So,
I finally got a nano reef going (130 gph pump and 400gph powerhead for 530gph in a 15g) and my first addition was an Ocellaris. He has been in for about four days. The first couple days he was swimming nonstop, even all through the night. I was a bit concerned about how much he was working to move around the tank, but when I posted about it, everyone had said it was normal behavior. So after this, I started to reangle my pump outlet and powerhead against glass to make it easier and it seemed like that helped. Today he was just sitting seemingly very tired right in front of the filter inlet. I just turned the powerhead off and he seems to be able to move about much more easily. I am worried about there being too much flow in the tank, however mathematically it seems like it shouldn't be too much to handle. I am gonna start incorporating more types of food as he doesn't seem to be eating a heck of a lot either. He has been treated with copper by the breeder before I got him, so it shouldn't be any parasites causing him to feel tired or slow or anything. Is the flow just too much? I can go ahead and add some stress guard right now to help if that is an issue. Are there any other suggestions? Should I just run the powerhead a few hours per day (once I add corals)?
Edit: I havent seen him poke into the rockwork even once
I finally got a nano reef going (130 gph pump and 400gph powerhead for 530gph in a 15g) and my first addition was an Ocellaris. He has been in for about four days. The first couple days he was swimming nonstop, even all through the night. I was a bit concerned about how much he was working to move around the tank, but when I posted about it, everyone had said it was normal behavior. So after this, I started to reangle my pump outlet and powerhead against glass to make it easier and it seemed like that helped. Today he was just sitting seemingly very tired right in front of the filter inlet. I just turned the powerhead off and he seems to be able to move about much more easily. I am worried about there being too much flow in the tank, however mathematically it seems like it shouldn't be too much to handle. I am gonna start incorporating more types of food as he doesn't seem to be eating a heck of a lot either. He has been treated with copper by the breeder before I got him, so it shouldn't be any parasites causing him to feel tired or slow or anything. Is the flow just too much? I can go ahead and add some stress guard right now to help if that is an issue. Are there any other suggestions? Should I just run the powerhead a few hours per day (once I add corals)?
Edit: I havent seen him poke into the rockwork even once
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