Hi everyone, I'm new to reef2reef! I'm also new to Saltwater fishkeeping in general. I do have a 36 gal freshwater planted tank, so I'm not so new to fishkeeping, just inexperienced in the saltwater side.
Background:
Went to my LFS this weekend and saw an amazing nano reef tank. It was part of a competition between two of the workers and basically was a battle of "which scape looked the best." Upon closer inspection, in one of the tanks sat a leaf scorpionfish. I've always loved the stone/scorpionfish family, needless to say, I fell in love. So later on that day, I bought the tank ([200$] https://www.pnw-custom.com/product-page/mini-reef-ready-tank) and the fish ([40$]now named Rocky). Rocky is the only fish in the nano reef minus some small snails and a hermit crab. Before buying in what I found while looking up the species is that they molt 1-2 times a month.
I was told that Rocky has been trained on frozen foods and he seems to do fine in the tank. It's really cool watching him traverse around the tank.
Finally, I googled to the best of my ability, but I cannot seem to find what the signs are that a molt may be coming. With this being a Nano reef, I am worried about making sure water parameters are stable; so I know that getting the molt out as soon as possible would be ideal. Additionally, are there any other things I should know about Rocky that aren't easily found online with a google search?
Thanks in advance all,
Pollo Loco
Background:
Went to my LFS this weekend and saw an amazing nano reef tank. It was part of a competition between two of the workers and basically was a battle of "which scape looked the best." Upon closer inspection, in one of the tanks sat a leaf scorpionfish. I've always loved the stone/scorpionfish family, needless to say, I fell in love. So later on that day, I bought the tank ([200$] https://www.pnw-custom.com/product-page/mini-reef-ready-tank) and the fish ([40$]now named Rocky). Rocky is the only fish in the nano reef minus some small snails and a hermit crab. Before buying in what I found while looking up the species is that they molt 1-2 times a month.
I was told that Rocky has been trained on frozen foods and he seems to do fine in the tank. It's really cool watching him traverse around the tank.
Finally, I googled to the best of my ability, but I cannot seem to find what the signs are that a molt may be coming. With this being a Nano reef, I am worried about making sure water parameters are stable; so I know that getting the molt out as soon as possible would be ideal. Additionally, are there any other things I should know about Rocky that aren't easily found online with a google search?
Thanks in advance all,
Pollo Loco
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