First fish is here

[DmitryB]

So my 40 gallon just got its first swimming inhabitant: a Biota Coral Beauty Angel. (He'll go into a 170 tank eventually.) I knew these cultured fish would come tiny, but I was not prepared for just how tiny!! And now with a fish in the tank, crap's getting real!

First of all, considering how tiny he is, do I adjust water flow in any way? I got an MP10 and a Nero 3 on opposite sides. At night I have a calmer flow and he seemed ok after I dropped him into the tank, but we shall see tomorrow what happens once bigger flow starts. How does one balance flow for a tiny guy like this and corals (LPSs?)

And now the feeding! What should his first meal be? I got a wide variety of stuff: from frozen (Mysis, brine, veggies) to dried (krill) to pellets to Nori.

 

[20gallonreefer000]

Best to start him out on frozen mysis but if he doesn't go for that try brine. Nori and pellets will work as well but the shrimp is the safest bet for a new fish. If you are doing lps only I wouldn't be concerned about too much flow for the fish. Just make sure he isn't getting bashed. He'll grow fast with good feeding. I think if you base the flow around the fish, the lps will be happy as most of the time they aren't too demanding.