Selecting Fish for a New Reef Tank - EP 1: Fish and Corals
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http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/ Today, we begin a new series on BRSTV: Fish and Corals. Our first episode discusses selecting fish for your new reef tank. Learn how to choose fish that are easy to care for and reef safe as well as which fish to avoid in the first year of owning your tank. *Legal Stuff* The purpose and content of this video is to provide general information regarding the products and their applications as presented in the video. Aquatic sales solutions, inc. And its officers, directors, employees and agents disclaim all express or implied warranties, in any way, related to the products and their application as presented in this video, make no representation or warranty regarding the products and the application as presented in this video and shall not be liable for any direct or indirect losses or damages of any type, including but not limited to punitive damages, or from personal injury or death resulting from or in any manner related to the video, and the products in and contents of the video. The viewer expressly agrees that aquatic sales solutions, inc. And its officers, directors, employees and agents shall not be liable for any damages or losses related to the products in and content of the video and hereby agrees to hold the foregoing harmless from any such losses or damages.
10. comment for Selecting Fish for a New Reef Tank - EP 1: Fish and Corals
Alright, thanks!
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20. comment for Selecting Fish for a New Reef Tank - EP 1: Fish and Corals
Thanks. There's some new coralline growing I noticeed this morning, some short red hairs on some areas and 1 green grape like bubble. Which I plan on removing today after much research to avoid popping.. It would be redundant to do a water change during the cycle yeah?
thanks again
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Dear whoever has the patience to read this,
I have a 40 gallon reef aquarium, and I recently pulled it out of a crash. The water parameters were restored, but unfortunately, all of my fish and most corals died. I planned on getting some more fish for my tank now that I have stable water conditions, so I went down to the fish store to get a shrimp and Goby pair since they're known to be easy-to-keep inhabitants for the aquarium that I've had running for a year now. Sadly, the only watchman Goby they had was a Yellow Watchman that was in poor condition and was on the verge of death. They had a Twinspot Goby, but I thought of those as too hard to keep after the little I read about them a while back. I then talked to the manager of the store who I trusted very much, and he assured me that the Goby is a watchman and is easy to keep. I trusted him, due to my anxiousness to get a knew fish, and got him along with a Orange Pistol Shrimp. After acclimating them properly and adding them to the tank, I looked online to find that the Twospot wasn't a watchman and is difficult to keep due to feeding habits. I'm now pretty upset that I spent 30 bucks on a fish that I don't think I can keep. If I were to return it, I'd only get $10, if that. I'm prepared to try and help this fish survive in my tank, and I wanted to know what you'd recommend feeding the Twinspot Goby in the absence of a refugium and no stable population of copepods. Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Sincerely,
Nickolas
Thank you very much for your insight.
joey butswinkas d
30. comment for Selecting Fish for a New Reef Tank - EP 1: Fish and Corals
I have one more question for the 40g. I really love clown fish, so would about 4 or 5 of them + a few more other fish (of those you have listed, or other small fish) be okay for a tank this size? (Taking into consideration I plan to have a strong clean up crew of crabs/shrips/snails/bristle worms etc. amongst these fish [Deep Sand bed]).
50. comment for Selecting Fish for a New Reef Tank - EP 1: Fish and Corals
2 black Ice clownfish
1 potters angel
1 lawnmower blenny
5 flame cardinals
1 yellow watchmen goby and pistol shrimp ( he never sees )
and 1 possum wrasse
Ok, I'll just get 2 ocellaris and another small community fish. Thanks for the heads up though.
There isn't any specific reason you can't but damsels in general are aggressive, even the blue tail (though every fish is different, yours might terrorize the tank or be the most docile critter in there) but as a whole there best to avoid them on a new tanks as they are quite territorial and can make it difficult to add other fish in the future.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to get into reef's someday, or even converting into a Cichlid tank maybe.
But for now, I need to get the hang of the basics first.
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