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That one has more aptasia characteristics. The aptasia is first the hydroid is second.

I’m not convinced it is an aptasia, it could be but doesn’t quite look right. The one on the glass looks more like a hydroid.

Buy a prepared frozen angel food.

Unrelated to the Benny, you need to feed them every day. I’d cut the amount significantly, you are giving them more food than they need when you feed but too much for a few small fish when you do feed. Ditch the flakes and brine. Make sure you feed a good frozen herbavor food every day...

Bristle worms are not bad they are great members of the CUC.

Even in a smaller tank it will hide. Like you said it is in its nature. They hide from potential predators.

He’s very stressed. I’d start by turning the lights off in and around the tank and keeping the activity level in the area as low as possible.

You need to remove all the fish including the goby. The goby needs to be treated for ich in a hospital tank. The display tank needs to be kept fishless for 72 day. This is to allow the ich parasite to die off. Once the tank is clean of ich and the goby has been treated You need to start...

Looks like a clarkii to me. Their color can vary a lot. This fish will get big and very aggressive. Mine got to be around 5 inches and had to be moved to a tank of his own because he attacked everybody else.

You’d need a huge tank just for 1. They get well over a foot long and creat a huge bioload. I have no idea how aggressive they are. So no clue if two could live together.

Most marine fish are very territorial. Jaw fish will protect it home.

I’d be more concerned with agressiio

It is more likely stress. It can take quite a while for the fish to settle in. I assume you didn’t quarantine. Quarantine would be a time to watch for disease as well as make sure it settles in and is eating before he is put into the display tank with everybody else.

Once you get the salinity down they will eat more than usual.

It does. It absolutely needs to stay at 1.009 or the clock starts over, I usually shoot for 1.008 to play it safe. Make sure you use a refractometer not a hydrometer to measure it. Be sure to calibrate it every day. SWF says 75 gallon. That is too small. Live Aquaria says 125 which is...

I think almost everybody has done that in the beginning. I’ve been in this over 20 years. Disease wasn’t as much of an issue back then, now it is everywhere. No matter where you buy your fish always quarantine. For future reference, your 100 gal is really too small for a trigger. They are...

How big is your tank?

Absolutely the perfect time to make any changes you want. General rule is don’t listen to the guy at the fish store. They are there to make a sale. There are exceptions but not many.

This is a common mistake many noobs make. Unfortunately it can be devistating. You will now need to treat all your other fish as well. They are also affected even if they do t show signs. The display tank needs to be left fallow for 72 days to make sure the parasite has bees eradicated...

Definitely looks like ich. I’d start treating ASAP. Either copper or hyposalinity. I preferred hyposalinity. Has he been in the hospital tank since you got him or was he in your display tank.