MBliss81
Aquarium Advice Freak
Yeah, that's what I meant about the goby, he moves sand all over the tank. In 2 days he piled sand up all around his cave so only he can get in, and there's sand dust all over the tank from his excavations. It's really interesting to watch, so it's both my favorite, and least favorite, thing about him. It would be a problem in a reef tank, though.
I will definitely be returning the puffers to my LFS. They just don't fit in to any of the plans I can think of. I will keep the rest in the 16g for now, as is, with no live rock. Then I think I'll plan a proper reef tank in a new 40g or 55g this summer. I'm planning on moving my home office into a different room, and that will be a good opportunity to set the new tank up. I will take things much more slowly with this new tank, and plan and prepare thoroughly before any action. The clowns will go into the new reef tank once it's fully cycled, and probably the damsel (he should be ok in a 55g without getting overly aggressive, right?). And I'll research a couple more tankmates for the reef and an anemone for the clowns to host, and that will be all in there. Leaving just the goby (too fun to watch to just get rid of him) and the CUC in the 16g, and I may find one more resident when the time comes. No more crowded tanks.
I will definitely be returning the puffers to my LFS. They just don't fit in to any of the plans I can think of. I will keep the rest in the 16g for now, as is, with no live rock. Then I think I'll plan a proper reef tank in a new 40g or 55g this summer. I'm planning on moving my home office into a different room, and that will be a good opportunity to set the new tank up. I will take things much more slowly with this new tank, and plan and prepare thoroughly before any action. The clowns will go into the new reef tank once it's fully cycled, and probably the damsel (he should be ok in a 55g without getting overly aggressive, right?). And I'll research a couple more tankmates for the reef and an anemone for the clowns to host, and that will be all in there. Leaving just the goby (too fun to watch to just get rid of him) and the CUC in the 16g, and I may find one more resident when the time comes. No more crowded tanks.