Caribbean Biotope Seagrass Tank

[taricha]

The conventional wisdom is that a school of your chromis would whittle down to one over time.
There is a minority opinion that if fed in large enough consistently enough, the behavior changes and they do well together.
I saw this happen with firefish in my tank. One grew fat and was out all the time, the other hid in a corner and wasted away. Then I had to massively over feed my tank for weeks for another issue. Now they are both out equally and equally fat, and each have their own side of the tank.
Depending on your plans for your tank, you might be interested in seeing if this works with groups of chromis.

 

[nawilson89]

Taricha just reminded me. How about a school of carribean dartfish

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[Michael Hoaster]

Chibils, the Pseudoanthias pictilis available from LiveAquaria is not a Caribbean fish. No matter. They're bigger and pricier than what I want. Thanks for your help.

Taricha, that's encouraging to hear. It seems possible, that if there is plenty of food and shelter, they could be kind to each other.

Nawilson89, I checked out the dart fish at KP Aquatics. It looks like they are more of a mated pair kind of fish. Interesting that they associate with yellow head jawfish, even using burrows. That could be a cool pairing for someone into that sort of thing.

 

[Chibils]

Right you are Michael. I googled "Caribbean anthias" to see if there were any and got a hit on P. pictilis from http://www.freshmarine.com/pictilis-anthias-female.html where they list the range as western Atlantic and the Caribbean. More research on my end shows that what they listed is incorrect.

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[Michael Hoaster]

I watched a video of some masked gobies in a reef tank. They weren't schooling. They were scattered about, perching. Not too much excitement there.

I thought of another schooling fish possibility - the Sweeper. They're similar in shape to hatchet fish, but salt water and brackish.

"Characteristically shallow water, schooling fish (especially as juveniles), sweepers are nocturnal and seek shelter under ledges or in the caves. At night, sweepers forage for zooplankton, their primary food."

I'll have to read a little more.

 

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[nawilson89]

Oh! Did you always have codium or is that new?

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[Michael Hoaster]

The Codium's new! I got the fragments of one, glued them about.

 

[nawilson89]

The Codium's new! I got the fragments of one, glued them about.

Good luck with them. I'm hoping the piece I have does well too.

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[Michael Hoaster]

 

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[Michael Hoaster]

Manatee Grazing Event

Manatee Grazing Event

I pulled some caulerpa today. Mostly at the right end of the DSB. I uncovered some long lost red macros. I superglued the Codium on the fake root. I put some in the blender and poured it in the tank. Maybe some will pop up. I also rubbed some on the fake root. Who knows!

 

[Michael Hoaster]

 

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[wilder]

I absolutely love your tank and the idea behind it.

 

[Michael Hoaster]

Thank you, wilder, and welcome!

 

[Michael Hoaster]

Money!

Money!

 

[Michael Hoaster]