First New Fish Dead

[Fishman007]

Never mind I put them in there and they quickly buried themselves

Thats normal for nassarius.

 

[kdpuffer]

My cleaner doesn't do much "cleaning" he just hangs under an arch and waits till I feed. He used to always roam and clean the fish and jump on my hands and clean under my finger nails.

 

[Nat_a126]

My cleaner doesn't do much "cleaning" he just hangs under an arch and waits till I feed. He used to always roam and clean the fish and jump on my hands and clean under my finger nails.

Do you know why he stopped?

 

[Fishman007]

Do you know why he stopped?

After time they get fat and lazy, my cleaner does this too. But when he gets a chance, he will try and catch a fish to clean

 

[Sillyfishies]

How does your valentini puffer file his teeth if he doesn't eat snails?

 

[Fishman007]

How does your valentini puffer file his teeth if he doesn't eat snails?

I hand feed him krill ever other week. He trys to to eat the meat of the snails but just hits the shell. Also he has 2 maze brains to pick at, he usually likes to attack the biweekly.

 

[Nat_a126]

Hi do any of you know what this is? It's grey and fuzzy and it's on my rocks.

This is on my sand; it's a blackish gray and how do you delete threads? Can't seem to figure it out.

 

[KeithFrancis]

Looks like a diatom bloom to me

 

[Nat_a126]

Looks like a diatom bloom to me

Any way to get rid of it?

 

[Nat_a126]

Hi Fishman, just wondering, have you ever had problems with your valenitni puffer eating nassarius snails?

 

[Sillyfishies]

Hi Fishman, just wondering, have you ever had problems with your valenitni puffer eating nassarius snails?

He's a puffer. That's what it eats in the wild.

 

[Nat_a126]

He's a puffer. That's what it eats in the wild.

But I've heard stories of some people keeping them alive together. Can you keep them well fed to help with the chances of that not happening, or is there nothing you can pretty much do?

 

[Mebbid]

But I've heard stories of some people keeping them alive together. Can you keep them well fed to help with the chances of that not happening, or is there nothing you can pretty much do?

You can try but there are no guarantees. It's very likely he will eventually consume all of your inverts.

 

[Nat_a126]

You can try but there are no guarantees. It's very likely he will eventually consume all of your inverts.

Ugh okay thanks. I really want a fish with personality, just one that doesn't kill my inverts ?

 

[Nat_a126]

So update: added two ocellaris clownfish yesterday and they pretend they're chromis and shoal with them and adding 20 Astraea snails tomorrow for the junk on the rocks.