Hey guys. I'm starting to add to my tank finally. I'm so exited. I am wondering what are some nice looking fish that school together I want to get a school. Also I have a leather coral and I just got it. It opened up a few times but has been closed most of the time. Is this normal? Thanks for the feedback.
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I would start with something inexpensive like blue chromis or step better Anthias. Cardinals are also very nice and hardy.
Leathers do that from time to time. Make sure nothing is nipping on it. I'm assuming all your parameters are good.
Leathers do that from time to time. Make sure nothing is nipping on it. I'm assuming all your parameters are good.
Yea everything is pretty good. My water has been up for a while my Duncan's are doing well there's three little heads that stay out. The leather is getting the skinny coat on it so maybe it's sulking but it just sulked a few days ago.
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How big is the tank, what do you have in there now?
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And the tank is ..... gallons....?
It's a 75 gallon with 30 gallon sump. I actually just cut my leather off the frag stand and put a tooth pick through the bottom half and stuck it into the Rock. After a while it should attach itself to the rock correct? I hope I didn't kill it. These are my first coral frags and I'm so stressed out lol
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I wouldn't have cut it off anything, nor would I have used a toothpick. Super glue gel is what you want to use to attach coral. The sail fin is going to need a bigger tank, those things get ridiculously big. I wouldn't put anthias in there, you can find a chromis type that you like and throw some in there. Did you actually cut through flesh, or what?
No I cut it off the stand because it had bad algae on it. Leathers shed their skin and they would eventually shed the glue off and won't stay so I seen online that you can put a toothpick through the base and stick it in a crevasse and eventually it will attach. I hope it'll be ok
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The toothpick will work but the leather will just be unhappy for a few days because of it, no biggie.
Good schooling fish are most of the cardinals, except bangaii's, scissortail or zebra dartfish.
Most anthias shoal rather than school, but ones that would do ok in groups in your size tank would be randalls and dispars. Anthias need 3+ small feedings a day, so be sure your filtration/maintenance can handle it.
Good schooling fish are most of the cardinals, except bangaii's, scissortail or zebra dartfish.
Most anthias shoal rather than school, but ones that would do ok in groups in your size tank would be randalls and dispars. Anthias need 3+ small feedings a day, so be sure your filtration/maintenance can handle it.
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For the leather I did the same but with a needle instead and it hadn't attached in about a week so then I tried attaching it with a rubber band and it attached quickly. A good cheap schooling fish are chromis
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If you get the blue/green chromis make sure you get them from somewhere they have been QTed at or do it yourself/dip them. I learned the hard way and got 5, ended up with Uronema in my tank that killed probably $500 worth of fish [emoji20] What about pajama cardinals? Or a small harem of anthias, like 1 male and 2 females? And like someone already mentioned, the sailfin is going to become a beast, so just a heads up there.
