about a Blue regal...

[pamelahaley]

I just made some changes in my tank yesterday. I took out two fish and replaced them with a very small blue hippo. He acclimated very well and was swimming around within less than an hour. I put in veggi flakes and he eats. He doesn't seem to be going for the macro algae or the nori I put in but, I guess if he get's hungry enough he will.

The strange part is that I have a mated pair of gold banded maroons who have been sooo accepting of him, (probably because he is the same color as a fish I took out that day) he might think he is one and has been stung by the nem at least one time that I have seen. He shook it off. He seems to be following by their example rather than his experience. I have room for one more fish and I'd like a yellow clown goby but, I'm starting to think I might need someone he will attach to and follow a slightly smarter example.

Any Ideas?

 

[steve]

Yellow Clown gobies eat acros. As do the green clown gobies. Just FYI.

 

[hackman72]

I noticed this post is in the nano section. A blue hippo/regal will need a substantially larger tank as it matures.

I've had one for quite a while that has yet to ever touch nori. Call it spoiled, stubborn, or whatever but he won't touch it be it red or green. He will however destroy any algae that comes out of the fuge that I put in for him (and the others). What kind of algae are you trying to feed him with?

 

[pamelahaley]

I had a bigger tank with yellow, blue and unicorn tangs that absolutely demolished the nori I put in. It took me awhile and I still cant find the name of this algae. It's bright green and looks like melted crinkled plastic. I remember getting it in an algae combo pack for tangs and they ate pretty much anything but that algae. It's ok if he doesn't eat it because I like how it looks and I have plenty of flake which he seems accustomed to.

Yes, it's a 28 gallon nano and I think I could keep him in it for a year or two until I either have to upgrade the tank or sell the fish. This is assuming he doesn't grow super fast. He's about 2 inches. A fish store I used to go to kept a blue fry in a 14 gallon reef for two years before they moved him.

 

[pamelahaley]

I have one tiny piece of acro someone gave me to see if my lighting is sufficient to get more but, as it stands I dont have much. Thank you though.

 

[molson]

From a diet perspective I've seen conflicting info in both books and online resources, some state that they are herbivores, others omnivores. For the time being you may want to try some meaty foods to see if that entices it to eat.

 

[pamelahaley]

I forgot to mention he did eat mysis shrimp that floated off last night when I fed the nem but again, I think he was following the clown example. The tangs from my old tank ate mysis and nori so, I'm going to go with them being omnivorous. Keeps contemplating the nori but hasn't tried it yet.

dawg When you put it in that perspective it makes sense. The store I got him from had him in a 20 gal with 4 other blues and a couple other species and a small piece of fake coral. Thought I was doing some good. He really doesn't travel around the tank much. Goes and picks on some rocks once in awhile and swims right back to the clown's side of the tank. If it get's to the point where I see he's uncomfortable, I'll get him a new home.

 

[pamelahaley]

He was the smallest one in the store who had all his color and wasn't playing dead before they tried to catch him... He finally tried the nori and likes!

Before I had the three tangs together that I ended up giving away, I went through two blues. One didn't make it past day one... never stopped playing dead. The other, I have a pretty good idea of what a stressed blue looks like. Maybe it was the space issue, maybe it was the two concussions he gave himself on the tank cover as he tried to jump out after getting bitten by a teddy bear crab we found after a few more fish mysteriously vanished.

 

[rostato]

Steve;440980 wrote: Yellow Clown gobies eat acros. As do the green clown gobies. Just FYI.

Who told you this? I have never heard of this. I have a green clown goby in my tank, and I have never seen himn eating anything but lttle bits of food...

Not being rude, I just want to know your source

 

[pamelahaley]

Put meat flake in for my clowns and he eats that too... by no means a picky eater.

 

[steve]

rostato;441274 wrote: Who told you this? I have never heard of this. I have a green clown goby in my tank, and I have never seen himn eating anything but lttle bits of food...

Not being rude, I just want to know your source

Myself. When I had to catch a yellow clown goby out of a 400 gallon cube.

atreyu917;441280 wrote: Doesn't Creation have a Green Clown Goby in their cube display?

And it eats acros as well. Just not nearly as destructively as the yellow.

 

[pamelahaley]

Well... I was told on many fronts Black Sail fin Gobies are reef safe. I bought one and it nearly destroyed every piece of coral I had. The store took it back but looked at me like I must have been crazy.

 

[pamelahaley]

We thought it was eating algae off of corals before the pieces started dying. What it didn't kill from harassment it knocked off the shelves.

 

[rostato]

That is really wierd. Mine has never touched anything