24 gallon pics and questions, please look

camillo

Member
this is the first time i have posted pics of my nano since i got blasted last time for having some unsuitable tank mates, which in all fairness was true, but i still dont think i deserved the abuse i got for it especially after i explained the reasons for which they were in my tank, and how new homes were being organised for them. this turned me off the site for some time now, but ive returned now to show ppl that i actually do care for my fish. and to also begin to share experiences of keeping home aquariums again. so this is my 24 gallon nano, its currently holding a 6line wrasse, 2 clowns, a coral beauty, along wit 2 hermits and 2 turbo snails. i also got some coral, but still looking to add alot more. also got a bta.
the 6line was terribly camera shy tonight so no pics of him sorry.
the questions i have are in regard to my bta. ive sorta had some problems with him for a while, but these problems have sorta get better in my opinion until tonight when ive sorta gotten fears that its goin down hill again. after establishing that there may not be enuf water movement in the tank i moved the rock my anenome was on further up in my tank to put in closer to some decent water flow, since then he has moved him self even further up and has settled nicely, he has become what i believe a much healthier color and just looks heaps better, but tonight he started lookin droopy again and after i fed it jus curled up abit strangly. so i wouldnt mind if jus by lookin at the pics of him ppl could give their opinion on what could be wrong.
also i wanna get a coral banded shrimp as ive been craving for a shrimp of some sort for ages and this is the most readily available and affordable one in my area of the world i am leaning towards it the most. just want to know if its a good choice considering what i got in the tank at them moment.
thanks and i hope you enjoy the pics.
p.s. i got t5 lighting, and if someone could give me an id on the first coral itd be great, i know its some sort of leather but unsure of its actual name.




 

aquaguy24

Active Member
tanks looks good...but i rather get cleaner shrimp then coral banded shrimp...maybe the bta needs more light..but not sure..
 

rbrockm1

Active Member
is that a bta, looks like a lta, but i am probably wrong. i would go with a cleaner or fire. coralbanded can get large and kill small slow moving fish. oh and sorry to hear bout the bashing. that happen to one of my friends and he still doesn't get on and its been almost a yr.
 

camillo

Member
no im pretty sure its a bta, ive heard they can lose their bubble tips when kept in captivity, and not only that, but clowns dont tend to host em and my clowns havnt gone near em, so yeah im pretty sure its a bta, but i also had doubts at first.
my coral beauty is about 7cms, so doubt ityll grow anymore seeing that they reach a max of 10 and thats the largest size thats ever been recorded. so doubt mine will get that big, but even if it does, i disagree with you thinkin my tank is too small, i think i will jus get away with it, considerin im not goin to add anymore fish so it wont stuff up my bioload.
 

babyb

Active Member
i have heard that clowns love bta, and host them quite often, and every clown that i have ever had has gone to the bta that i had for a while
 
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