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bgbdwlf2500
09-05-2007, 07:59 PM
just bought this Pearlscale butterfly last night. thought id share:) in the quarantine for a couple weeks before going into the main 55
fishmama
09-05-2007, 09:21 PM
Very nice..Congrats! And thanks for sharing!
bgbdwlf2500
09-05-2007, 09:29 PM
Very nice..Congrats! And thanks for sharing!


thanks, very nice looking fish. looks much better if the picture wasnt blue. :)
RAVEN
09-05-2007, 10:20 PM
Have not had any luck with butterfly fish in my tank still tempted every time i see one.0for3 maybe one more try.
bgbdwlf2500
09-05-2007, 10:37 PM
Have not had any luck with butterfly fish in my tank still tempted every time i see one.0for3 maybe one more try.

dont like to hear that. what species have you tried and what happened?
Tropical Haven
09-05-2007, 11:28 PM
Very nice looking fish, thanks for the pics.
bgbdwlf2500
09-06-2007, 07:24 AM
Very nice looking fish, thanks for the pics.

thanks, im sure i will be posting lots of pics now that i have a place to post them:)
korbi_doc
09-06-2007, 09:57 AM
:D Wow, that's real cool lookin' fish....is he eating yet? Your Qt tank is real nice too....when I had SW fish, butterflies were difficult to manage until they ate well, then they were ok...but that was yrs ago, probably easier today...I look forward to starting another SW tank in the future.... Dottie ;)
AmberC
09-06-2007, 11:42 AM
Its very pretty! Congrats!

Amber
bgbdwlf2500
09-06-2007, 03:51 PM
:D Wow, that's real cool lookin' fish....is he eating yet? Your Qt tank is real nice too....when I had SW fish, butterflies were difficult to manage until they ate well, then they were ok...but that was yrs ago, probably easier today...I look forward to starting another SW tank in the future.... Dottie ;)

yes a little shy but eats pretty good, hopefully will do well.


Its very pretty! Congrats!

Amber

thanks amber!
oshp132
09-06-2007, 08:15 PM
Nice, I still haven't had the courage to try salt water.....YET!
Mike
bgbdwlf2500
09-06-2007, 08:55 PM
Nice, I still haven't had the courage to try salt water.....YET!
Mike


i was that way too, believe it or not, not harder than fresh...and less water changes than discus, or in my case the same amount :D
RAVEN
09-06-2007, 09:12 PM
Nice, I still haven't had the courage to try salt water.....YET!
Mike

Saltwater is a breeze compared to discus but SW cost is high at the start protien skimmers live rock etc.
bgbdwlf2500
09-06-2007, 09:23 PM
Saltwater is a breeze compared to discus but SW cost is high at the start protien skimmers live rock etc.

not really, im sure its about the same as setting up any tank. only difference is the skimmer but you can get one that will do a good job for 100 or less depending on your tank size.

salt fish on the other hand, unless youre buying big discus cost more than the usual freshwater fish
bgbdwlf2500
09-18-2007, 07:17 AM
well had to post it, it died today, 2 weeks to the day exactly and on my birthday:(
fishmama
09-18-2007, 09:17 AM
Oh man, big bummer :-(
Sorry to hear that. Any guess as to why?
Kindredspirit
09-18-2007, 09:18 AM
Ted, It died? That is a true bummer! Was he still in QT or not?


Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_10.gif
bgbdwlf2500
09-18-2007, 11:45 AM
Oh man, big bummer :-(
Sorry to hear that. Any guess as to why?

yep big bummer, i assume something like ich, i saw it glance off a rock one day and noticed white dots and then i couldnt see anything the next day and was fine. the day before yesterday it was happy and eating like a pig. yesterday i could tell something was wrong, this morning it was dead.


Ted, It died? That is a true bummer! Was he still in QT or not?

Marie ~ http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_4_10.gif

Marie,
yep still in quarantine, i had planned to put it in the main tank today. guess it did me a favor really. COuld have waited til after my birthday though...lol
midazolam
09-18-2007, 01:06 PM
weird, you bought it on my birthday. I wonder if we are somehow cosmically connected.
RAVEN
09-19-2007, 12:50 AM
Sorry to here that, well your 0 for 1 two trys left, they are a hard one to keep captive but gorgeous fish.
bgbdwlf2500
09-19-2007, 04:27 AM
Sorry to here that, well your 0 for 1 two trys left, they are a hard one to keep captive but gorgeous fish.

i had it in a qt tank that had sick fish in it before. i changed 90% of the water, maybe it wasnt enough? I also cleaned all the decorations and filters but not the live rock. Could that have had something to do with it? LIttle frustrated now, ive lost 150 or so in 3 salt fish and a total of 15 bucks in discus...
renae
09-19-2007, 06:44 AM
Ohh I'm sorry that happend...I've allways thought about doing a salt water tank but am too scared too...I hope your next butterfly does better.
Kindredspirit
09-19-2007, 07:12 AM
ive lost 150 or so in 3 salt fish and a total of 15 bucks in discus...

Ouch!

Don't suppose you can have a BB with a salt water tank? Would be easier to disinfect!

or not ~
bgbdwlf2500
09-19-2007, 12:04 PM
Ouch!

Don't suppose you can have a BB with a salt water tank? Would be easier to disinfect!

or not ~


not sure... will definately be visiting one of the salt stores around here and asking before i put any more in that tank.
RAVEN
09-20-2007, 12:53 AM
Try a flame angel if you dont already have one easy to keep, have had mine for almost four years.
bgbdwlf2500
09-20-2007, 11:48 AM
Try a flame angel if you dont already have one easy to keep, have had mine for almost four years.

lost one of those along with a coral beauty:( not really sure whats going on. talked to the guy at the fish place, he think it might be my tap water. the store just moved so they are having a grand opening on saturday, water is buy a gallon get a gallon free.