Do Coral take up fish space

[Burray]

I have the same tank as yours, with very similar settings (external filter+ default filter). At the moment I have 1 HUGE YWG, 1 bicolor blenny (love him!), 2 clowns, 1 chromis, 1 sixline. Also 1 hermit and many other inverts. They seem fine for now with the space available. For pods what I can tell is that I had a massive pod population some time ago, but since I had a dino phase the population collapsed and never recovered like before, even if there is tons of hiding space where the macroalgae are. As far as I understood it is better to avoid dragonets unless you have a tank big enough where you are sure they can always find pods..

I love those little fish but yes I don't want to have one die because of me not doing the research. I had a Green Mandarin eating frozen mysis and brine and was always picking at the rocks and looked chunky, I was obsessed with with her. Then found her dead one morning I was so upset, can't figure out what happened. I was told she possibly got stung but I don't think I have anything that would have done that. I don't want to loose another so I'm still debating.

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

I don't want to hijack this, but what is the best place to get good quality Phyto? I have a 340 gallon and it seemed like it could run $50-100 a month to dose it daily. Plus, may need a doser to actually dose it unless there's an option to dose it once a week?

I tried it for a month and noticed more critters coming out of the rock work. Even without dosing it I noticed at night my sand bed is covered in movement from pods.

There's multiple forum members that sell phytoplankton including my self . If you have a system that big I would seriously look into just cultivating Nannochloropsis phytoplankton your self . As it's the most simple to culture and pretty easy to do . Would save you $$ in the long run instead of just buying out right . Just my opinion tho

 

[homer1475]

I buy pods from @Jay'sReefBugs , and live 8 species blend of phyto from @Eldredge .

I like to buy, and support other hobbyists.

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

I don't want to hijack this, but what is the best place to get good quality Phyto? I have a 340 gallon and it seemed like it could run $50-100 a month to dose it daily. Plus, may need a doser to actually dose it unless there's an option to dose it once a week?

I tried it for a month and noticed more critters coming out of the rock work. Even without dosing it I noticed at night my sand bed is covered in movement from pods.

I like AlgaeBarn. :)