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September 19th 03, 04:15 PM
Mike Solomon
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What are good fish to add to established tank
Def Lizard wrote:
What are good fish to add to established tank
Group: rec.aquaria.marine.misc Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2003, 12:42pm (PDT+3)
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(TomW)
Hi Angel-
I'm relatively new to marine fish, but how about a dottyback or a 7 line
wrasse?
Wait for others to comment, but I've had good luck with these two in my
tank.
-Tom
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Tom: IME's Dottybacks, although cute and brilliantly colored are
extremely pugnacious and highly territorial, and will wreck havoc in a
small tank. A 7 line wrasse may be OK, but they are invertebrate eaters
and may wipe out a tank with copepods and amphipods that are food for
other inhabitants. How about some Percula Clownfish or False Percula's?
Colorful and peaceful (when kept singly or in pairs). Clark's Clownfish
are also OK. Be careful when introducing any new fish to an established
tank, as they may be harboring parasites that can devastate an
established tank, especially a reef. Invest in one of those small ten
gallon inexpensive set-ups sold at Wal-mart, etc. and establish a
quarantine tank, and quarantine any new acquisitions for 3 weeks.
Utilizing a air-driven corner filter box, you sandwich between two
layers of aquarium cotton some sandbed gravel from your established
tank, along with the water from that tank, and violå
you have an instantly cycled Q tank. HTH
http://community.webtv.net/deflizard/doc
regards, John
I like chalk bass
not aggressive and very hardy
Mike Solomon