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Orchid Dottyback...IP's?
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:01 am
by Srkoe
My mom got an orchid dottyback today. It pooped in the bag and it's poop was white and looked like a string of pearls. Are they typically wild caught? She was kinda chewed up (she was being attacked by a damsel). We have her in the QT tank and treating her with Melafix. As far as the poop can we treat in the same manner as we treat IP's in puffers? Does this sound like IP's? I have no idea what dottyback poop is suppose to look like...lol!
Re: Orchid Dottyback...IP's?
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:18 am
by xrayjeeper83
Im FAR from knowledgeable but I dont see how it would hurt to soak the food in IP meds like a puff
Re: Orchid Dottyback...IP's?
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:11 am
by sevenyearnight
I agree, the LFS here treats all the wild caught fish for IP's just the same method as we do for puffers.
Re: Orchid Dottyback...IP's?
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:17 am
by Pufferpunk
What fish is it with? The dottybacks are VERY aggressive, territorial little fish!
Re: Orchid Dottyback...IP's?
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:13 pm
by Srkoe
Pufferpunk wrote:What fish is it with? The dottybacks are VERY aggressive, territorial little fish!
All by itself...she's going in my moms nanocube.
Re: Orchid Dottyback...IP's?
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:28 pm
by Pufferpunk
Nice choice as a single fish.