Gildurath
05-12-2007, 9:17 PM
Well to start off I am VERY new to having a marine tank, and to these forums. I am very eager to learn and have found the internet to be very informative. If you had asked me 6 months ago, or even a month ago do you think you will ever have a fish tank, nevermind a saltwater one, I would have said, "They are cool.", but I would not have thought I would end up with a 55gallon tank with all the fixings. I kind of inherited one from a person moving across country who wanted someone to take/buy their tank. That person turned out to be me. I am very excited and things seem to be going very well. I guess I will give some background of my adventures so far, just so people know where I am at, feel free to give any comments or suggestions.
I inherited 3 fish with the tank, 1(2") Clownfish(I think it is an Ocellaris, it has thin black strips, although the last owner told me it was a Percula), 1(2") Green/Blue Chromis, 1(2.5") pink fish that hides in the rocks and caves, some turbo snails, a few hermit crabs, 2 burgundy starfish, and a pistol shrimp(owner thought he had died).
The pistol shrimp never made a move or a sound for 2 weeks until I bought some new friends for the tank, 1 cleaner shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimp, 10 blue hermit crabs, 10 Turbo Snails and 2 Emerald crabs. Within 10 minutes of the new friends being added he was popping and easily seen, he moved around alot in his cave network he had made home. I tried to trap him for about 4 days, but was unsuccessful, and did nothing but unbalance the tank with excess food from the trap. I ended up removing live rock until he clung to a piece and was able to scrap him off. I think he may have killed 1 of the peppermint shrimp, as I have been unable to find 1(I know they hide, but at night I only see 1 now swimming around). I also think the pink fish in the tank may have killed another peppermint shrimp, as it seems I only have 1 now, and I am getting brown algae forming, which could be from 2 dead shrimp I never found, and rising phosphate levels, although with the test kit I have they seem fine.
So that is my purpose of this post, can anyone identify the pink fish. It has little pink dots in lines on a grey/dull silver underbody, with a rounded, convex tail, which has little pink lines, the pink dots in lines become less near the bottom of the fish. It loves to hide in the rocks and caves, and sometimes will not even come out to eat. It is very shy, but I did see it charge the clownfish once. I would like to know what type of fish to make sure it is reef safe, as I have mostly peaceful fish(my clown is a bully to the chromis).
Any help would be great.
I inherited 3 fish with the tank, 1(2") Clownfish(I think it is an Ocellaris, it has thin black strips, although the last owner told me it was a Percula), 1(2") Green/Blue Chromis, 1(2.5") pink fish that hides in the rocks and caves, some turbo snails, a few hermit crabs, 2 burgundy starfish, and a pistol shrimp(owner thought he had died).
The pistol shrimp never made a move or a sound for 2 weeks until I bought some new friends for the tank, 1 cleaner shrimp, 3 peppermint shrimp, 10 blue hermit crabs, 10 Turbo Snails and 2 Emerald crabs. Within 10 minutes of the new friends being added he was popping and easily seen, he moved around alot in his cave network he had made home. I tried to trap him for about 4 days, but was unsuccessful, and did nothing but unbalance the tank with excess food from the trap. I ended up removing live rock until he clung to a piece and was able to scrap him off. I think he may have killed 1 of the peppermint shrimp, as I have been unable to find 1(I know they hide, but at night I only see 1 now swimming around). I also think the pink fish in the tank may have killed another peppermint shrimp, as it seems I only have 1 now, and I am getting brown algae forming, which could be from 2 dead shrimp I never found, and rising phosphate levels, although with the test kit I have they seem fine.
So that is my purpose of this post, can anyone identify the pink fish. It has little pink dots in lines on a grey/dull silver underbody, with a rounded, convex tail, which has little pink lines, the pink dots in lines become less near the bottom of the fish. It loves to hide in the rocks and caves, and sometimes will not even come out to eat. It is very shy, but I did see it charge the clownfish once. I would like to know what type of fish to make sure it is reef safe, as I have mostly peaceful fish(my clown is a bully to the chromis).
Any help would be great.