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how do I properly introduce new fishes into a tank with existing fishes?
I know the existing fishes have already established territories in the tank (and rocks) and will aggressively defend their place.
I have observed that the fatality rate of my newly introduced fishes are rather high, they either stave themselves or hide in a corner all of the time.
I usually water acclimatize new fishes first before putting them in the tank (fish in floating basket for about 1hour).
Recently I resort to resetting liverocks placement so that the turf war will (hopefully) be reset - this is working well so far.
Do I need to reset my rock placement each time a new fish comes in? What other ways can I safely integrate new fishes?
Thanks
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Aqua empire is a Marine LFS?
they have a small section of marine stuff. mostly FW thou.
But their showcase tank is worth the trip in!
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i also did have the problem. now i think its more controlled but not ideal. I use UVC plus shorten the number of hours for the lights. Snails to clear the brownish stuff sa well but i think i need more. just a pic to show if you have the same thing we are toking abt below:
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Will construct algea scrubber next week to also help the situation
Yyup this is the same situation.. But my tank stabilizing already I think.. Algae blooming rate is slowing.
Just a check - Ah Beng is which one? is it AquaEmpire (opposite C2)?
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Mr crabs decides to migrate to another hole after I disturbed it yesterday.. No catch from my trap this morning. I'll drop a juicy prawn into the trap later when im home.
@Liquidnoise - Sure let me see if I want the crab if not I'll pass it to you.
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hehe i have just set one up with a glass jar. no market prawn yet.. just sprinkled some pallets for now..
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bump.
Anyone has a method to lure out the crab please.
I think it is attacking my zoa..
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Any suggested trapping method?
It looks like it barely ever left its crab hole..
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Few days ago I discovered a hairy leg poking slightly out of a hole in the live rock it turns out to be a living thing.
I have also discovered that my clean shrimps are starting to get murdered one by one.. So I took out the carcass of a cleaner shrimp, tied it to a fish line and lowered it in front of the crab hole. True enough, the about 2 inch crab came out and grabbed the piece of meat.
I did a search on other forums and the below picture is the closest similar picture of the crab. Any one can ID what it is and its temperament? I wish to have cleaner shrimps in my tank but first I need to get this guy out.. any ideas?
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try CF, they have a wide variety of snails.
feed lesser, control ur nitrates and phosphates, have algae clean-up crew, a magnet cleaner for the tank walls, i find these work for me
Cichlid Forever at Kovan? I did a quick google search and it seemed that they closed down..
Anyone can confirm?
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Yes its a relatively new tank, about a month.
Thanks! I will try to get those snails. Any recommendation on where to get there? I usually get my livestock from Iwarna but not sure whether they have snails for sale
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Hi all,
Kinda new to this forum. Recently ventured into SW after swimming in FW for awhile.
Got poisoned by my experienced uncle to start my own SW tank!
Quick question: How do you guys cope with algae? For now I am doing weekly-biweekly water change plus glass cleaning.
What other ways to reduce their growth rate? Any algae eating SW fishes / shrimps?
My livestocks for now are 1x blue tang, 1x yellow tang, 2x peculia clown, 2x black damsel and 2x cleaner shrimp in a 3ft tank.
Cheers!
How to properly introduce new fish to existing tank with fish
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Will placing a mirror help?
I placed 2 pocket mirrors at either end of my tank and it resulted in my clowns and damsel admiring themselves all day long.. kinda amusing to watch