member007
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Watch him and make sure that your small fish will not be disappearing. I've had mine for about 7 months now, and I believe he ate my diamond watchman, and 2 golden headed gobbies. He ate my yellow watchman in front of my eyes. He doesn't seem to bother clownfish. If I were you I would not keep him with small gobbies, or blennies. Unfortunately I learned the hard and costly way. He doesn't bother any inverts, and I would consider him 100% invert safe.
Space:
I don't think the space is an issue, because mine never really moved a lot in my 90g. He usually stayed inside the pvc pipe, and sticks out his head. Now he is in my 24g reef together with 2 clowns, and he seems to be happy there.
Food:
It took me a good few days to start him eating. I used a feeding stick, and gold fish to do that. Then I switched him to frozen silversides, and I feed him one every 2-3 days. He only eats when he is inside the pvc. I tried to take it out once, and he would refuse not to eat, so I had to put it back in. I think he feels safe in there and this is the reason why.
Water:
When I had my 90g running I had some problems with high phosphates, and high nitrates for a while and he was acting the same(eating). So I don't think that perfect water quality is as important to keep him alive. However we all know that water quality is a key in this hobby.
Make sure that your top is covered, because he will jump out if he finds a big enough hole to squeeze in. When I moved mine to a smaller tank I was doing some cleaning and I caught him while he was jumping out. I was lucky that I was around...
*I wil update my post once he reaches a year in my tank.
Space:
I don't think the space is an issue, because mine never really moved a lot in my 90g. He usually stayed inside the pvc pipe, and sticks out his head. Now he is in my 24g reef together with 2 clowns, and he seems to be happy there.
Food:
It took me a good few days to start him eating. I used a feeding stick, and gold fish to do that. Then I switched him to frozen silversides, and I feed him one every 2-3 days. He only eats when he is inside the pvc. I tried to take it out once, and he would refuse not to eat, so I had to put it back in. I think he feels safe in there and this is the reason why.
Water:
When I had my 90g running I had some problems with high phosphates, and high nitrates for a while and he was acting the same(eating). So I don't think that perfect water quality is as important to keep him alive. However we all know that water quality is a key in this hobby.
Make sure that your top is covered, because he will jump out if he finds a big enough hole to squeeze in. When I moved mine to a smaller tank I was doing some cleaning and I caught him while he was jumping out. I was lucky that I was around...
*I wil update my post once he reaches a year in my tank.
