yay, new fish.... only one prob

[amd]

Ok, so for the past week or so my fire fish has hidden and not eaten, yesterday i got to the point that this fish is gonna die or i cath him and get him back to the lfs. I got to the lfs to talk to the guy and he says he cant take him now because of a busted tank and new additions he was verrrry busy. He was too, so I talked to one old guy that was kinda being weird and he tells me put a clownfish in there, that will draw out the fire fish. well, i bought a false perc and ordered a emerald crab. I took a good 30-45 minutes acclimating him, also I am lucky this guy keeps his tanks like real show tanks, not just open like most. anyway i get him in there and the clown is great, he is so active and just a huge show off. has already made himself a real "charicter". And sure enough my fire fish has been out all day since i put frozen bloodworms in there, he ate a huge amount for his size. and since he hadnt eaten for a week i fed him a bit extra, and the clown is like a vacume. so today i get the crab and acclimate him and he goes right to work on the algae and anything else in his unfortunate path. within one hour, my tank went from like a wheat feild to a well groomed soccer feild. wow this buger is fast. so fast i may have to keep him fed a lil bit. so i hear they eat sea weed and meaty food, i watched him devour bloodworm when i fed them today. what do yall recomend supplementing him with and what will really be good for the other fish? I have beed giving the fish blood worms and a little bit of brine shrimp.

heres the prob. the crab tends to snap at the fish anytime they get close. And the fire fish is actually antagonizing him by getting real close and twitchin his fin then darting in circles around him. is this a problem to the other fish or are they ok. cuz that crab snaps eveytime they get close. im not worried so much about the firefish as the clown(hes not so bright,...)

any sugestions?

 

[amd]

ps, this has made me very happy that it seems that eveything is going good and the fire fish is not nearly shy at all just worry about the crab. also my water parameters are
ammonia.0
nitrite.0
nitrate.0
ph 8.0. added ro top off goes up to 8.2

 

[amd]

hello? bump

 

[amd]

42 looks and this is it?

 

[preggoguppo]

i wanted a crab in my tank since i have a sandy bottom, but i was told no because they we eat your fish, there only good in tanks with no fish, or "top swimming" fish.... i would take the crab back

 

[Pure]

*nudge nudge* psst prego, It's a salt tank. They stay small enough to not be a real threat.

As long as your tank is large enough for the fish to get out of his way I wouldn't think it would be a problem.

 

[amd]

yeah theres room, i just wondered when he took a shot, as for thr fire fis, poor crab aint got a chance, that got somthing to do with beig a dart fish tho

 

[Brack-Man]

EC's can be problematic for smaller, slower bottom dwelling fish, my EC's pick up my hermits and bash them on the sand when there is food near by *crazysmil , just to keep the hermits from getting to it first....I also lost a green clown goby to my EC...watched my crqab dragging the GCG's limp body across the sand ,so IMO yeah they can be dangerous to fish

 

[amd]

mine carryed the snail around for a while till he ate all the algae off his shell then let em go, then the sail rode around on the crab for a while

 

[bighit22]

i think the clown will only need to be nipped once and he will know no to goof around near that crab. most animals are like that, quick learners when pain is involved

 

[Joshua76]

I personally think the perfect Nano Crab is the Pom Pom crab http://bluezooaquatics.com/livestock/product_info.php?id=1680 best crab I've ever had, hardy and to me a lot more interesting then the EC also very very peaceful, I have 2 in my Nano and 1 in my Pico.

 

[cinlnk]

I have a comment/question tho..... I didn't think that bloodworms should be fed to Marine Fish/Inverts? They are not a natural food to these fish or are they?

 

[amd]

i have not read of it being a natuarl food, but neither is flakes and crap. its mosquito larvae i think. i basicly have used it to motivate the firefish to eat, they really seem to like it. but i have some brine and nysid shrimp cubes, but for as little food i need its a pain getting a little off the cubes

 

[Lorna]

Blood worms should not be a staple in their diet, neither should brine shrimp which I think someone called them fish doritos...... mysis is good but if you only have a few fish a really good quality flake food alternated with the mysis and say Formula One frozen is good. Just make sure you don't overfeed as this will cause algae to bloom and increase your nitrates and phosphates.

 

[amd]

well the fire fish wont touch flake, mabey a good slow sinking granule or something, any other sugestions?

 

[CAPSLOCK]

If they won't take flake, good luck with the granules/pellets. All my fish will eat the flake, and none even try the pellets.

Try sticking the entire little frozen food cube into the water until enough thaws off, and then just pull it out and refreeze. The clown might even eat right from your hand.

 

[amd]

ive been sawing it with a butter knife, but i need to thaw all the food and cut it up and place it in a tupperware and re freeze, it sucks to do this everytime. but what ARE all the frozen foods they'll eat?

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Clown should eat just about anything, since he's probably tank raised. The firefish will eventually find something that it'll eat.

 

[JNevaril]

Fish Doritos....


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