My first tank just got 7 new inhabitants, 2 large (3") coral banded shrimp, 3 turbo snails, a tiny 1" cowfish and a mandarin goby.
Now I'm new and just want to make sure its okay that I have not seen my mandarin since the split second i saw his body go from the plastic bag into the tank. Its been 2 1/2 days and there is no sign of him. I figure he must have made it through the acclimation since the shrimp made it. I did it in the dark over a 4+ hour period.
Also, I know the cowfish most likely will eventually eat my crustaceaons, but he has alot of growing before that ever happens. Plus I've read that if you start a cowfish this way (with shrimp much bigger than him), he may just leave them alone when he matures. Right now my snails are bigger than the cowfish!
Any advice on taking pictures of your aquarium, I think my issue is not enough backlighting coming through the aquarium. It comes out dark with no flash, and a big flash if I use flash.
Now I'm new and just want to make sure its okay that I have not seen my mandarin since the split second i saw his body go from the plastic bag into the tank. Its been 2 1/2 days and there is no sign of him. I figure he must have made it through the acclimation since the shrimp made it. I did it in the dark over a 4+ hour period.
Also, I know the cowfish most likely will eventually eat my crustaceaons, but he has alot of growing before that ever happens. Plus I've read that if you start a cowfish this way (with shrimp much bigger than him), he may just leave them alone when he matures. Right now my snails are bigger than the cowfish!
Any advice on taking pictures of your aquarium, I think my issue is not enough backlighting coming through the aquarium. It comes out dark with no flash, and a big flash if I use flash.