Medium sized aggressive tank upgrade

[94Roarge]

Hmm. The place I got one of mine said that it's slime coat was killing their fish, and I laughed it off, but recently I thought it would almost explain things

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hmm. The place I got one of mine said that it's slime coat was killing their fish, and I laughed it off, but recently I thought it would almost explain things

Some species have toxic flesh, but not a poisonous slime coat. Clown gobies, dragonets, boxfish, soapfish and puffers all have more noxious slime coats.

 

[94Roarge]

Neat, I have read about soapfish but never seen any, are they aggressive? I picture them as similar to groupers

 

[eatbreakfast]

Neat, I have read about soapfish but never seen any, are they aggressive? I picture them as similar to groupers

Similar to groupers, a bit more peaceful. There is small species from the Red Sea which is great for most tanks.

 

[94Roarge]

I had my eyes on the "arrowhead soapfish", but who knows if I'll ever see one

 

[eatbreakfast]

I had my eyes on the "arrowhead soapfish", but who knows if I'll ever see one

You will never see it in a tank. Very cryptic.

 

[94Roarge]

Sounds like my kind of fish ;)

 

[94Roarge]

Do you know much bout this goby? I think Callogobius sp. Possibly hasseltii?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Yeah, looks like hasselti. They are shy at first, but actually get pretty bold. It is a peaceful, Hardy species.

 

[94Roarge]

Will it pair with a pistol shrimp by any chance?

 

[eatbreakfast]

No, it's not a species that pairs with pistol shrimp.

 

[94Roarge]

Thanks

 

[94Roarge]

What do you know about the seagrass wrasse?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Hardy, semi aggressive to aggressive wrasses. Will flip over corals and small rocks, will eat inverts and small fish. Likes more sand area rather than a bunch of live rock. Very color variable.

 

[94Roarge]

Inverts wise would it eat porcelain crabs?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Inverts wise would it eat porcelain crabs?

Yes.

 

[94Roarge]

From their anenomes?

 

[eatbreakfast]

From their anenomes?

Yup. Many wrasses are very adept at pulling an invert off of an anemone. It may not happen right away, but eventually the odds are against the invert.

 

[94Roarge]

Okay fair enough :)

 

[94Roarge]

Okay fair enough :) I love their intelligence.