guinnessguy
Reefing newb
ich problem!
I've just recently (2 mo. ago) set up my 30 usgal salt water aquarium... let it cycle w/ a couple damsels, then slowly added from there. Now it seems to me that my royal gramma is "scratching" on the sand/rock/whatever, whenever it can. Its not a constant thing, but it seems to really be bothering it I think. The damsel will scratch too, but hardly ever. When I first noticed this, I thought "Ich!! oh no!" so I researched on the best possible med for ich that is reef save and got a bottle of Ruby Reef Kick-Ich. I was hoping to get this case knocked out early, before it got bad. Now its 2 weeks later and the gramma is still "scratching" like before, maybe not as bad, but still. I'm not supposed to treat the tank anymore according to the directions, and I am not about to scorch my tank! So I was wondering, is this some kind of nervous behavior or something? I have never seen any white spots on any of my fish. My water parameters are great, temp is 78-79 and check on the salinity every few days to keep up with evaporation. My tank includes the gramma, damsel, a cleaner goby, a coral banded shrimp and a pencil urchin. with the usual compliment of liverock (and a baby snail of some sort that I just noticed today! woo!) any help would be appreciated, if more info is needed just say so and ill happily post it here.
also... I would like to get another cleaner goby but I've heard they wont get along in pairs unless its a mated pair... is this true?
I've just recently (2 mo. ago) set up my 30 usgal salt water aquarium... let it cycle w/ a couple damsels, then slowly added from there. Now it seems to me that my royal gramma is "scratching" on the sand/rock/whatever, whenever it can. Its not a constant thing, but it seems to really be bothering it I think. The damsel will scratch too, but hardly ever. When I first noticed this, I thought "Ich!! oh no!" so I researched on the best possible med for ich that is reef save and got a bottle of Ruby Reef Kick-Ich. I was hoping to get this case knocked out early, before it got bad. Now its 2 weeks later and the gramma is still "scratching" like before, maybe not as bad, but still. I'm not supposed to treat the tank anymore according to the directions, and I am not about to scorch my tank! So I was wondering, is this some kind of nervous behavior or something? I have never seen any white spots on any of my fish. My water parameters are great, temp is 78-79 and check on the salinity every few days to keep up with evaporation. My tank includes the gramma, damsel, a cleaner goby, a coral banded shrimp and a pencil urchin. with the usual compliment of liverock (and a baby snail of some sort that I just noticed today! woo!) any help would be appreciated, if more info is needed just say so and ill happily post it here.
also... I would like to get another cleaner goby but I've heard they wont get along in pairs unless its a mated pair... is this true?
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