deadseascrolls
08/09/2017, 07:24 PM
Hi Reefers,
I have a question about fish compatabilities. or should I say combat-abilities? I had a algae blenny, he was doing fine until I added a bicolor dottyback. They had regular Dukes of Hazard chases until my blenny recently got sick and died. I think the age of my tank (3 mos) was a factor, the actual cause of death is unknown. My best guess, food supply was short, when I added the dottyback I also added an emerald crab and a sand sifting star. I think he started starving and the added stress of the dottyback was too much for him to handle. Today I had to manually feed the star and my tank is ULNS. I don't think there is enough food for my algae eaters. I think I will return the star.
So today I added a starry blenny and he was not happy in my tank. He looked like he just wanted to get away from the area, although I didn't see the dottyback messing w/ him. Well, I removed him anyways back to QT and he's back to his perky self, and now I'm wondering if my dottyback being the only fish in my tank is going to harass every other fish I try to put in there?
My tank is JBJ 45g. Planning on mixed reef, no corals yet. My stocking plan is 6 or 7 of the small guys rather than a couple bigger fish.
I would prefer a blenny and a peaceful tank. Is that going to be pretty much impossible w/ this type of dottyback/pseudochromis?
Thanks for any advice!
I have a question about fish compatabilities. or should I say combat-abilities? I had a algae blenny, he was doing fine until I added a bicolor dottyback. They had regular Dukes of Hazard chases until my blenny recently got sick and died. I think the age of my tank (3 mos) was a factor, the actual cause of death is unknown. My best guess, food supply was short, when I added the dottyback I also added an emerald crab and a sand sifting star. I think he started starving and the added stress of the dottyback was too much for him to handle. Today I had to manually feed the star and my tank is ULNS. I don't think there is enough food for my algae eaters. I think I will return the star.
So today I added a starry blenny and he was not happy in my tank. He looked like he just wanted to get away from the area, although I didn't see the dottyback messing w/ him. Well, I removed him anyways back to QT and he's back to his perky self, and now I'm wondering if my dottyback being the only fish in my tank is going to harass every other fish I try to put in there?
My tank is JBJ 45g. Planning on mixed reef, no corals yet. My stocking plan is 6 or 7 of the small guys rather than a couple bigger fish.
I would prefer a blenny and a peaceful tank. Is that going to be pretty much impossible w/ this type of dottyback/pseudochromis?
Thanks for any advice!