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I finally made the leap! I got my first fish which is a Firefish goby and his name is Gomez! I love him so much already! I've had him for four days and he seems to be liking the tank even though he's the only one in there! I want to know what's the best food to feed him. Also, some algae is starting to grow now that I've had the lights on for 4 days and I was wondering if it's time to get a clean up crew going. If so, what should I get?
 
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Welcome to R2R!

Congratulations on your first fish!

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Thank you so much! I will try and find that food food. Is it online? Critters should I start with for the cleanup crew and will it cause a rise in the ammonia again?
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You might be able to find Rod's online, but I believe LRS is only carried by local fish stores. Different Snails eat different things. My favorite go to things would be Trochus and money cowries. If you have sand, conchs are excellent. It is much easier to keep maintain the tank than it is to have to overhaul the tank from lack of maintenance.
 
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Welcome to the group. Cuc is an important addition to your tank. You need to be specific with what you have. Do you have sand in the tank for one. Film algae on the glass, or full blown hair algae on the rocks? Congrats on the fish. I hope you have a lid, as all firefish will dart when startled. I saw my purple firefish launch 2 foot into the air and thankfully land back into the tank before.
 
I'm just starting to see some brown colored algae and some of the live rock nothing on the glass so far. I only had Marine flake food that I was feeding Gomez the fire fish. If you use frozen food you thought before you put it in there? I have aragonite substrate.
 
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Welcome, and so happy for your excitement. Yes add cleanup crew very slowly the smaller the better. Water to Trochus snails one or two Nasraius , small red legged hermits.

best of luck. Make sure you have a tight lid

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