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dicemanj

dicemanj

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two weeks ago today I added the first fish to my tank. It has been running for 5 months, was reef, then moved the reef to another tank so this can be aggresive.
I added a Niger and a spotted puffer.
I am going to add either a SFE or a Green Wolf eel today.
I am also going to add one more fish at some point. Would it be okay to add the last fish today also. Or should I wait.
All water paramaters have been at zero except Nitrate at 5.
Fish choices, porc puffer, spiney box puffer, humu humu, or Maroon Clown.
These fish will be in a 125.
all help is appreciated. I am going to the store today.
 
stacyt

stacyt

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When you moved the reef, did you leave all the LR in this tank, or did it move with the reef?
IF the tank has been running as is for 5 months, and everything has been good for a couple of weeks, with the fish you added, then I would say that you could probably get away with adding another fish now.
Just keep an eye on the water params for the next week or so.
 
dicemanj

dicemanj

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I added a SFE yesterday. As soon as I put him in the tank he found a rock to hid in. This morning when I checked on him he was swimming around the tank, he would go to his rock for a few minutes, then swim a lap, back to the rock. It looks like he is happy so far. I am going to try to feed him tonight. I have CC as subtrate, will I need to move the rocks and vacume the pooh out from that area. I am planning on 5% water changes weekly. I am also adding a puffer, I wanted a spiney box puffer, but he has been at the store for about 10 days and it was not eating, I am hoping to get a small porc. puffer tonight.
 
moto757

moto757

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it depends my trigger likes little snails so i got some big mexican turbos like 1 1/4" and he can't get them off of the glass and he doesn't mess with the hermits at all and i have a couple of starfish too a chocolate chip and a brittle i guess it just depends on the triggers taste like he won't eat squid but loves everything else put in there i would stick with the big snails and one type of hermit crab so they don't have a little war and get some extra hermit crab shells too
 
dicemanj

dicemanj

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I do have one turbo in their now, I could not find it when I moved all my reef things to another tank. Wont the CC star hurt the LR? The brittle star is not lunch yet, maybe I will try one of these also. Worst case scenario is they eat well for a day. I am currently feeding them some home made food. I bough a half pound of seafood mix from walmart (shrimp, oysters, claims, octopus, squid) I mixed in a blendor with garlic, they eat it up. My SFE also goes nuts for it. How often should I feed the SFE. I feed the fish about 4-5 times a week, a piece of the mix that is about as bif as a nickle and about a .25-.125 of an inch thick.
Thanks for the choices of inerts, what about a queen conch from this site?
 
bona42na

bona42na

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I recently put in 2 dozen Nassarius snails and 3 Tongan fighting conchs in my 110. They promptly dug into the sand rarely to be seen again. They were advertised as great for cleanup but quite honestly I have seen nothing to lend creedance to that. I guess time will tell .
 
moto757

moto757

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my cc starfish stays on the glass and the snails are on there alot to but i see them all over my cc never goes on the liverock usual on the glass i never heard ofthem hurting liverock. i guess a conch would be alright but i don'thave one and bona42na said they are buried in the sand they are supposed to sift it though. I usualy feed my sfe every 2-3 days he will come out and go nuts around the tank when i feed my other fish so I know he is hungary and i feed the fish 2-3 daily
 
dicemanj

dicemanj

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you feed your fish 2-3 times a day?
Am I under feeding them at 4 times a week?
I am going to get the CC star tonight and try it out with a couple more large turbos.
I'll start slow with them, and see if they survive before adding more.
thanks
 
bona42na

bona42na

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Also does the CC Starfish endanger any fish, particularly the Dragon Wrasse (sand dweller) that I intend to add next ? TIA
 
moto757

moto757

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the cc isn't a fish killer it eats of the glass pluss i spot feed it a shrimp every once in a while. Yeah the fish eat a little bit of food every so often daily and they eat it all every time
 
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