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Hey Steve,
How are Lubbock's and Longfin Fairy Wrasses for coloration and aggression? Do they do well in male/female pairs?
Thanks!
C. solorensis can be aggressive, longfin can be aggressive. Lubbock's are also aggressive. None are as bad as C. scottorum.
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Would we be better off looking at Paracheilinus species?
Paracheilinus are all fine except the Red Sea Eight line flasher wrasse. One male and a group of females is exceptional.
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Adding a yellowtail damsel to an established 55g tank
Adding a yellowtail damsel to an established 55g tank
I want to get a yellowtail damsel.
This time I'll ask the RC group for opinion before making more purchase mistakes.
From doing some research already printed, can they be aggressive based on their individual personalities or based on the tank environment that they are introduced to?? -Is it a hit or miss or is it fairly predictable?
Any feeding issues?
Male or female preferences?
Amy unique characteristics that I should know about?
My existing setup:
Fish: 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Green Mandarin, 1 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Fire Shrimp, 1 Corral Banded Shrimp, 1 Arrow Crab, 2 Peppermint Shrimp plus bunch of Bristle Worms and CUC.
Reef: 50 lb. Sand, 70 lb. Rock, Frog Spawn, Button Polyps, Mushrooms, Kenya Trees, Feather Star, and recently, several aiptasias. . . :-(.
Tank: 50g hex, overflow, 20um filter, 23 gal sump, 2 pumps, 3 in-tank circulators, 5 UH fluorescent, chiller 650, heater 150W, skimmer 65, I got it on 7/18/2014 but it is established for over 15 years!!
BTW, Getting the Green Mandarin and Feather Star was an ignorant rookie mistake on my part. . . .
Thank you in advance!!! Tom
Adding a yellowtail damsel to an established 55g tank
I want to get a yellowtail damsel.
This time I'll ask the RC group for opinion before making more purchase mistakes.
From doing some research already printed, can they be aggressive based on their individual personalities or based on the tank environment that they are introduced to?? -Is it a hit or miss or is it fairly predictable?
Any feeding issues?
Male or female preferences?
Amy unique characteristics that I should know about?
My existing setup:
Fish: 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Green Mandarin, 1 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Fire Shrimp, 1 Corral Banded Shrimp, 1 Arrow Crab, 2 Peppermint Shrimp plus bunch of Bristle Worms and CUC.
Reef: 50 lb. Sand, 70 lb. Rock, Frog Spawn, Button Polyps, Mushrooms, Kenya Trees, Feather Star, and recently, several aiptasias. . . :-(.
Tank: 50g hex, overflow, 20um filter, 23 gal sump, 2 pumps, 3 in-tank circulators, 5 UH fluorescent, chiller 650, heater 150W, skimmer 65, I got it on 7/18/2014 but it is established for over 15 years!!
BTW, Getting the Green Mandarin and Feather Star was an ignorant rookie mistake on my part. . . .
Thank you in advance!!! Tom
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Ty .
Ha!! I got a question already!!!
So, What would you recommend as my next easy-to-take-care-of (idiot-proof), yet shiny, colorfull and fun to watch (not hiding behind the rocks) fish for my tank????
THANKS! Tom
Fish: 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Green Mandarin, 1 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Fire Shrimp, 1 Corral Banded Shrimp, 1 Arrow Crab, 2 Peppermint Shrimp plus bunch of Bristle Worms and CUC.
Reef: 50 lb. Sand, 70 lb. Rock, Frog Spawn, Button Polyps, Mushrooms, Kenya Trees, Feather Star, and recently, several aiptasias. . . :-(.
Tank: 50g hex, overflow, 20um filter, 23 gal sump, 2 pumps, 3 in-tank circulators, 5 UH fluorescent, chiller 650, heater 150W, skimmer 65, I got it on 7/18/2014 but it is established for over 15 years!!
BTW, Getting the Green Mandarin and Feather Star was an ignorant rookie mistake on my part. . . .
So, What would you recommend as my next easy-to-take-care-of (idiot-proof), yet shiny, colorfull and fun to watch (not hiding behind the rocks) fish for my tank????
THANKS! Tom
Fish: 2 Ocellaris Clownfish, 1 Green Mandarin, 1 Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, 1 Fire Shrimp, 1 Corral Banded Shrimp, 1 Arrow Crab, 2 Peppermint Shrimp plus bunch of Bristle Worms and CUC.
Reef: 50 lb. Sand, 70 lb. Rock, Frog Spawn, Button Polyps, Mushrooms, Kenya Trees, Feather Star, and recently, several aiptasias. . . :-(.
Tank: 50g hex, overflow, 20um filter, 23 gal sump, 2 pumps, 3 in-tank circulators, 5 UH fluorescent, chiller 650, heater 150W, skimmer 65, I got it on 7/18/2014 but it is established for over 15 years!!
BTW, Getting the Green Mandarin and Feather Star was an ignorant rookie mistake on my part. . . .
FOWLR transition to reef
FOWLR transition to reef
I have a 75 G ******* that I would like to transition to reef. Right now my water parameters are as close to perfect as I have ever seen;
temp 78, sg 1.026 ph 8 nh3 0.25 no3 and no2 both 0
I have what should be an aggressive lot - but due to the large amount of live rock and ample space to hide and swim through, I rarely see aggressive behavior. Fish are:
green mandarin, a pair of green spotted puffers, a purple psuedochromis, a percula clown, and a bunch of damsels - 3 stripe, 4 stripe, domino, velvet and an azure.
