PLEASE check out your intended fish purchases here first!

[snorvich]

What is "uronema" and what should I look for - I have 5 Green/Blue? Chromis in qt and they have been for 3 weeks. I was planning on 6 to 8 weeks. What would the tx be?

Sorry, this is not a discussion thread and is only about marine fish compatibility. For discussion of uronema marinum and treatment questions, post in the Fish Disease forum. A very brief summary.

Brooklynella hostilis and the less common, and often misidentified, Uronema marinum are both ciliate parasites that infect the skin of many species of marine fish. Brooklynella hostilis is often referred to as causing clown fish disease and it is true that clown fish are very susceptible to this pathogen. However, this parasite is opportunistic and will infect a wide range of fish species.

In both Brooklynella hostilis and Uronema marinum infections, acute symptoms can appear very rapidly and fish can go from being very healthy to near death in a few hours. Typically, reef keepers go to bed with their tank looking well and wake up to find the fish in crisis showing acute symptoms.

Both of these parasites have a direct life cycle: they live on the fish, feeding and the population growing very rapidly, then drop off into the water column (where they can live quite happily for some time) and then go on to infect another fish.

 

[Missoula Sherry]

Change in fish

Change in fish

I currently have a sixline wrasse, a firefish, a clownfish and an orange spot goby. I have put all my fish in quarantine and am letting it go fallow for 9 weeks. I'm thinking about returning the sixline to my LFS so in the future I can get a dragonette.

My stocking list includes adding another clown, a Kole tang,a Banggai cardinal, and 3 chalk basslets.

Will this work out okay?

 

[snorvich]

I currently have a sixline wrasse, a firefish, a clownfish and an orange spot goby. I have put all my fish in quarantine and am letting it go fallow for 9 weeks. I'm thinking about returning the sixline to my LFS so in the future I can get a dragonette.

My stocking list includes adding another clown, a Kole tang,a Banggai cardinal, and 3 chalk basslets.

Will this work out okay?

The stocking list minus the six line wrasse should be fine for your sized tank. But, be sure you properly treat the infected fish in quarantine. However that subject needs to be properly explored in the fish diseases forum.

 

[wesside]

1- Red Velvet or Blue-Sided Wrasse
2 - B&W Ocellaris
1 - Forktail Blenny
1 - Hi Fin Goby and paired Shrimp
1 - Yellowhead Jawfish
1 - Royal Gramma
1 - Fireball or Flameback Angel

Ok, my wife made me get a six-line wrasse so I'm sure I have to change my list now.

Current Tank Inhabitants:
2 - B&W Ocellaris
1 - Forktail Blenny
1 - Six Line Wrasse

I'm pretty sure I won't be able to get the Royal Gramma now, but what about the Jawfish, Dwarf Angel and the Goby/Shrimp?

 

[snorvich]

Ok, my wife made me get a six-line wrasse so I'm sure I have to change my list now.

Current Tank Inhabitants:
2 - B&W Ocellaris
1 - Forktail Blenny
1 - Six Line Wrasse

I'm pretty sure I won't be able to get the Royal Gramma now, but what about the Jawfish, Dwarf Angel and the Goby/Shrimp?

No fairy or flasher wrasses with a six line wrasse and probably a problem with the gramma loretto as a minimum. No other copepod eaters can be introduced.

 

[wesside]

No fairy or flasher wrasses with a six line wrasse and probably a problem with the gramma loretto as a minimum. No other copepod eaters can be introduced.

Please forgive my ignorance, but I'm not familiar with which fish eat copepods and which don't. I tried searching on RC and Google for a short list or something that would help me know, but I didn't find anything. Do you know of anything?

 

[snorvich]

Please forgive my ignorance, but I'm not familiar with which fish eat copepods and which don't. I tried searching on RC and Google for a short list or something that would help me know, but I didn't find anything. Do you know of anything?

There are a fair number, far too numerous to list here and in any case that is outside the scope of this thread. If you want to add additional fish, simply check back here with a complete potential stocking list and I will let you know. The issue is that fish which inhabit the same ecological niche (such as eating copepods, or grazing on algae) are not pleased when other fish (or inverts) are introduced as competition. When they are aggressive such as with a six line wrasse they either intimidate or kill their competition.

 

[fishman007]

unfortunately a 55 is out of my budget, 10 is more practical because i am already running another tank, would i be able to have anemone, 1 ocellaris clown, 1 firefish goby, and 1 hi fin banded goby

 

[Dctrojan]

My gf really wants a yellow tang is there anyway one can go in a 55 gallon reef tank safely?

 

[snorvich]

unfortunately a 55 is out of my budget, 10 is more practical because i am already running another tank, would i be able to have anemone, 1 ocellaris clown, 1 firefish goby, and 1 hi fin banded goby

Sorry. As I do a lot of these, for me to provide an analysis, please provide tank size, mature, and total perspective stocking list. Thanks.

 

[snorvich]

My gf really wants a yellow tang is there anyway one can go in a 55 gallon reef tank safely?

Reef Central's recommendation for the minimum tank size for tangs can be found here. The short answer is no.

 

[Dctrojan]

Reef Central's recommendation for the minimum tank size for tangs can be found here. The short answer is no.

Thats what I figured. Im sure I can talk her into something else next time we make it to the LFS.

 

[Deep Reef]

Good morning Steve

I am moving my fish from a 75 mixed reef DT to a new 120 mixed reef DT with a 40g sump.

