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I'm new too, but my fish seems happy. How do you know if they're stressed? Mine just kinda chills near the bottom sometimes.


Bottom-sitting can be a red flag. Check your water params first—ammonia or nitrite spikes can cause stress. Also, look for clamped fins, loss of color, or rapid gill ...

I've noticed that my torch coral is pretty sensitive to changes in Alk levels. Everything else seems fine, but it's always the first to show signs of stress when the water chemistry shifts.


My torch was the first to show signs of stress too. I've noticed they're super sensitive, even more so ...

Here in the US, I've come across the term 'starry blennys' being used for this species. Figured it'd be a good opportunity to list all the various blenny names I've found.

There's the Fluxo's Combtooth Blenny, Austflakekento4 Combtooth Blenny, Banded Blenny, Barchin Blenny, and Barred Blenny, to ...