Hi all.
So had this cbb few months now and got it eating shell fish no problem 3 times daily but it's glass surfing on one side the tank that looks into my room.
As it going up / down/ left and right it's dorsal spines are erect so I'm thinking it thinks it's reflection is another cbb.whatever it is ,it's stressing him out,also got a blue streaked cleaner wrasse that he sometimes lets clean him but mainly swims off so maybe cleaner irritating him idk .
When lights go off in tank and only TV on and a lamp in corner of room it's calm and roaming around rocks doing its thing.
Other fish.......
Silver belly wrasse
Ywg + pistol
2 clowns
Tailspot blennie
Bi colour blennie
Coral beauty
Blue streaked cleaner ( defo real one)
Assortment usual snails and 2 cleaner shrimp
Salifert tests
Po4 = 0.25
No3= darker than 25 but not as dark as 50 and api reads about 30
Alk = 7.7
Temp stable at 78
Sg = 1.026 stable with ato
Tank 80g with sump
Tried today celotaping white paper to side of tank with a clip on light next to side of tank on and off.
Tank 8 month old and no fish deaths at all.
3 hermits dead in 8 months but 2 deaths seen killed by naughty hermit.
1 snail dead after introduced in 8 months .
1 pistol probably from bad mot as had it 5 or so months before Mia ( bought another the other week )
Will try buy some black paper to stick to side of tank and not clean that side of tank as cant as rather have dirty side of tank than paper lol.
Any ideas on how to make him chill out a little ? Or just leave it be as he healthy and eating and acting normal after lights out with just ambient light ( lights are 4 x t5 ,2 marine blue and 2 su light ) I tried facing 2 white lights upwards so bluer tank but still same .
Aw all other fish eating and acting normal and no spots/ visible parasites or twitching/ flashing etc etc etc
So had this cbb few months now and got it eating shell fish no problem 3 times daily but it's glass surfing on one side the tank that looks into my room.
As it going up / down/ left and right it's dorsal spines are erect so I'm thinking it thinks it's reflection is another cbb.whatever it is ,it's stressing him out,also got a blue streaked cleaner wrasse that he sometimes lets clean him but mainly swims off so maybe cleaner irritating him idk .
When lights go off in tank and only TV on and a lamp in corner of room it's calm and roaming around rocks doing its thing.
Other fish.......
Silver belly wrasse
Ywg + pistol
2 clowns
Tailspot blennie
Bi colour blennie
Coral beauty
Blue streaked cleaner ( defo real one)
Assortment usual snails and 2 cleaner shrimp
Salifert tests
Po4 = 0.25
No3= darker than 25 but not as dark as 50 and api reads about 30
Alk = 7.7
Temp stable at 78
Sg = 1.026 stable with ato
Tank 80g with sump
Tried today celotaping white paper to side of tank with a clip on light next to side of tank on and off.
Tank 8 month old and no fish deaths at all.
3 hermits dead in 8 months but 2 deaths seen killed by naughty hermit.
1 snail dead after introduced in 8 months .
1 pistol probably from bad mot as had it 5 or so months before Mia ( bought another the other week )
Will try buy some black paper to stick to side of tank and not clean that side of tank as cant as rather have dirty side of tank than paper lol.
Any ideas on how to make him chill out a little ? Or just leave it be as he healthy and eating and acting normal after lights out with just ambient light ( lights are 4 x t5 ,2 marine blue and 2 su light ) I tried facing 2 white lights upwards so bluer tank but still same .
Aw all other fish eating and acting normal and no spots/ visible parasites or twitching/ flashing etc etc etc