fish behavior

  1. M

    Royal Gramma acting really weird

    Hi all! My royal gramma has been acting extremely weird over the last 1-2 days, and I was wondering if this is cause for concern. He has not been hiding in the rockwork like he typically does; instead he has been sitting in the corner of my tank or swimming up and down the corner.
  2. jbonez_

    Clownfish spazzing

    I've had my clowns for about three weeks now, my bigger clown (the spaz one) has been swimming like this quite often, especially when the blues come on. She likes to glass surf a lot during the day and swim into the power head, she mainly only doesn't spaz out during feeding, she will start...
  3. NSS

    Chromis Tank

    I'm setting up a new and bigger tank for a school of blue-green chromis. I've watched the recent BRS chromis tank build, but that is a huge tank and I'm not prepared to get a big grouper to balance out the chromis school. I do need a slightly aggressive tank mate though to encourage the...
  4. Spinoyonyx

    juvenile Ornate Sandgoby (Istigobius ornatus) experience

    I live at the Indo-Pacific so i get tropical reef species in my shores and i caught this juvenile Ornate Sand Goby (Istigobius ornatus). He is around 1.5 inches but he will grow to around 4.5 inches. From research ive seen of Istigobius ornatus and their relatives, its a sandsifter and need an...
  5. DeadlyCompassion

    2 Tangs kissing

    So weird title, I know. But the title is really all I can describe it as. My 2 tangs- Powder Blue Tang and Blonde Naso Tang- were caught red handed giving each other the kissy-kiss action. All jokes aside, I would like to know what kind of tang behavior this is and what it means? I've never had...
  6. sarinaruu

    yellow watchman goby likes to swim

    I got my baby yellow watchman goby a few weeks ago, she immediately paired up with my candy cane pistol shrimp and sleeps in the burrow at night.. but during the early day before the lights come on shes normally swimming around. is she just exploring while my other fish are asleep or maybe...
  7. T

    EMERGENCY I think flukes

    My wrasse has been acting like he has had flukes for the last two weeks. I have been feeding mysis with seachem focus+metroplex. He has been eating everyday even on his worst seeming days so I didn't ever worry. I don't have an air stone so I was going to get one today incase this was an oxygen...
  8. Herbie's Reef

    need help with possible clownfish disease

    Hi, I just recently purchased a pair of Wyoming White clownfish and they have been in quarantine with copper and nitrofurazone. Today is the 6th day and I noticed a long white string hanging from one of the cowfishes belly along with irregular swimming patterns and a damaged back fin. I am...
  9. amannelin

    Flameback Angel Behavior Change

    Hi all, my Flameback angel has been in my display tank for about 4 weeks now, and last night it’s swimming became more erratic and he was giving little head shakes. This morning he has been swimming around fine but a little quicker than usual. When I fed this morning he ate the most food I’ve...
  10. BelleReef

    Cave design for Royal Gramma

    I am getting a royal gramma next week and want to build a cave out of rocks for it since I heard they like caves. Do they prefer caves with 1 opening, or a pass through kind with 2 openings? Also if anyone has any royal gramma observations about what kind of rockwork they like to hang out...
  11. avanmg88

    Water Change Problem

    A few days ago I recently did a routine water change on my aquarium and when I plugged all of my equipment back in, everything seemed off. First, my Rainsford and Mandarin Dragonette were showing weird swimming patterns. The Rainsford normally liked to hang out in front of his hole but now he...
  12. Awesome458

    “King,” A Tribute to my Amazing, Quirky Clown Trigger

    Forty-two years ago (not long after I graduated high school), I was living in a small 700 sqft walk up flat and I really wanted to adopt a small dog. However, I could not afford the required damage deposit! As luck would have it fish were not subject to the deposit, so I purchased the first of...
  13. Adrift

    Question about goby’s

    I recently purchased a wheeler gobby and tiger pistol shrimp yesterday. This was an impulse buy and not on my original list… so here is my question. On my list was a diamond watchman gobby. Can I still get him or do I need to cancel my order? See below for the beautiful pair, I couldn’t resist...
  14. D

    What to do with a decorator fish?

