boilermaker1
01/08/2009, 01:26 AM
I'm kinda bummed out at the moment.... my Coral Beauty died tonight. He came down with something, or was some how injured, but he started swimming vertically, then pretty much stopped swimming all together, and spent most of the day laying on his side, stopped eating 2 or 3 days ago and that was about the end of it. Maybe it was just his time. I didnt want to move him while he was still eating, with the hopes he'd just pull through it.
I just cant see my tank without one of these guys. Their antics are just too much, my tank is going to be missing something without one.
Looking at a few:
1. Midnight (Nox)
2. Cherub
3. Bicolor
I know there's the standard obligatory flame angel as well, but hey, I like the less popular ones.
I have a 180, so I'm not worried about the size so much as I'm worried about the reef-safety of them. At the moment, I dont have a lot of coral, but to me, its more about the fish anyways.
So lets phrase the question this way.... if they're going to eat coral, what are they most likely to eat? I know its hit or miss, but from reading up, some of them seem to get more of a coral appetite as they get older. I'll take the partial safety play and see what happens. I dont buy expensive corals, so I'll gamble a little.
Am I safer with one than the others? About the same?
Tank mates are
1 Hippo Tang
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly
1 Zoster's Butterfly
2 Cinnamon Clowns
1 Starry Blenny
At some point in the future, I'd be looking at adding a bunch of small, active fish (not completely sure what yet), but this is a hole that needs to be filled again. I've lost my tank's comic relief.
I just cant see my tank without one of these guys. Their antics are just too much, my tank is going to be missing something without one.
Looking at a few:
1. Midnight (Nox)
2. Cherub
3. Bicolor
I know there's the standard obligatory flame angel as well, but hey, I like the less popular ones.
I have a 180, so I'm not worried about the size so much as I'm worried about the reef-safety of them. At the moment, I dont have a lot of coral, but to me, its more about the fish anyways.
So lets phrase the question this way.... if they're going to eat coral, what are they most likely to eat? I know its hit or miss, but from reading up, some of them seem to get more of a coral appetite as they get older. I'll take the partial safety play and see what happens. I dont buy expensive corals, so I'll gamble a little.
Am I safer with one than the others? About the same?
Tank mates are
1 Hippo Tang
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly
1 Zoster's Butterfly
2 Cinnamon Clowns
1 Starry Blenny
At some point in the future, I'd be looking at adding a bunch of small, active fish (not completely sure what yet), but this is a hole that needs to be filled again. I've lost my tank's comic relief.