Sorry about your loss. Although very cute at this stage, a 1" lennardi would need to forage all day long to maintain condition and grow. If you had to use chemical treatment it would be more adversely affected compared to say a 3" specimen.
If you try again, its less risky getting a slightly bigger specimen (+/-3"), as theres more wiggle room if things go wrong.
As for the fin rot, IME that's usually a problem if it's a secondary infection, not a primary one. In the latter case, high water quality alone helps clear it; not so simple if it's part of another disease / parasite etc... :(
All the best,
Angie.
Hi Angie,
I think your right about the size factor, he probably would have been fine in my DT with sand bed and lots of stuff to pick at but not a bare bottom QT :(
This will be a consideration for me in the future for sure when picking fish although i'm nearly done with my stocking list (unless i see a +3 inch lennardi :D)
As for the fin rot, i did a 30% water change on the 27th just prior to to him getting ill.
I have just yesterday done another water change and noticed in the bottom of my IBC container that has about 100L of NSW left there is quite a bit of muck.
Will be giving that a good high pressure clean out over the weekend before i get any more delivered.
So in mixing this up with RODI water to get my 1.010 salinity i may have introduced some bacteria that set this off.
All hindsight but still frustrating that it may have been my own inexperience
Have had the IBC for about 8 months.
Thanks for the info anyways.