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SELECTION
Any tips on how you picked a healthy specimen of this species from LFS? What do you think is the ideal size to get?
Bought mine at the LFS, the obvious tip would be is, if he looks healthy he probably is, the ideal size I think is when they are small
Are there any noticeable differences in body shape, pattern or color among the same species or between juvenile and adult of this species?
Dont know yet
Is there a way to tell the sex of this fish?
nope
ACCLIMATION AND INTRODUCTION
Any special tips about the acclimation and introduction of this fish?
keep them away from inverts and crustacians and try to keep tankmates that are bigger than its mouth
Any special needs for this fish or special considerations for young specimen?
none
Should this fish be the first or the last to introduce to a tank?
doesnt matter
COMPATIBILITY
What tankmates do you have with this fish?Is it a reef or FO tank?
a diamond back goby and a square anthiast
Have you had more than one of this species in the same tank? If so, is there a certain male/female ratio or group number worked for you (to have a harem or pecking order)? Do they school?
Have you had other species of the same genus/family in the same tank?
N/A
What’s the stocking order (considering the above factors) that worked for you?
Did this fish hurt/eat any of other fish (or vice versa)?
not yet
Did this fish hurt/eat Cnidaria (corals, mushrooms or anemones)?
not yet
Did this fish hurt/eat ornamental crustaceans (shrimps, hermits, crabs)?
I dont have any yet
FEEDING
How did you get this fish to eat at first?
gave him live guppies for the first day then decided not to afterwords after I heard they are harmfull to the fish so I gave him live ghost shrimp instead
If this fish only accepted live food, how did you wean it over to prepared food?
I slowly introduced brine shrimp
What’s the diet?
brine shrimp and live ghost shrimp
How much and how often do you feed?
a cube of brine shrimp and maybe one or two ghost shrimp as a treat
How does this fish eat?(grazers, active or sedentary predators, sand sifters, etc)
stalker
GROWTH RATE AND LIFE SPAN
What is the initial size of your fish and maximum size it reached? How fast did it grow (how much growth over a given period of time)?
mine is only 2-3' currently
What size tank did this fish live in? (or how soon did this fish outgrow what size tank)?
currently housed in a 36 gallon bow tank
What do you think is the minimum tank size required for an adult specimen of this fish?
at least 29 gallons for a full grown adult
If this fish went through body pattern change from juvenile to adult, was the change complete? How long did it take?
dont know yet
How long have you kept this fish? If you no longer have this fish, what was the cause?
2 weeks
What is the longest lifespan and the maximum size of this fish in home aquarium and/or in the wild reported?
n/a
DISEASE AND TREATMENT
What disease has this fish had? How did you treat it, for how long? What's the effect of the treatment?
n/a
BEHAVIOR
Does this fish change body color under any circumstances?
n/a
How active is this fish? Is this fish shy?
pretty active and the fish is not shy
How territorial or aggressive is this fish? How does this fish interact with tankmates?
he's fairly comfortable with his current tankmates
Did this fish ever jump out of the tank?
nope
How does this fish sleep?
vertically or upside down
Does this fish allow cleaners to clean? If so which cleaner and how often?
n/a
How does this fish interact with human?
he swims up the tank if he's hungry if not he will just ignore me
Any other interesting observation of this fish?
he seems to like the diamond back goby more than the square anthiast
REPRODUCTION
If you have a mated pair, how did you get them to pair up?
Any information of spawning in captivity?
n/a
SUMMARY
Your overall assessment of this species -
How sensitive is this fish to poor water quality on a scale of 1-5?
1 - very tolerant, may survive a cycle in a new tank
2 - quite tolerant, may survive accidental ammonia or nitrite spike
3 - not terribly sensitive to reasonable pH, salinity or temperature changes
4 - sensitive to any significant water chemistry changes, and may show stress during such changes
5 - very sensitive to water quality, may easily get stressed and get sick with any change in water chemistry
2
Would you recommend this fish to beginners?
I am a beginner myself and find this fish easier to work with then any other marine fish I had, so I would definately recommend it to beginners. (I had 3 clowns die on me for no apparent reason)
Any other recommendations/comments?
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