Modified Valenciennea QT 2/24/06 I just employed a modified QT procedure for a Valenciennea puellaris (maiden, orange spotted goby), that I thought might be worth sharing. I thought you could post if you agreed. I read Dr. Fenner’s recommendation on shortening the QT period for many gobies, and wanted to be sure the puellaris I planned to buy wouldn’t be subjected to unnecessary stress in QT. I knew I was going to purchase one, so I set up a 10g with a couple inches of substrate. After the lights were out in my display (and amphipods were all over the rocks), I moved a couple small rocks into the QT, a couple months before my goby arrived. This did a great job of seeding the tank, and I fed the ‘pods some phytoplankton about once a week (VERY small amounts). They proliferated, and when I added the goby, I would check every couple nights to be sure the population wasn’t completed decimated yet. I did move another rock from the display
