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Hey guys, I bought a few fish on Thursday (a Tailspot Blenny, Firefish, Green Clown Goby, and Royal Gramma) and put them into QT. My QT tank is a standard 10 gallon, an AquaClear 50 (with plenty of biomedia), a 50W heater, barebottom, a couple of pots and a piece of PVC. I put a tank divider in to separate the gramma from the other 3, as I know they can sometimes be a bit more boisterous than the others. The tank is well-cycled and season, and has been set up for nearly a year as a QT tank - it's covered in algae and has a ton of pods and other bugs running around. Ammonia and nitrite test 0, and nitrates test at 10 PPM today before the water change. PH is at 8, and SG is at 1.021, since I tend to run my QT tanks a little lower to try and reduce stress. Temp is 78. The firefish, tailspot, and gramma are all active and eating. They're behaving as I would expect - skittish, but otherwise normal. The green clown goby hasn't moved from his spot underneath the PVC since I got him. He'll eat when something passes by him, but otherwise won't budge. He isn't getting bullied, as far as I can tell. and looks completely healthy. I am treating with General Cure, since most of the fish I've found locally have some sort of internal parasites, but I haven't seen any symptoms. I've had clown gobies in the past and they've always been very brave animals - they'd sit in my hand, come to the glass and beg for food, and had huge personalities. This guy is just super shy - should I be worried? Is there something (a decoration) I can add to the tank that may help bring him out of his shell? Or is he probably still just adjusting to the tank? Any help is appreciated!

Grimes 15 gallon rimless now retired see my ReefSpace 900 thread in large reefs 😭 After 3 years of planted tanks I'm back on nano salt water. Started 11 days ago I have begun the cycle process, and have I forgot most of what I knew years ago... Man! I'm rusty.. Anyway going to keep a wee log of it. Equipment: AquaOne AquaNano 40, 15 Gallon AquaOne Nanoskim 40 Stock heater (55w) and pump Fluval SEA Nano LED AI Nero 3. Jebao dp-4 dosing pump DD jumpguard pro Filtration: 5 kg of live rock 1 kg TMC fine sand Macroalgae - Caulerpa Taxifolia System Support / Dosing: Vibrant Quantum LR Nitrate Remover Quantum Phosphate Remover pH up Livestock (updated 23rd January) Fish & Inverts: Yellow coral goby (Gobiodon okinawae) Blue neon goby (Elacatinus oceanops) Firefish goby (Nemateleotris magnifica) Pajama Cardinal (Sphaeramia nematoptera) Green Brittle Star 6 x Banded Trochus Snails (can't count now as there are so many babies) 1 x Bumblebee Snails (AKA coral killer) 3 x Cerith Snails 3 x Turbo Snails 1 x Astrea Snail 1 x Nassarius snail Peppermint shrimp Emerald Crab 3 hermits Coral: SPS: Montipora delicatula LPS: Hammer (Euphyllia ancora) Duncan's (Duncanopsammia axifuga) Acan (Acanthastrea echinata) Softies: Zoas - Radio Active Zoas - Red People Eater Zoas - blue hornets Zoas - Rastas Zoas - Kedds Reds Green Implosion Paly Mushrooms Yuma Red Mushroom Orange (Rhodactis mussoides) Mushroom Florida Ric Green Star colony (Pachyclavularia) Kenya Tree Coral 8th April 2020 (Jewel Vio 40) 27th Oct 2020 (AquaOne AquaNano 40) Nov 2020 Jan 2021

Hi all, I just set up a 6gal fluval edge as a side project. Currently have a tiny clown goby in there, would he be compatible with a flaming prawn goby if I was to add one? Thanks!

Just picked up an acan frag on Friday and was wondering if a tailspin blenny and citrinis clown goby are same from it. I saw a couple of post about acans eating fish so it made me a bit concerned.

Hi, I just joined! I have been thinking about making the jump to salt water for a while and finally pulled the trigger! I have been keeping fish for a while now, I've had great luck with low tech planted tanks. I am trying to use what I already know but I know I will have a ton of questions along the way also. So far I've got a standard 20 gallon tank with an aqua clear 50 and a small koralia pump. I have a Cobalt heater and the Hipargero 30 LED light. Once I have fish I've got a hang on back refugium in my Amazon cart that I will add. Will also probably add another koralia and the wave maker controller hydor makes when I start adding coral. And auto top off will probably be added too at some point. Everything has been up and running for 4 days, I am already seeing some nitrites so that is encouraging, I'll give credit to Dr. Tim's one and only for that! I'm using a red Sea test kit. In my freshwater life I really enjoy nano fish and stocking with fish not everyone else has. I saw some teenie tiny green banded gobies at my lfs and thought they were so cute but the fish store guy said they would just get lost :(. I've got my eye on a yellow clown goby though! What else should I look into stocking wise??? Sorry for the novel, here's a picture!