korymiller
New Member
Hi,
I've been in the hobby approximately 7-8 years now and setup a 30 gallon saltwater tank 5 years ago. My first two fish were Clownfish and I'm happy say that they are both still going strong! Over the course of the past few months my wife and I decided to upgrade from a 30 gallon tank to a 55 gallon. We set it up in July, waited a week and took a water sample, at the recommendation of our local fish store, they suggested that we add some Bio Spira to help with the cycling process. We added the Bio-spira, and waited a few more weeks, tested the water and all of the parameters were looking good.
Added some bumble bee snails and a yellow watchman goby to the tank. Everything went well and we waited a week, and added a shark nosed goby and two red-legged hermit crabs. That went well, and we added a few more snails. Waited and added some more crabs, so far so good.
Anyways, it has been over two weeks since our last addition, and we still have two clownfish and a coral beauty angel to move out of our existing 30 gallon tank, along with 2 hermit crabs, and 4 snails. On Monday, (9/7) we moved the Coral Beauty from the 30 gallon tank to the 55 gallon. He and the clownfish were buddies, and often played and swam all over the 30 gallon tank. Ever since moving the Coral Beauty, one of my clownfish has been acting strange. He hasn't been eating (he ate 2 flakes the later in the afternoon the day that I moved the angel) but has not eaten since. The other clownfish is just fine. The one that is acting strange has also been swimming down at the bottom of the tank except for when the lights are off, when the lights go off, he is back up with the other clownfish in their normal sleeping area at the top of the tank.
I'm not sure if my clownfish is "lonely" since we moved his buddy the coral beauty angel but I'm quite concerned that he isn't eating. I don't see any other problem signs on him such as any spots or swimming on his side, anything physical that would alert me.
The wife and I were planning to move both clownfish next week, however, with him seeming to be lonely we have thought about moving him this week just to see if that helps him. I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any similar types of experiences after moving a tankmate to another tank. Our hope is that if we reunite him with the Angel he will go back to normal. Wasn't sure if moving the Angel 1 day, waiting 48 hours, and moving both clownfish would cause too much of a shock to the new tank that it might be problematic either. We would be looking at the following inhabitants in our 2 month old tank:
1 - Watchmen Goby
1 - Coral Beauty Angel
1 - Shark Nosed Goby
1 - Yellow Assessor
2 - Clownfish
2 red-legged hermit crabs
2 blue-legged hermit crabs
2 astrea snails
3 bumblebee snails
2 black margarita snails
Like I said, all tank parameters have been fine throughout as we've been waiting 1.5 to 2 weeks or longer between additions, maybe it seems like a lot for a 2 month old tank, maybe it doesn't, but I just wanted to get something out there and see what other thoughts there might be.
THANK YOU!!
I've been in the hobby approximately 7-8 years now and setup a 30 gallon saltwater tank 5 years ago. My first two fish were Clownfish and I'm happy say that they are both still going strong! Over the course of the past few months my wife and I decided to upgrade from a 30 gallon tank to a 55 gallon. We set it up in July, waited a week and took a water sample, at the recommendation of our local fish store, they suggested that we add some Bio Spira to help with the cycling process. We added the Bio-spira, and waited a few more weeks, tested the water and all of the parameters were looking good.
Added some bumble bee snails and a yellow watchman goby to the tank. Everything went well and we waited a week, and added a shark nosed goby and two red-legged hermit crabs. That went well, and we added a few more snails. Waited and added some more crabs, so far so good.
Anyways, it has been over two weeks since our last addition, and we still have two clownfish and a coral beauty angel to move out of our existing 30 gallon tank, along with 2 hermit crabs, and 4 snails. On Monday, (9/7) we moved the Coral Beauty from the 30 gallon tank to the 55 gallon. He and the clownfish were buddies, and often played and swam all over the 30 gallon tank. Ever since moving the Coral Beauty, one of my clownfish has been acting strange. He hasn't been eating (he ate 2 flakes the later in the afternoon the day that I moved the angel) but has not eaten since. The other clownfish is just fine. The one that is acting strange has also been swimming down at the bottom of the tank except for when the lights are off, when the lights go off, he is back up with the other clownfish in their normal sleeping area at the top of the tank.
I'm not sure if my clownfish is "lonely" since we moved his buddy the coral beauty angel but I'm quite concerned that he isn't eating. I don't see any other problem signs on him such as any spots or swimming on his side, anything physical that would alert me.
The wife and I were planning to move both clownfish next week, however, with him seeming to be lonely we have thought about moving him this week just to see if that helps him. I just wanted to see if anyone else has had any similar types of experiences after moving a tankmate to another tank. Our hope is that if we reunite him with the Angel he will go back to normal. Wasn't sure if moving the Angel 1 day, waiting 48 hours, and moving both clownfish would cause too much of a shock to the new tank that it might be problematic either. We would be looking at the following inhabitants in our 2 month old tank:
1 - Watchmen Goby
1 - Coral Beauty Angel
1 - Shark Nosed Goby
1 - Yellow Assessor
2 - Clownfish
2 red-legged hermit crabs
2 blue-legged hermit crabs
2 astrea snails
3 bumblebee snails
2 black margarita snails
Like I said, all tank parameters have been fine throughout as we've been waiting 1.5 to 2 weeks or longer between additions, maybe it seems like a lot for a 2 month old tank, maybe it doesn't, but I just wanted to get something out there and see what other thoughts there might be.
THANK YOU!!
