Hi, everybody! I've been quietly lurking looking at all these beautiful wrasses!
Anyway, I ordered a female McCoskeri from Liveaquaria and requested a large bag with lots of water and LOTS of O2. This got me thinking about some of the fatalities I've seen and heard about when acclimating and quarrantining shipped flashers. The story is basically the same: the fish during acclimation and in QT shows a whitish barred pattern, hides in a corner and dies within 3 days. I contacted Liveaquaria to ask about shipping mortalities and found out that many times it is shock from extreme photosensitivity. Link to my discussion with LA:
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1225396
Everything I've experienced seems to bear this out. The flashers that acclimated the best were shipped in black-booted bags and were put in QT under barely visible conditions. I was just wondering if anyone wanted to share their stories (good and bad) & tips on acclimation and QT procedures for shipped flashers?
Meredith