What fish should I get ?
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Another vote for a tailspot blenny. There is a great thread here on R2R for getting friendly wrasses. Pintails are the most mild available
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I didn’t!! The reason why I got rid of the tank it’s because it got overrun by aiptasia and common worms! I tried everything and the aiptasia kept coming back and worse. I couldn’t handle it anymore, so now all I got its base rocks, no live rocks at all. I don’t want any pest in my tank ever again.
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I know! Mandarin are one of my favorite fish, but for now its impossible since my tank doesn’t have enough pods for it to survive! The clownfish eats them all day lol
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Those solid purple basslets are super neat. I just got one
they are so cute!!!
Firefish , gobies, blennies .If no coral in the future definitely a flame angel would be in my list. Wrasses are great too but pushing it with your size tank unless maybe a six line
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Omg that tailspot blenny, I cant take how cute it is!
That is discouraging, however you could have kept the tank, emptied it completely, cleaned it, dried it out to kill off everything, then set it up bare bottom with some sterilize plastic decor and water from your main display temporarily when you plan on getting new additions for the main tank. A QT does not need to be ran all the time, but you have to make sure it is properly cycled prior to adding new arrivals. Then clean and dry it between each use.
A properly setup and utilized QT helps to keep the pests out of your main tank.
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I have a 5 gallon tank? That should work right? Or is it too small? Honestly I have never QT my fish.. I know super irresponsible. But I guess I should start doing that!
How you you like your watchman goby/pistol shrimp pair? I really want one lol
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I NEEEEEED that
I gotta get a pair soon. I love symbiotic reef relationships. I need to see clownfish hosting a nem in my tank too
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Get them if you can, they are fun to watch! The pistol shrimp works all day and the goby is his body guard lol
That will work if used properly, the size limits you to how many fish or inverts you can QT each time. Do some research on these forums for QT setups. A simple seeded sponge filter and air pump should work fine for that tank. You could even run the sponge filter in your main tank's sump/filter for a few weeks to seed it with bacteria each time prior to setting up the QT. These lil guys are cheap enough to toss away after each use. You obviously don't want to put the sponge back in the display sump/filter after use since that would defeat the purpose of the QT.
AQUANEAT 3 PCS Aquarium Bio Sponge Filter Breeding Fry Betta Shrimp Nano Fish Tank 10 Gal
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Sounds good to me. I might just get an extra tank and have both of them just in case! thank you!!!
Grab a simple 10 gallon tank, they are dirt cheap and very useful for this. Any larger and they become more difficult to carry over to a sink or hose and just rinse out after each use.
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Yes!!! Already in my list. Thank you
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