Wife picked out a maroon clown
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sdsheeks
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I told her that, but i've also read about them. I've read they can be aggressive to other fish, but often times they are mostly aggressive to a fish of their own kind....
I'll see how it goes. If I have problems in the future I can take him back or sell him. He will be the only fish for at least a month while I monitor the tank.
Drip drip drip he is doing fine.
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sdsheeks
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This site: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=105
Says water temp 72-78F mine is 81 right now and steady. Should I reduce it or will it be okay?
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weimers75
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I agree with Dubbin...Maroons are notoriously aggressive. Mine would chase other fish, and he was the last one added. He (or she) would even attack my hand when I put it in there, and it left little welts where it bit. You could even see little teeth in his mouth. I'll stick to my current percs - much nicer
bigdaddyadam
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does everyone on here try to keep their temps as low as that? 78? I always keep mine about 80, stuff seems to do much better at that temp, and that is natural reef temp from what I have read, what benefit do you see at a lower temp? just slowing biological processes?
I always figured those 78-79 degree recommends by some places were similar to the 1.23 SG that most salt brands recommend, low for no apparent reason compared to reef natural. SG I keep at 1.26, or really 53 MS I guess because I use a salinity monitor and that's all it reads in. never saw an explanation for lower than natural for this and either and Randal Holmes- Farley recommends standard reef numbers on this.
anyone else? I am interested to know other's para's?
I always figured those 78-79 degree recommends by some places were similar to the 1.23 SG that most salt brands recommend, low for no apparent reason compared to reef natural. SG I keep at 1.26, or really 53 MS I guess because I use a salinity monitor and that's all it reads in. never saw an explanation for lower than natural for this and either and Randal Holmes- Farley recommends standard reef numbers on this.
anyone else? I am interested to know other's para's?
sdsheeks
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perhaps it is just easier to maintain life at 78 because the oxygen is more available? I don't know. I like the idea of 80 myself, but I'm doing this by the books. I don't want to lose this fish.
He is 30 minutes left in the drip tank and he is doing great.
I just need to find a container to move him in because the sites say not to use a net with this type of fish.
Dave
sdsheeks
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Maroon has been dripped for 2 hours and 15 minutes. I rechecked the aquarium for Ammonia, PH, Nitrates, Nitrites, and PO and all are great and steady from the last few days. I used a cup to put him in the tank because several sites say they have sensitive fins and to use a cup not a net. He is in the tank and looking around. I have the lights off and he seems to be doing well.
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bigdaddyadam
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right I understand that temps vary on the reef, anywhere from 76-83 degrees as Holmes-Farley points out, I was just wondering what benefit you all were seeing by being at the lower end of the spectrum, whatever I am set at it stays rock solid, I never have more than a 0.1 degree fluctuation in temp on my tank between 80.1 and 80.2
I sort of fit in here--I grew up in Steubenville, Oh and now live in FL. I had a gold strip maroon that was lovely to everything else in the tank for nearly 2 years. Then she started digging into the sandbed and kept digging and kept digging!
She was a pretty fish but when I moved my tanks into a 110 last weekend I traded her in at the lfs. By the way my tanks normal temp was 81 and got much higher during a few power outages during the hurricanes.
She was a pretty fish but when I moved my tanks into a 110 last weekend I traded her in at the lfs. By the way my tanks normal temp was 81 and got much higher during a few power outages during the hurricanes.
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