Congrats on the additions. Your snails and crabs will be fine. Just take some extra time acclimating them. Clown gobies are sometimes hard to keep. Just one of those fish that are hit or miss.
Nanoreef stocking
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If the goby eats you should be good to go that seems to be the problem with them, sometimes you get one who just wont eat.
Nassarius aren't algae eaters they'll come popping out of the sand when they smell food hitting the water.
Nassarius aren't algae eaters they'll come popping out of the sand when they smell food hitting the water.
Majorly peeved. Woke up to find the goby covered in spots and flashing. Got him into a bag immediately and am taking him back. Don't know what he has, but I *do* know I'm about done with this LFS. They're one for three so far as fish go. 
At least the inverts are doing well. Now we wait and see if the chromis comes down with whatever it is, too. (Yes, I know, I need a quarantine tank. Sigh.)
At least the inverts are doing well. Now we wait and see if the chromis comes down with whatever it is, too. (Yes, I know, I need a quarantine tank. Sigh.)Chromis #2 died. I'm zero-for-three at that LFS for fish. My inverts and coral are doing fine and the water tests perfect, so I'm thinking I need to start buying fish elsewhere. Meantime, here's a few of the current denizens.
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Sometimes with the SW fish, no matter what you do, they end up dying anyways. Maybe a blue tailed damsel or another type of damsel should get the tank broken in with fish. Sent from my iPod touch using MonsterAquariaNetwork app
I'm voting for the LFS in question being of questionable knowledge. This is also the place (unless I'm mistaken, please correct me if I'm wrong, Laura) that told her to feed corals that aren't even in her tank yet. Just from what she's been saying, it seems that they're much more interested in selling you something, than in selling you something compatible with what you want or need.
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Yes, marine fish can sometimes die for no apparent reason, but the same can happen with fresh. The chances of that happening decrease with the amount of care the LFS applies to the fish before sale. 3 for 3 dying pretty quickly is a bad trend. Even buying freshwater fish from chain stores, I only had 1 die within the first 3 months, and it started acting weird in the bag, so I was kinda surprised it made it home, and it died the next day. With fish from my LFS, I've bought dozens, and none have died in the first year, aside from 2 that jumped out.
Authmal is right. Same store. I'm waiting a month before trying another fish - assuming they had some kind of disease, but who knows.
The other place that has the fantastic coral charges a little more for their fish, but they look good. I think I'll try one of theirs next time.
The other place that has the fantastic coral charges a little more for their fish, but they look good. I think I'll try one of theirs next time.
