This is a little long btw:
So I have had my tank running for 5 months now and everything has gone smoothly until I added my clownfish. I bought a royal gramma a month before. After adding the clownfish a week and a half ago, they are bullying my gramma. It has gotten bad where he doesn’t sleep in his spot anymore (he will sometimes but he will hide between powerheads and on the sandbed) and in random places. The clownfish haven’t found a spot in the tank that they like yet. Really considering an anemone but I don’t want it to take over. Considering going fishless, but I want fish. Considering giving my clownfish back to the fish store. I want clownfish, I just hate these. They’re beautiful but they’re bullies to the gramma (the smaller one more than the larger one). I feel like from all of this, I just find myself more stressed then actually enjoying this hobby. Because of my living situation, I only see the tank half the time (15 days throughout of month) and it’s really hard to monitor the tank without a controller (too expensive) and relying on other people is never the same. I feel like this hobby sucks the life out of me and stresses me out. Don’t forget the money part too (doesn’t bug me as much but still). I want to have all these fish and all, but I also don’t want my clownfish be the reason why I don’t get all the ones I want. I’m just in a dilemma. If anyone can offer me some advice, please comment. Anything helps.
So I have had my tank running for 5 months now and everything has gone smoothly until I added my clownfish. I bought a royal gramma a month before. After adding the clownfish a week and a half ago, they are bullying my gramma. It has gotten bad where he doesn’t sleep in his spot anymore (he will sometimes but he will hide between powerheads and on the sandbed) and in random places. The clownfish haven’t found a spot in the tank that they like yet. Really considering an anemone but I don’t want it to take over. Considering going fishless, but I want fish. Considering giving my clownfish back to the fish store. I want clownfish, I just hate these. They’re beautiful but they’re bullies to the gramma (the smaller one more than the larger one). I feel like from all of this, I just find myself more stressed then actually enjoying this hobby. Because of my living situation, I only see the tank half the time (15 days throughout of month) and it’s really hard to monitor the tank without a controller (too expensive) and relying on other people is never the same. I feel like this hobby sucks the life out of me and stresses me out. Don’t forget the money part too (doesn’t bug me as much but still). I want to have all these fish and all, but I also don’t want my clownfish be the reason why I don’t get all the ones I want. I’m just in a dilemma. If anyone can offer me some advice, please comment. Anything helps.