I bought 5 fish from Marine Collectors. All were quarantined there. All have been very healthy including a Copperband that ate mysis the second day. Thanks Elliot!
I wish we would have talked about Copperbands at Aquashella! The secret to Copperbands seems to be getting them to eat with frozen clams from the asian market. I got this method from another channel on youtube (reefdudes, I think) Once they start eating it seems like they'll shift to mysis without any issue.
We are very lucky to have Elliot in our hobby. He helped save an unknown bacterial infection in the mouth of my fiancees valentini puffer. Also, the talk on purple queens was awesome. I have a single purple queen that definitely took alot of effort in the beginning but now is doing fantastic, the work pays off. Keep up the great work Elliot. Thank you for all that you do
Been in this hobby for a very very long time. Actually somewhat bored at the moment. Fish are what got me in back in the mid eighties. Hearing Elliot talk about these super difficult species really gets me excited! For what it is worth ELLIOTS FISH ARE TOP NOTCH!!!
Great podcast . Interesting regarding the black out on CB’flys - I was recently recommended to avoid LED spotting from commercial light bars especially above CBs in QT ( even low wattage ) causing confusion in the water column when feeding .
Loving these podcasts! It was great to hear about some fish specifics, and interesting how some of his best practices seem almost opposed to coral keeping practices
Hi my experience with hard to feed copper bands is feed them mussels,,its what i do when i collect them from the wild ,,get your mussel ,,using a screw driver flat head and hammer smash a long split in the shell of the mussel so the copper bands long snout can get in so other tank mates cannot eat it all or a larger split and attach it to a nori clamp,, either way you will see they love the mussels ..try it and see happy reefing
Didn't Jay Hemdal and others do a controlled study where most cases of head & lateral line erosion (HLLE) were traced back to certain types of activated carbon? If I'm remembering the results right, the worst for causing HLLE was carbon derived from plant sources, coal derived carbon was slightly better, pelletized coal derived activated carbon caused way less than the previous two and when it did the cases were mild. The best condition was no activated carbon where no fish got it. The speculated reason that microscopic carbon particles were getting lodged in the sensitive lateral line tissue and causing damage, and certain forms of carbon either let off more fine particulates and/or released them in shapes/sizes that were more damaging. IF essentially all HLLE is caused by carbon dust then I wonder if miracle mud either acts as a flocculant or maybe the microbes in it form a biofilm over the carbon and glue small surface particles down.
What is Elliot's opinion on Safety Stop? There's formalin in safety stop, but I'm hesitant on using actual formalin due to the carcinogenetic properties.... Would safety stop fall somewhere into the 80/20 method of fish qt? Or am I wasting money on safety stop?
I cant speak for elliot but safety stop is methylene blue with formalin. The problem has been, they wont provide the MSDS/formalin %, so without that its hard to guage the efficacy of it to prophylactically treat the things you would be targetting with a formalin dip (uronema, brook, monogeans). This might suggest its at a very low concentration similar to ruby reef rally. So the TLDR is it cant hurt but if you want to do things right, just get methylene blue and formalin and skip the safety stop
Elliot!! We NEED a tour of your tanks! Please 😆
All my fish came from Elliot, 1yr in no problems. Happy and healthy!
I bought 5 fish from Marine Collectors. All were quarantined there. All have been very healthy including a Copperband that ate mysis the second day. Thanks Elliot!
I wish we would have talked about Copperbands at Aquashella!
The secret to Copperbands seems to be getting them to eat with frozen clams from the asian market. I got this method from another channel on youtube (reefdudes, I think)
Once they start eating it seems like they'll shift to mysis without any issue.
Great video, I appreciate the open dialogue and learned some things I hadn’t previously known. Thanks!
We are very lucky to have Elliot in our hobby. He helped save an unknown bacterial infection in the mouth of my fiancees valentini puffer. Also, the talk on purple queens was awesome. I have a single purple queen that definitely took alot of effort in the beginning but now is doing fantastic, the work pays off. Keep up the great work Elliot. Thank you for all that you do
Been in this hobby for a very very long time. Actually somewhat bored at the moment. Fish are what got me in back in the mid eighties. Hearing Elliot talk about these super difficult species really gets me excited!
For what it is worth ELLIOTS FISH ARE TOP NOTCH!!!
Great podcast! I could listen to Elliot talk about fish for hours!
Great podcast . Interesting regarding the black out on CB’flys - I was recently recommended to avoid LED spotting from commercial light bars especially above CBs in QT ( even low wattage ) causing confusion in the water column when feeding .
Great interview!! Thank you both!
Love these talks about fish bc i feel the care of the fish that care for our tanks is so important
Loving these podcasts! It was great to hear about some fish specifics, and interesting how some of his best practices seem almost opposed to coral keeping practices
These are always great.
Hi my experience with hard to feed copper bands is feed them mussels,,its what i do when i collect them from the wild ,,get your mussel ,,using a screw driver flat head and hammer smash a long split in the shell of the mussel so the copper bands long snout can get in so other tank mates cannot eat it all or a larger split and attach it to a nori clamp,, either way you will see they love the mussels ..try it and see happy reefing
Amazing interview Than!!
elliot is always great
Didn't Jay Hemdal and others do a controlled study where most cases of head & lateral line erosion (HLLE) were traced back to certain types of activated carbon? If I'm remembering the results right, the worst for causing HLLE was carbon derived from plant sources, coal derived carbon was slightly better, pelletized coal derived activated carbon caused way less than the previous two and when it did the cases were mild. The best condition was no activated carbon where no fish got it. The speculated reason that microscopic carbon particles were getting lodged in the sensitive lateral line tissue and causing damage, and certain forms of carbon either let off more fine particulates and/or released them in shapes/sizes that were more damaging. IF essentially all HLLE is caused by carbon dust then I wonder if miracle mud either acts as a flocculant or maybe the microbes in it form a biofilm over the carbon and glue small surface particles down.
Oh so it’s NOT about the medication or the strict process… it’s the miracle mud! Easy 😎
The BRS chromis/grouper tank explained.
What is Elliot's opinion on Safety Stop? There's formalin in safety stop, but I'm hesitant on using actual formalin due to the carcinogenetic properties.... Would safety stop fall somewhere into the 80/20 method of fish qt? Or am I wasting money on safety stop?
I cant speak for elliot but safety stop is methylene blue with formalin. The problem has been, they wont provide the MSDS/formalin %, so without that its hard to guage the efficacy of it to prophylactically treat the things you would be targetting with a formalin dip (uronema, brook, monogeans). This might suggest its at a very low concentration similar to ruby reef rally. So the TLDR is it cant hurt but if you want to do things right, just get methylene blue and formalin and skip the safety stop
I agree clownfish r more aggressive then damsels
My 2 damsels r so calm and chill
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From my experience, Copperban fish are not smart.