    I have had multiple jaw fish who were decorating around their house by rearranging shells and stones. However, my problem is with a blue hippo tang. This guy takes frags from one side of the aquarium and throw them on top of other corals or other places in the tank. I had her since she was a...
  15. QuarantinedCorals

    Show us your model citizen/citizens!

    Hi everyone! I've been curious to see which fish you've kept that turned out to be a model citizen. For me, it's definitely my blue star leopard wrasse, wouldn't hurt a thing and as peaceful as can be. Which one of your fish is a model citizen? Let's chat
  16. ElizabethFishton

    Will a fish notice when another fish is no longer there?

    So one of my clownfish(Nemo) is swimming around the spot where my Strawberry Psetochromis, Purple Dottyback(Shiny)'s territory, Shiny jumped, we aren't really sure how and are actively trying to help shiny but the thing about Nemo is he only hangs out at the top, Shiny's territory I guess is...
  17. bReefedBaker

    Devil Damsel & Clownfish together “Oh my”!

    Before the Aquarium Police come after me, READ!! I have complete knowledge of these fish being cousins of each other and it’s NOT ideal to house the two species together. (insert checkmark) My tank is my tank, your tank is your tank. This is my tank, thank you. Nice, now that the Aquarium...
  18. nanonøkk

    bold fish now shy?

    ok so i have a small little pygmy wrasse named lumi and normally he glass surfs and likes to go into little caves and crevices. well this weekend i picked up some corals at a frag swap and now he’s hiding more and barely glass surfs or is in the water column. is this something i should be...
  19. Davar93

    80 or 90 gallon stock list advice

    Hey guys! Let me know what you think of my stock list below for tank upgrade 80 or 90 gallon. Please let me know which may be better from the ones I wrote “or” in. Thanks!! Green chromis 3 Clowns 2 Six line 1 Royal gramma 1 Molly Miller blenny 1 Blue spot jawfish 1 Springeri damsel 1...
  20. M

    What to choose

    Dear reefers, Not that long ago I bought a new Orange Stripe Prawn Goby and I loved him. But after 2 days I noticed my Clownfish were attacking my goby, because of that I had to remove the Goby. But now I really want to add a new fish but I don't want the same thing to happen, I know every...
  21. QuarantinedCorals

    Blonde naso tang hasn’t eaten in close to a month

    Hi everyone, I purchased this blonde naso for my 250 gallon reef tank about a month ago. He hasn’t eaten since I got him, I’m housing it in my frag tank for now to see if I can get him to eat. I’ve seen it take a bite of some frozen but spit it out, haven’t seen it go after seaweed either. He’s...
  22. B

    Blue Throated Trigger Tail Issue

    Good Morning Everyone, 1st-time poster long time lurker. I recently purchased a fully quarantined male & female Blue-throated Trigger. They both have been in my DT tank for about 48 hours now. The female is doing good and being very social. The male is currently hiding a lot (amongst the rocks...
  23. BARNAKEWLZ

    Fish Quarantine Starter

    I am official starting up a quarantine system to stock up my tank. thought I would reach out for some do and don't as I am little hesitant to play doctor. Here is where I am starting with the QT. take look and let me know if there is anything missing.
  24. BighohoReef

    To tang or not to tang

    Hi R2R friends, We're thinking about adding a tang to our 100g tank to combat the hair algae showing up in the tank, we have snails but thought a more active eater would help. Want to get some thoughts from the community on these two tangs Does anyone have experience with them? I'm...
  25. Depression in Fish

    Spotlight Depression in Fish

    Depression in Fish The photos included in this article are not depicting depressed fish, but rather they are just some good fish photos from the Reef2Reef archives showing different species that we commonly see in saltwater tanks. ©2019, All Rights Reserved. We often set up aquariums for the...
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