That's actually my dist. sexfaciatas in the avatar, who I unfortunately killed when I added melafix to the tank without noticing that it was under-aerated (the spray bar suction cups slid 3 inches down the glass and I had recently moved the HOB to another tank that needed some more mechanical filtration). He was my favorite fish and he and his larger buddy both died. The Lusosso barely survived and if I hadn't woken up at 2am to get water the whole tank would've died. But yeah, he has even more of a beak (the lusosso has the elongated nose) and even though he patrols the other end of the tank he does take some trips over to Thurman's end. I have a tiny little sexfaciatas in there again now and he is really spunky, but I really miss the one in my avatar.
I did a 40% water change today and when I refilled it I put in a lot more salt and tried to lower the temperature by 2 degrees. It was at 83-84, which is odd since the AC is on a constant 73 and the heater is set at 71 - obviously that dial isn't accurate. I usually keep all my tanks at 81-82. (For some reason the heater light is on right now, which is annoying, I guess I'll have to turn it down more). Anyway, it's an hour later and he is significantly brighter and more active. Not super silver like he used to be (or like the new silver) but way better than he was this morning. I'm going to feed some krill later and see how aggressive he is.
The water parameters were fine before but maybe I just underdid the salt when I set up the larger tank. I'll keep an eye on the temp, maybe allow it to drift to 84 again just to see if he reverts... I'd be surprised if that was it though because all four other dats are fine. More likely it's the salt.
I have access to 2-3 more little ITs if I want them, but at 40 a pop that's a little rough. Plus the tank is pretty well stocked now and there's a baby aro coming in a few months. They're not going to grow fast enough to ever really crowd this but I still think 5 is enough. But maybe I'll change my mind.
I did a 40% water change today and when I refilled it I put in a lot more salt and tried to lower the temperature by 2 degrees. It was at 83-84, which is odd since the AC is on a constant 73 and the heater is set at 71 - obviously that dial isn't accurate. I usually keep all my tanks at 81-82. (For some reason the heater light is on right now, which is annoying, I guess I'll have to turn it down more). Anyway, it's an hour later and he is significantly brighter and more active. Not super silver like he used to be (or like the new silver) but way better than he was this morning. I'm going to feed some krill later and see how aggressive he is.
The water parameters were fine before but maybe I just underdid the salt when I set up the larger tank. I'll keep an eye on the temp, maybe allow it to drift to 84 again just to see if he reverts... I'd be surprised if that was it though because all four other dats are fine. More likely it's the salt.
I have access to 2-3 more little ITs if I want them, but at 40 a pop that's a little rough. Plus the tank is pretty well stocked now and there's a baby aro coming in a few months. They're not going to grow fast enough to ever really crowd this but I still think 5 is enough. But maybe I'll change my mind.
