine: SG 1.026

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Bertie/Baby:
Baby's scratch seems to have healed, but the larger abrasion still warrants attenton.
Feeding: Coral food on coral, mysis
SG: 1.015
50% water change planned. During water change, wrasse found dead and quite decomposed behind plastic divider. Water change stepped up to 80%.

Seahorses: SG: 1.016
70% water change, meds replacement

Blue Meanie Rocks: SG: 1.025

Diva: SG: 1.027

Joney: SG: 1.023

Shrimp: SG 1.025

Rocks: SG 1.026

Carl: SG 1.029
KH 10 drops

Max/Maxine: SG 1.028
KH 9 drops

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Bertie/Baby:
Baby scraped herself (on coral?) and has an abrasion and cut on the underside of her snout.
Feeding: Clam, Coral food on coral, mysis
SG: 1.015
NO3: ~40 ppm

Seahorses: SG: 1.017
50% water change, meds replacement.

Blue Meanie Rocks: SG: 1.025

Diva: SG: 1.026

Joney: SG: 1.022

Shrimp: SG 1.024

Rocks: SG 1.025

Carl: SG 1.027
KH 9 drops

Max/Maxine: SG 1.027
KH 9 drops

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Bertie/Baby:
Feeding: Mysis, krill.
SG: 1.011
Water change:

Seahorses:
SG: 1.018
Water change: 80%. Redosed with Triple Sulfa and Neomycin.
Hospital seahorses added back into main tank.

Blue Meanie Rocks: SG: 1.025

Diva: SG: 1.025

Joney: SG: 1.020

Shrimp: SG 1.023

Rocks: SG 1.025

Carl: SG 1.028

Rocks: SG 1.027

Max/Maxine: SG 1.028

Monday, August 6, 2007

Bertie/Baby:
Feeding: Omega Brine, Krill
SG: 1.011

Seahorses:
NH3: 1.5 ppm
SG: 1.02
50% water change.

Seahorse Hospital:
NH3: <1.0 ppm
SG: 1.025
Removed SH, 100% water change. SH received a FW dip before being returned to tank.

Blue Meanie Rocks: SG: 1.025

Diva: SG: 1.025

Joney: SG: 1.022

Shrimp: SG 1.023

Rocks: SG 1.024

Carl: SG 1.028

Rocks: SG 1.027

Max/Maxine: SG 1.028

Friday, August 3, 2007

Bertie/Baby:
Feeding: Marine Cuisine / Krill
SG: 1.011

Seahorses:
~80% water change
SG: 1.030
Separated SH with white tails into 10g iso tank, dosed with neomycin.

Blue Meanie: SG: 1.025

Diva: SG: 1.025

Joney: SG: 1.015

Shrimp: SG 1.022

Rocks: SG 1.025

Carl: SG 1.028

Rocks: SG 1.026

Max/Maxine: SG 1.028

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Bertie/Baby:
Feeding:
NH3:Undetectable
NO3: 20 ppm
SG: 1.011

Seahorses:
NH3: ~1.0+ ppm
SG: 1.021
pH: 8.2
Tails don't seem to be improving so far...
~50% water change; replacement water pH 8.2, SG 1.027; using water made with Kent Marine salt instead of the usual Reef Crystals salt (awaiting delivery of new salt on Friday).
Added neomycin to accommodate replacement water.

Blue Meanie:
SG: ~1.024

Diva:
SG: 1.025

Joney:
Feeding: Mysis
NO3: ~40+
SG: 1.015

Shrimp: SG 1.022

Rocks: SG ~1.025

Carl:
SG 1.027
KH: 7 drops

Rocks: SG 1.026

Max/Maxine:
SG 1.028
KH: 7 drops

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Bertie/Baby:
Feeding: Bertie food on coral, Omega brine
NH3: Undetectable
NO3: 40 ppm
SG: ~1.010
~10 gal water change. Added 1/2 tsp Prazi to dose replacement water.

Seahorses:
NH3: >1.0 ppm
SG: ~1.022
~20 gal water change (50%)
Day One dosing with neomycin (several had tail lesions today after hitching to a deceased hippo).

