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kosey929

kosey929

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Hi fish people!

OK....I've survived my first hermit crab molting and diatoms.... I have one blue-green chromis who is doing very well. Poor guinea-pig fish. I've removed about half of my live rock at your earlier suggestions.

My water params are: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate, pH 8.2, SG 1.025 on hydrometer (I hate that thing), 500+ calcium, and "high" alkalinity.

What can I add now? I can't wait to get some goodies!!

For fish I'm thinking: the chromis, a blenny (maybe bicolor - Edgray's is soooooo neato!) and a yellow headed jawfish. BTW 12G JBJ Nano Cube.

What else what else??? I'm being as patient as humanly possible.....it's killin' me.

Thanks,
Karen :blob
 
kosey929

kosey929

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Oh yeah! I forgot to mention I ordered 10 nassarius snails. I plan on getting a couple of the other snails you all recommended too - cerith and astraea.

What other cleaners do I need?

Thanks again,

Karen
 
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reefman23

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The yellow-headed Jawfish isnt a good choice for the 12g IMO. They prefer a rather deep sand bed cosisting of various sized grains of sand. the blenny wouldnt be a bad choice i dont think or maybe some of the small gpbies... they are always a good choice.

10 nassarius snails is a bit much if they are the larger species. a peppermint shrimp is always a good choice too.

You may want to try a shroom or some zoanthids... the HUGE key is to take it slow.

HTH,

Jesse
 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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HI, and well yeah i love my bicolor blenny i wanted him for so long but was kinda afraid he was gonna hide all the time but is amazing swimming more than firefish and going to one whole to another LOL... you wont regreat it another good choice instead fo the jawfish will be a YELLOW WATCHMAN GOBY... but well mine is kinda territorial and pics on everybody good thing that he is not out all the time always at home with his wife the pistol shrimp....

and well with 5 big nassarius will be more than enough and 3-4 nerite or cerith are ok...and about other cleaners like mentioned a true peppermint shrimp will work as hard or better than hermits and well same sexys shrimp alittle more expensive but less bumping your frags of corals :mrgreen: and well dont forget about a cleaner shrimp! but everything slow for me one thing a week work like a charm so i didnt get any problems at all...but shrimps mentioned are not required but they are nice to have with your fish....

just an advice on corals dont get corals just cause you want to have something in your tank look carefully and they buy the ones you really like i tell you this cause i started getting this and that and then when i started to get what i really wanted i had to trade some stuff or give them away.. and still in that LOL if i never better!!
 
kosey929

kosey929

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reefman23 said:
The yellow-headed Jawfish isnt a good choice for the 12g IMO. They prefer a rather deep sand bed cosisting of various sized grains of sand.Jesse
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I've read contradicting info on the amount of sand needed by the jawfish. I have about 3" of LS in my tank. I kind of have my heart set on this fish, but if you don't think it will work I will consider something else.

Karen
 
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reefman23

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I think a small one would work (less than 3"). I, too, have heard contradicting info on these fish. I have seen them in the 12 gallon and they looked happy. Most people dont have 3"+ of LS in their nanocubes though either. I do think that you should have enough LS so that they can hide their whole body... which means eventually you should have ~4" for a full-grown specimen. You also have to be prepared for this fish to cause a "mess" with your LS. They will usually borrow next to a piece of LR, and as a result, you will want to make sure that your LR is secure to avoid a collapse. (i'm sure that you have already read all this elsewhere).

Do it, give it a try... a small specimen should be fine.

I love them and one day I really want a blue-spotted jawfish... one of the most beautiful fish out there!

Jesse

As far as the snails go, those will be fine.
 
kosey929

kosey929

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Thanks again for the input! All due respect to your combined experience, but if I can find a jawfish, I am probably going to go for it. Yeah....I'm stubborn! Part of the reason for the deep sand bed was the jawfish, and I'm willing to eat crowfish if it backfires.

Thanks again,
Karen
 
EDGRAY

EDGRAY

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Not a problem really we all go there ...been there done that .... but with a MANDARINE lasted 2-3months :cry: and well this hubby is also upto new experiences and well with good housing and weekly water changes and u will fine....good luck.... just a thing becarful on what fish you put next he might become agressive and territorial cause of lack of space... ;-)
 
brose

brose

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Also, I have a strawberry chromis who is a big, bad killer. I don't know if yours is that bad, but mine has eaten and killed about ten hermits in the past 2 weeks and one smaller peppermint shrimp. I have a peppermint about the same size as him who he hasn't killed yet, but he's bitten off the antenna and beaten up bad.
So if your chromis seems like he may be the least bit territorial or mean, don't get anything that moves around a little and is smaller than him. He hasn't killed any snails yet and those control algae much better than the hermits anyway. I think he doesn't mess with them much because they move pretty slow.
Here's my post of my chromis eating a hermit:
http://www.nanotank.com/forum/viewtopic ... 8266#28266
 
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brose i believe you have a psuedochromis - notoris bad guys - where as kosey has a chromis - the nicest (if there is such a thing) of the damsels - two totally diferent beasts........
 
kosey929

kosey929

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It's true....I have a blue/green chromis and he's pretty gentle.

Also, I got my little jawfish! He's pretty cool and doing a fine job of rearranging my live rock from the bottom. He's got the coolest shifty eyes. I love him. :mrgreen:

I found him by accident, so it was fate right? I was in Petco about an hour from home and saw they had a sign for the yellow watchman goby which Edgray recommended, but I couldn't find it in the tank. When I asked the salesperson to show it to me she said they didn't have one, but OH we have this neato little jawfish. Goody! I will keep you posted.

Karen :razz:
 
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reefman23

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Yes, great find. And like Jennie noted, make sure your LR is resting on the bottom glass, not on top of your sand.

BTW, got any pics?

Jesse
 
brose

brose

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johnanddawn said:
brose i believe you have a psuedochromis - notoris bad guys - where as kosey has a chromis - the nicest (if there is such a thing) of the damsels - two totally diferent beasts........
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Yeah, my bad. I thought I'd heard of people shortening the name "psuedochromis" for "chromis". I didn't know they were different. I guess I shoulda figured that the 'psuedo' was a giveaway. :eek:pps
Thanks for the correction. But yeah, don't get a strawberry psuedochromis. They've got a ton of personality but not a nice fish.
 
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brose,
psuedos are some of the prettiest fish available in the hobby and many are being tank breed these days but yea they need a species tank where they are alone and enjoyed for their unique and beautiful coloration

karen
i'm glad you found your jawfish but i think being that your tank is relatively new and the sand bed was shipped there will be little to no food available for him. if he takes prepared food and you see it eat you may be OK. if you don't see it eating or the other fish consume before it reaches him use a pipet to target feed its prefered hole and that way it will get something to eat this will help in your success with this fish
 
kosey929

kosey929

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[quote="johnanddawn"i'm glad you found your jawfish but i think being that your tank is relatively new and the sand bed was shipped there will be little to no food available for him. if he takes prepared food and you see it eat you may be OK. if you don't see it eating or the other fish consume before it reaches him use a pipet to target feed its prefered hole and that way it will get something to eat this will help in your success with this fish[/quote]

Thanks for the good advice. I realized pretty quickly he wasn't getting food, so I started doing exactly what you said upon the advice of the staff at the Foster & Smith retail store. He is eating the mysis shrimp I give him that way, and is even starting to eat the pellet food I was giving the chromis. Each day, he seems to be getting braver and comes out of his hidey hole more often. He will even eat the mysis shrimp right from the end of the syringe I use when I feed him. He's way cool. I want to keep this fish happy, so please keep the advice comin!

Thanks,
Karen

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