fire fish goby being picked on ;( and coral dying?

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Originally Posted by Mersam935 

there all in a biocube 29 and its funny because I added the firefish before the midas blenny AND rearranged the rocks when they were all in to mess up the whole territory thing.

Moon lights will sometimes stop night time fin nipping. I never had a midas blenny, but firefish run into things because they are afraid of nothing, he might of just hurt himself if you have not seen the others chasing him.

I'm afraid for a 29g you are way overstocked. I think 3 fish is all that should be in there. If I understand correctly you have:

• A firefish
• Midas blenny
• Dwarf angelfish
• 2 clowns
• watchman goby

In my 90g, I have:

•  Dwarf angelfish,
• 2 perc clowns
• Lawnmower blenny
• Orchid dottyback

My fish are at the mature size except the angel, he is sort of new (within this year) My Lawnmower blenny is 6 inches long, I don't know how big a midas gets. A mature dwarf angel is around 4 to 5 inches. Mature clowns are 3 inches for a female, and the male is around 2.5. I can add another two fish in my tank.

You should never, ever...ever...ever, treat the display tank.

I don't know what to say about the coral.

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Originally Posted by Mersam935 

I do have the moonlights on a night time and the wheelers watchman goby stay really small the midas blenny is full grown and about 3 or 4 inches and the firefish is about 3 inches all the others are still babies. I have no idea what to do about the coral because the smaller piece is thriving and the other one is dead.... and melafix is safe and all natural

It's still too many fish my friend...sorry. I'm not trying to be mean. A 4 inch fish is not a little guy in a 29g tank. You are having aggression issues with non-aggressive fish....a sure sign of overcrowding.

No matter how natural or safe you don't dose a display thank. You remove the sick fish and treat it in a hospital tank. There are exceptions, such as ammonia binders and Red slime remover. It's kind of like giving an aspirin to every person in the household because you have a headache. If you have enough different family members getting headaches, and everytime you treat everyone else with an aspirin, eventually the aspirin will have no affect on anyone. It's just not a good practice to treat the display tank.

Can you post some pics up? What are the parameters? How much melafix did you add?

Honestly, the tank is overstocked. I would remove the flame angel and either the midas or the watchman goby. 

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Originally Posted by Mersam935 

I already did post pics. I am not getting rid of the flameangel! I think Im going to get rid of the midas blenny.

Well, I don't see them. Well if you don't want to get rid of the flame angel, I would get rid of more fish and just keep a max of 3 fish in the tank.

You're asking for help and everyone so far is telling you your tank is overstocked which is causing the problem,, getting rid of 1 fish isnt going to make a drastic improvement like you want,,,,

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Originally Posted by Gemmy 

Well, I don't see them. Well if you don't want to get rid of the flame angel, I would get rid of more fish and just keep a max of 3 fish in the tank.

Yes this is exactly what you should do...3 fish max. Keep the angel, and two more fish....uncrowded they should get along. Firefish are easy to spook and they jump, so take him out since he already is a target...Me???  I would keep the angel and the two clowns. I know that combo can last a lifetime without aggression.

The dying coral unless it's realeasing slime into the tank won't hurt anything. You may have a coral nipper, sometimes angels will nip at LPS corals, so that's the one to first suspect. Watch your fish to see if you have a little nipper. A disappearing head while the rest remains is a sign the coral is being eaten..the white flesh is what is left after they take a bite out of it. Bad water conditions affect the entire coral, disease is usually brown slime on the base....that leaves an eater as the most likely reason for the corals demise.

P.S.

I couldn't see your picture either.