My tank is cycled now....used some water from my buddy's tank and combined that with live rock, live sand, some beneficial baceria in a bottle and some "plastic beads" I bought at local fish store that have more bacteria on it.
The nitrites and nitrates read 0.
Anyways I went out and bought a blue damsel fish with yellow belly and tail.
Today I got a blood red cleaner shrimp.
The damsel is eating well, but he's always hiding in the rocks. The shrimp is hiding in the same patch of rocks.
I noticed the shrimp make a pretty fast move and it chased the damsel out of his hiding spot into the open.
On the damsel's left hand side (right before the yellow on his tail turns blue) it appears as if someone or something ate a chunk of flesh (the size of his eyeball).
Or could this be a sign of stress? Or?
I can't confirm if this is discoloration and an optical illusion.....or did the shrimp take a bite out of the damsel? Or could the damsel have come this way from the fish store and being that he's been in hiding for the past ew days, this is the first time I'm noticing this?
This is a peaceful tank, and will have a few corals in the future.
I also got two emerald crabs....but I have been watching the tank since I put everyone it and the crabs are off to the side minding their own business.
<<edit>> upon closer inspection....I'm almost willing to bet this is an open wound. I don't see any "white" areas, nor do I see anything out of the ordinary. It just looks like someone tried to take a bite out of the damsel and succeeded, as it appears to have some flesh missing.
Also, there are no other fish in the tank besides the damsel. He was put there to help cycle.
In fact, I have had him now for 4 days and right now is the first time he's come out of his hiding hole. Other than that, he's swimming just fine, he seems to be darting back and forth looking for food (I feed him 1x every 2 days....a VERY small block of frozen shrimp cube cut into 1/4ths)
Thanks if you can help solve this mystery.
The nitrites and nitrates read 0.
Anyways I went out and bought a blue damsel fish with yellow belly and tail.
Today I got a blood red cleaner shrimp.
The damsel is eating well, but he's always hiding in the rocks. The shrimp is hiding in the same patch of rocks.
I noticed the shrimp make a pretty fast move and it chased the damsel out of his hiding spot into the open.
On the damsel's left hand side (right before the yellow on his tail turns blue) it appears as if someone or something ate a chunk of flesh (the size of his eyeball).
Or could this be a sign of stress? Or?
I can't confirm if this is discoloration and an optical illusion.....or did the shrimp take a bite out of the damsel? Or could the damsel have come this way from the fish store and being that he's been in hiding for the past ew days, this is the first time I'm noticing this?
This is a peaceful tank, and will have a few corals in the future.
I also got two emerald crabs....but I have been watching the tank since I put everyone it and the crabs are off to the side minding their own business.
<<edit>> upon closer inspection....I'm almost willing to bet this is an open wound. I don't see any "white" areas, nor do I see anything out of the ordinary. It just looks like someone tried to take a bite out of the damsel and succeeded, as it appears to have some flesh missing.
Also, there are no other fish in the tank besides the damsel. He was put there to help cycle.
In fact, I have had him now for 4 days and right now is the first time he's come out of his hiding hole. Other than that, he's swimming just fine, he seems to be darting back and forth looking for food (I feed him 1x every 2 days....a VERY small block of frozen shrimp cube cut into 1/4ths)
Thanks if you can help solve this mystery.