I currently have:
1 Kole tang
1 YWG
1 Kaudern's Cardinal

To these I would like to add
1 Foxface either a lo or one spot
2 cinnamon clowns
3 Green Chromis
1 Midas Blenny
and maybe a reef compatible wrasse

Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

 

[snorvich]

Good morning Steve

I am moving my fish from a 75 mixed reef DT to a new 120 mixed reef DT with a 40g sump.

I currently have:
1 Kole tang
1 YWG
1 Kaudern's Cardinal

To these I would like to add
1 Foxface either a lo or one spot
2 cinnamon clowns note that these are on the aggressive side once sexually mature
3 Green Chromis chromis have been coming in with uronema symptoms; also know that 3 will become 1 over time
1 Midas Blenny
and maybe a reef compatible wrasse

Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Fine except as noted

 

[Deep Reef]

Thank you again

 

[Reeflovinlexy]

75 Gallon Stock List

75 Gallon Stock List

After months of research I think I finally found the stock list for my tank. I've researched a bunch on compatibility but still wanted to double check everything. Thanks in advance!

4 Blue Green Chromis (already have these and love them)
2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (already have these and love them)
3 Nassarius Snails (already have these and love them)
3 Red Legged Hermit Crabs (already have these and love them)
3 Spiny Asteria Snails (already have these)
3 Cerith Snails (already have these)
2 Ocellaris Clown Fish
1 Bicolor Dottyback
1 Purple Firefish
1 6 Line Wrasse
1 Blue Gudgeon Dartfish
1 Kaudern's Cardinal
3 Stromatella Snails
3 Trochus Snails
2 Bumblebee Snails
3 Nerite Snails

For the reef part of my tank I plan on getting
Red and Green Mushrooms
Sun Polyps
Feather Dusters
Watermelon Zoanthids
Lavender Mushroom
Pink Rays Polyps
Purple Dragon Polyps
Glove Polyps
Blue Sympodium Polyps
Green Star Polyps

I currently have a 75 Gallon, 65lbs of live rock, Aquaticlife 6 Lamp T5 HO, 70lbs of live sand, HOB Aqua Clear 110 filter. This weekend I will be removing the HOB filter and installing a sump. The sump will run a Tunze 9006 Comline DOC Protein Skimmer, and have a refugium filled with chateo.

 

[snorvich]

After months of research I think I finally found the stock list for my tank. I've researched a bunch on compatibility but still wanted to double check everything. Thanks in advance!

4 Blue Green Chromis (already have these and love them) Unfortuately in the long term, four will become one
2 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (already have these and love them)
3 Nassarius Snails (already have these and love them)
3 Red Legged Hermit Crabs (already have these and love them) hermit crabs kill snails for their shells
3 Spiny Asteria Snails (already have these)
3 Cerith Snails (already have these)
2 Ocellaris Clown Fish
1 Bicolor Dottyback highly aggressive will likely intimidate the firefish and/or six line wrasse
1 Purple Firefish
1 6 Line Wrasse aggressive towards similar fish and/or other copepod eaters
1 Blue Gudgeon Dartfish
1 Kaudern's Cardinal
3 Stromatella Snails see note on hermit crabs above
3 Trochus Snails
2 Bumblebee Snails
3 Nerite Snails

For the reef part of my tank I plan on getting
Red and Green Mushrooms
Sun Polyps
Feather Dusters
Watermelon Zoanthids
Lavender Mushroom
Pink Rays Polyps
Purple Dragon Polyps
Glove Polyps
Blue Sympodium Polyps
Green Star Polyps

I currently have a 75 Gallon, 65lbs of live rock, Aquaticlife 6 Lamp T5 HO, 70lbs of live sand, HOB Aqua Clear 110 filter. This weekend I will be removing the HOB filter and installing a sump. The sump will run a Tunze 9006 Comline DOC Protein Skimmer, and have a refugium filled with chateo.

 

[Reeflovinlexy]

Thanks snorvich for the help.

My 4 Blue Green Chromis have been fine for a couple of months now so I am hoping these 4 will end up working out for me. If not, at least I will still have one. I had one in my 15 gallon reef years ago and loved him. They are really fun fish to keep.

I think I will move the crabs into my sump since I really like them. Also, I added a bunch of extra shells to my tank, and I've had the hermits with the snails for 3 months now with no problems. Could the extra shells be why they haven't tried so kill any snails so far?

I think I'm still going to try my luck with a bicolor dottyback. I had one years ago in my 15 gallon reef tank along with a yellowtale damsel, a blue green chromis and a ocellaris clown and they all got along great. I had those 3 fish for 2 years until my tank crashed while I was gone for the weekend. But, I will make sure to keep an eye on him and if he starts to harass my other fish I will take him back and get a orchid dottyback.

 

[JohnnyRedd]

I like what I see

I like what I see

58 gallon with 10 gallon sump. 1 saddleback clown an 1 6 line wrasse. Tank is a little over 4 months old.

Is there another fish that is as active as this 6 line in and around the rocks?!?!?

I really like the activity!

 

[snorvich]

58 gallon with 10 gallon sump. 1 saddleback clown an 1 6 line wrasse. Tank is a little over 4 months old.

Is there another fish that is as active as this 6 line in and around the rocks?!?!?

I really like the activity!

As those who follow this thread know, I do not provide recommendations for a variety of reasons; however I am always happy to provide a compatiblity analysis. Since I notice you have six line wrasse, that will limit tank mates going forward.