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Picked up a watchman goby today. Hoping he gets along with my pistol shrimp. Also picked up some gracilaria algae. Was hoping my short spined urchin would snack on it. Plus it's pretty. Lol
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The larger clownfish will become a female, but with maroons she needs to _really_ like him ... or she'll make him go away, and wait for you to bring a new suitor.
Maroons can be pretty rugged, from what I've deciphered - which is one reason I've never felt the need to try them.
~Bruce
In this case, "rugged" means aggressive.
In a 30 cube, you'd be _much_ better off with a different kind of clown. Maroons are also the _biggest_ of the clownfish, and I've seen pairs that would look cramped in a 65.
Ocellaris or percula clowns stay quite a bit smaller, and are rather less aggressive as well. The pink and orange skunk clowns also fall into this smaller / nicer group.
~Bruce
Well, I hope the little fellow's in by now, but I usually drip acclimate, unless I -know- that the salinity of my tank water is precisely the same as the water in the bag. If it's going to take a bit of a while (try not to let it go _too_ long, as ammonia can build up!) I'll run an airstone in the drip bucket, and then when I'm done dripping, I'll float the fish to temperature acclimate.
I've rarely lost a fish during acclimation - it's shortly _after_ that that things seem to often go south. (>_<)
~Bruce
Fish on the reef eat often throughout the day ... but they don't eat much at one sitting.
Thrice a day should be fine, but tiny portions for tiny tummies.
~Bruce
A nice pair of clowns would do really well in there along with a goby or something similar