I also have a purple tip anemone and a brittle star. The cleanup crew is an assortment of hermits and snails.
I added some ornamental macro algaes and the hermits are having a field day!
I realize that eventually some of these fish are going to have to find new homes as they mature, but it was a nice assortment to get started with. I have 2 questions.
The first is the cleanup crew... the guy I spoke to over at liveaquaria said nothing in my mix should be as predatory as it is... but something has eaten all the larger hermits, the shrimp, the fighting conch, and an assortment of other hermits and snails. I have yet to catch the culprit(s) but the thing that throws me is that the remaining hermits are a fraction of the size of the ones that were killed. most of this happened within the first 2 weeks of them being in the tank. Not really a question there, but wondering what your thoughts were...
As I transition to corals - something I've never done, what would you advise as a good assortment of colorful easy to care for corals?
FOWLR transition to reef
I have a 75 G ******* that I would like to transition to reef. Right now my water parameters are as close to perfect as I have ever seen;
temp 78, sg 1.026 ph 8 nh3 0.25 no3 and no2 both 0
I have what should be an aggressive lot - but due to the large amount of live rock and ample space to hide and swim through, I rarely see aggressive behavior. Fish are:
green mandarin, a pair of green spotted puffers, a purple psuedochromis, a percula clown, and a bunch of damsels - 3 stripe, 4 stripe, domino, velvet and an azure.
I also have a purple tip anemone and a brittle star. The cleanup crew is an assortment of hermits and snails.
I added some ornamental macro algaes and the hermits are having a field day!
I realize that eventually some of these fish are going to have to find new homes as they mature, but it was a nice assortment to get started with. I have 2 questions.
The first is the cleanup crew... the guy I spoke to over at liveaquaria said nothing in my mix should be as predatory as it is... but something has eaten all the larger hermits, the shrimp, the fighting conch, and an assortment of other hermits and snails. I have yet to catch the culprit(s) but the thing that throws me is that the remaining hermits are a fraction of the size of the ones that were killed. most of this happened within the first 2 weeks of them being in the tank. Not really a question there, but wondering what your thoughts were...
As I transition to corals - something I've never done, what would you advise as a good assortment of colorful easy to care for corals?
If you have ammonia, your tank is not fully cycled. Since this thread is only about marine fish compatibility, and you have fish I would remove, I cannot really help you much. The puffers are likely killing shrimp/hermits.
I have a 400L tank (105g I think) it's the aquareef 400 with added on chiller and uv filter,
It's still not established an in the process of cycling and not yet ready for fish I am still planning out what I want and the best order to add them in , also if I am looking like over stocking or not. And any fish on my list not suited to a newbie or a difficult
So far my wish list looks like
1x blue sided fairy wrasse
1x filamented flasher wrasse
1x helfrichi firefish
1x African clown wrasse or Dragon wrasse
1x purple tang
1x flame angel
2x blue green chromis
1x long nose hawkfish or falco hawk
1x fox face rabbit fish
1x Catalina goby
1x blue linckia
The following fish I already have so the above would need to be compatible with them or if u think I should rehome?
1x coral beauty- I already have this fish but the shop people said it would be okay with a flame angel with enough hiding places?
2x adult ocellaris clown fish
1x banggai cardinal
1x snowflake eel (if he survives) currently about 15cm and in the new cycling tank
It's still not established an in the process of cycling and not yet ready for fish I am still planning out what I want and the best order to add them in , also if I am looking like over stocking or not. And any fish on my list not suited to a newbie or a difficult
So far my wish list looks like
1x blue sided fairy wrasse
1x filamented flasher wrasse
1x helfrichi firefish
1x African clown wrasse or Dragon wrasse
1x purple tang
1x flame angel
2x blue green chromis
1x long nose hawkfish or falco hawk
1x fox face rabbit fish
1x Catalina goby
1x blue linckia
The following fish I already have so the above would need to be compatible with them or if u think I should rehome?
1x coral beauty- I already have this fish but the shop people said it would be okay with a flame angel with enough hiding places?
2x adult ocellaris clown fish
1x banggai cardinal
1x snowflake eel (if he survives) currently about 15cm and in the new cycling tank
Planning is so much better than simply buying animals and hoping they work. However, I do not provide analysis of aggressive fish community tanks. Those can best be posted here. I did provide a few comments, however.
Ok Steve. I', ready with several fish for you to consider: Spotted and Kaudern's Cardinals.
1. Should I get one at a time or both at once?
2. Them being docile, will they stress out over living with 2 clowns?
3. Am I reaching the bio-load limit with this size tank?
4. If #3 is a "NO", can I get 3 or 4 cardinals? -My kids want a school of fish over singles but I don't want the tank to be too crowded. . .
Thank you for your consideration. Tom
1. Should I get one at a time or both at once?
2. Them being docile, will they stress out over living with 2 clowns?
3. Am I reaching the bio-load limit with this size tank?
4. If #3 is a "NO", can I get 3 or 4 cardinals? -My kids want a school of fish over singles but I don't want the tank to be too crowded. . .
Thank you for your consideration. Tom
Always remember to supply tank size with questions since going back is not feasible for me. What species of clownfish? Bioload is not usually the binding constraint on stocking, it is almost always behavior and ecological niche.
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