Blue Meanie:
NH3: 0.25 ppm
SG: 1.024

Diva:
NH3: Undetectable
SG: 1.024

Joney:
Feeding: Omega brine
NH3: Undetectable
SG: 1.015

Shrimp: SG 1.022

Rocks: SG 1.024

Carl:
SG 1.026
KH: 8 drops
CA++: 22 drops

Rocks: SG 1.026

Max/Maxine:
SG 1.027
KH: 7 drops
CA++: 22 drops

Monday, July 30, 2007 PM

Bertie / Baby:
Feeding: Clam / mysis
NH3: Undetectable
SG: 1.010
5 gal water change; added .25 tsp PraziPro to compensate for water replaced.

Seahorses:
NH3: 0.25 ppm
SG: 1.021
~10 gal water change.

Blue Meanie: SG 1.023

Empty SH tank: SG 1.026

Diva: SG 1.024

Joney:
Feeding: Mysis
SG: 1.015

Shrimp: SG 1.022

Carl: SG 1.025

Max/Maxine:
Feeding: Mysis
SG: 1.026
2 Hippocampus reidi introduced to tank.

Rocks 1: SG 1.025

Rocks 2: SG 1.025

It's been a while... Updates...

In between's to be added later...

Carl: SG 1.026
Coral tank; no fish.

Max/Maxine: SG 1.026
Coral tank with two Percula clowns, two blue mandarins (hopefully male and female), two coral banded shrimp, several peppermint shrimp, hermit crabs, a multitude of snails.

Diva: SG 1.024
FOWLR tank with some small coral and a green spotted mandarin (male/female?)

Joney: SG 1.015
AM Feeding: Marine Cuisine
Begin treating tank prophylactically with Prazi 3/4 teaspoons added slowly, as per instructions on bottle.
FOWLR tank with two exqusite wrasses, one purple firefish (Chloe), and two Perculas (Panda and Joney).

Seahorses:
SG 1.023
NO3 Less than 1 ppm but greater than 0.5 ppm.
Tank with unk. number (many) seahorses only, other than one peppermint shrimp.

Blue Meany: SG 1.024
Some coral(?) and a blue mandarin (male).

Bertie/Baby:
SG 1.010
NO3 Undetectable
AM Feeding: Krill / Marine Cuisine
Begin treating tank prophylactically with Prazi 1.5 teaspoons added slowly, as per instructions on bottle.
Quarantine tank with no rocks/sand/gravel and tubes for hiding. Denizens are a Valentni toby (Bertie), spotted dogface puffer (Baby), a pair of Perculas, and an exquisite wrasse that most often lives behind a plastic backdrop.
PM Feeding: 1 defrosted clam (in shell) that Baby and Bertie worked on together -- they did get it all the way open on their own! -- and 1 cube of Omega BS, shared with Joney's tank.

5/20/07 - QT

Salinity 1.017
Ammonia less than 25 ppm
Nitrates 20 ppm
50% water change with 1.010 salinity water to decrease tank salinity. Hyposalinity treatment officially begins today.

5/19/07 -- QT Stats

Evening feeding: Pellets for clowns, 1/2 cube mysis, 1/2 cube mixture.
Added 8 cups fresh water.
Changed filter for larger filter (rated to 50g) from rock tank. We believe that we may have lost much of the bacteria from the original filter when we cleared out in preparation for the hyposalinity treatment; hopefully the bacteria in the new filter will survive through the treatment and keep a better handle on the water levels. Still to watch levels carefully...

5/18 QT Notes

• Clowns "sleeping" in PVC caves.
• Bertie sleeping on bare floor; coloring even more washed out/grayish looking thatn I am accustomed to in mornings (due to mirrored floor?). Color came back once she "got up" and began moving around as usual. Breathing unremarkable.
• PJ in back, hovering as normal
• Bertie now has a brownish patch / strip along her stomach / chest that seems attached, not falling off. (From sleeping in poo?)
• Ber

5/17/07 QT

Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 25 ppm
Nitrate 30 ppm
Salinity 1.025
AM feeding (CS): pellets and mysis cube.
2/3 water change (plus tank cleaning).
Removed rocks, anemone, coral to rock tank in preparataion for hyposalinity treatment.
Decreased salinity by adding fresh water to 1.020
Placed pvc piping to offer replacment "caves"

Fish appeared fairly unperturbed by whole experience.