meemo
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I got my first adorable clownfish today! She is ssooooo cute! I will try to post a pic after I charge my camera batteries. There are 3 lfs in my town now and they have all been sold out of perculas & ocellaris! I finally found 2 perculas (supposedly-they look like oc. to me) today, just in off the truck. The smaller one was perky and colorful so I got it. The other one was larger and more yellow, which I was actually looking for. But she didn't seem as well. She was moving slow, breathing heavy, and I kind of thought I saw a scratch on her. At first I thought about buying them both as a pair and asked them to put them together so I could observe them. They picked at each other a lot, esp the larger one. So, I don't know, they might have been able to pair off but I didn't like the limpness of the larger one. I may wait a while and get one smaller than this one. It is about 1 1/2 inches. Although, I am not really interested in breeding them, just don't want them to be lonely. Especially since I can't have an anemone in my regular lighted tank.
I had a molly in qt-priming the tank, and it started picking at "Meemo" (as my 2yo has dubbed our new clown) as soon as I put her in there. So I took the molly out and put him in the main tank. I have 15 various hermits in the 30 gallon (which I love watching), but hadn't put any fish in there until now. We've been waiting for a special Meemo.
Anyway, Meemo is doing well, waggling around, resting on the pvc now that it is dark. We are all in awe of her right now. I'll leave her in qt 3 weeks now.
1. Any suggestions for making her more comfortable or favorite foods/treats she might enjoy? I have only bought flakes so far and can't decide what to alternate with. Too many choices! I got a fake coral/anemone but it smells like paint so I didn't use it. It says safe for all aquariums, but I am going to return it.
2. Will the molly keep picking at Meemo when I move her to the main tank or was he just defending his territory/hierarchy, a temporary battle?
3. Should I return the molly to lfs instead of having it in main tank since it wasn't in quarantine 3 weeks, only 1 1/2 weeks? I am thinking I should anyway to make way for a prettier fish later. LFS gave it to me free to help prep my (already cycled) tank for a clownfish. I was going to let the molly live in the main tank now and let it be building up bio during the 3 weeks Meemo is in qt. Does this make sense? The molly is sort of clearing the road for Meemo. But I don't want this to backfire and bring on parasites or excessive nitrates. I could just leave the main tank free of fish for the 3 qt weeks to be sure that any parasite life cycle would be broken. Molly didn't appear to have any illness though. Lfs doesn't recommend quarantine, but from here I have learned to be cautious. What are your thoughts?
4. How do I easily make pics small enough to post here?
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me get started with my very first swf tank!
I had a molly in qt-priming the tank, and it started picking at "Meemo" (as my 2yo has dubbed our new clown) as soon as I put her in there. So I took the molly out and put him in the main tank. I have 15 various hermits in the 30 gallon (which I love watching), but hadn't put any fish in there until now. We've been waiting for a special Meemo.
Anyway, Meemo is doing well, waggling around, resting on the pvc now that it is dark. We are all in awe of her right now. I'll leave her in qt 3 weeks now.1. Any suggestions for making her more comfortable or favorite foods/treats she might enjoy? I have only bought flakes so far and can't decide what to alternate with. Too many choices! I got a fake coral/anemone but it smells like paint so I didn't use it. It says safe for all aquariums, but I am going to return it.
2. Will the molly keep picking at Meemo when I move her to the main tank or was he just defending his territory/hierarchy, a temporary battle?
3. Should I return the molly to lfs instead of having it in main tank since it wasn't in quarantine 3 weeks, only 1 1/2 weeks? I am thinking I should anyway to make way for a prettier fish later. LFS gave it to me free to help prep my (already cycled) tank for a clownfish. I was going to let the molly live in the main tank now and let it be building up bio during the 3 weeks Meemo is in qt. Does this make sense? The molly is sort of clearing the road for Meemo. But I don't want this to backfire and bring on parasites or excessive nitrates. I could just leave the main tank free of fish for the 3 qt weeks to be sure that any parasite life cycle would be broken. Molly didn't appear to have any illness though. Lfs doesn't recommend quarantine, but from here I have learned to be cautious. What are your thoughts?
4. How do I easily make pics small enough to post here?
Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me get started with my very first swf tank!
