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Oneslowsaleen

I have a 29 BC I have nothing in the tank besides a couple frag zoas and basic CUC . I read that they are reef safe and should be in a tank 30 gallons or more, would I be ok putting this fish in my tank ?

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Great little fish, mine took just a few days before taking mysis, cyclops, and NLS pellets (0.5mm, they have tiny mouths). Does actively eat pods, mine ate some unwanted algae too. He used to sleep by biting onto a glass thermometer I had been using, just clamped on and floated there all night, super adorable. Never touched any of my coral or CUC. Plus they're being captive bred, what's not to love?

 

Note that they are very small (~1") and aren't the strongest swimmers.

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Oneslowsaleen

I think I'm going add one as my first fish , with in next few weeks! He will be ok in a 29 gallon biocube which is prob more like 24 gallons?

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I think that'd be OK, I wouldn't recommend them for anything smaller than that though, they seem to be pretty active. I had mine in a 35 hexagon which is 24" tall, he utilized the vertical space well, picked pods off the glass and equipment I had up high.

 

Personality-wise, they do seem to show a little interest in what's outside the tank, although not quite the curiosity level of a puffer, which is what I had hoped. Definitely a little bit timid, and spent a fair amount of time behind my rockwork, even though his only tankmates were a totally aloof purple firefish and a scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp. Not afraid to take food from the surface or water column in the presence of others though, and was out in the open pretty often too.

 

Let me know if you have any other questions!

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Oneslowsaleen

Well I named him Hudson ! He is a very active little guy . Eats quiet a bit too. He is doing well in my QT tank he has been in there for 5 days, how long till I can put him in my main tank? I will post some photos tomorrow.

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Well I named him Hudson ! He is a very active little guy . Eats quiet a bit too. He is doing well in my QT tank he has been in there for 5 days, how long till I can put him in my main tank? I will post some photos tomorrow.

 

Are you QTing it to make sure he eats? Or for some other reason? They're CB, I wouldn't worry too much about diseases...as long as it's a good eater you're probably safe to put it in the main display after a week.

Edit: But if you're trying to take ever precaution I believe 30 days is the appropriate QT time for new fish if they don't develop any signs of illness.

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i have a pair in my 25 and they are great to watch, always swimming around and eat mysis and flakes. If you want to feed them pellets, you'll need the tiny size as 1MM size is too big for their mouth.

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Oneslowsaleen

Are you QTing it to make sure he eats? Or for some other reason? They're CB, I wouldn't worry too much about diseases...as long as it's a good eater you're probably safe to put it in the main display after a week.

 

Edit: But if you're trying to take ever precaution I believe 30 days is the appropriate QT time for new fish if they don't develop any signs of illness.

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I put him in QT tank just to make sure he is disease free, it was recommended so that's what I did.

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Oneslowsaleen

So he has been in the main tank for almost a week now, he is very active and eats everything he can fit in his tiny mouth. I have recently noticed two spots on him though, maybe someone can give me some insight on what it might be ?

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