| Introduction | Here are the profiles and pictures of the current fish inhabitants along with any tips I can offer on successfully keeping them. | |
| Ocellaris Clown(Amphiprion ocellaris ) |
I will be adding compatible host anemones for this guy but clowns can be picky about their hosts. Perhaps I will also get a mate for this one. | |
| Yellowtail Blue Damsel (Chromis xanthurus) | Age: - This was the first fish added to my new saltwater tank to establish the Nitrogen Cycle. These fish are commonly available and well known for being hardy and easy to feed. Therefore, they are typically the first fish added to a new tank. I have been advised that they do get aggressive as they get bigger but my local dealer will take them ) back as trade. This guy will probably stay in my tank since he is a smaller species of Damsel at a max size of 2".He eats well of flake and granular foods, newly hatched, live and frozen brine shrimp and Sweetwater Zooplankton. Mysid shrimp are mostly too large for him to chew. | |
| Domino Damsel(Dascyllus trimaculatus ) | Age: - Cute little guy. All black with two white spots. The Blue Damsel above took issue with this one moving into his territory. The Domino, unafraid, turned his side to the Blue and swam sideways toward him. I imagine the Domino was using those two white spots to make it appear that a large fish was moving toward the Blue. He never gave up this move and now they get along just fine. In fact, he likes to hang out near the Clown. | |
| Orange Spotted Goby (Amblyeleotris guttata) | ) Age:
- I love gobies for their sand-sifting and cave-dwelling behavior. I have two different species and had set up a cave on each side of the tank to give them a proper home. However, they never settled on a single cave. The Orange Spot would swap caves twice or three times per day, chasing off the Yellow Goby to the other cave. Strangely, after a month of this, they accepted each other and now occasionally share the same cave with no problem between them.While the Orange Spot has sifted an occasional mouthful of sand, he is a shrimp goby and rarely does any sifting. | |
| Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum) | ) ) Age:
- A Tang is a great addition to keep growing plants in check. However, you have to make sure they get plenty of green food to eat. Some people use Nori wrappers, available in your local sushi supply grocery store. For me, that is just a supplemental food. I keep a patch of caulerpa algae just large enough to feed the tang, and anyone else who wants to graze. That adds a nice bit of color to the tank as well as a food source. |
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