lukasnca
Aquarium Advice Regular
I have a 20 gallon fish only tank with live sand. I finished cycling the tank for about 8 weeks last weekend. I returned my damsels and bought a small cow fish (1.5") and a mandarin goby (2") and a starfish.
I'm new so I was sort of well I guess the word is stupid. I didn't check if the fish ate at the store and I didn't do a fresh water dip before I put them in the tank.
My cow fish died last night. It hadn't been eating all week though it nibbled on the sand in the tank and tried to eat air bubbles off the hose to the air stone. I tried to feed it flakes and formula 1 frozen food.
Anyway, the cowfish is lost but I'm worried about the goby now. I've been reading that they don't do well in fish only tanks. The goby hasn't been eating the food either but he seems to pick at the sand sometimes. The guy at the fish store said that he's feeding on algae from the sand. I also think that I saw some white "slime" on him but I'm not sure if I'm being paranoid or if its real. I gave him a fresh water dip for about 2 minutes this morning.
I'm going to measure my water levels today but they were perfect before I put the new fish in.
Anyway I'd rather return the goby to the store than kill it. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Luke.
I'm new so I was sort of well I guess the word is stupid. I didn't check if the fish ate at the store and I didn't do a fresh water dip before I put them in the tank.
My cow fish died last night. It hadn't been eating all week though it nibbled on the sand in the tank and tried to eat air bubbles off the hose to the air stone. I tried to feed it flakes and formula 1 frozen food.
Anyway, the cowfish is lost but I'm worried about the goby now. I've been reading that they don't do well in fish only tanks. The goby hasn't been eating the food either but he seems to pick at the sand sometimes. The guy at the fish store said that he's feeding on algae from the sand. I also think that I saw some white "slime" on him but I'm not sure if I'm being paranoid or if its real. I gave him a fresh water dip for about 2 minutes this morning.
I'm going to measure my water levels today but they were perfect before I put the new fish in.
Anyway I'd rather return the goby to the store than kill it. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Luke.