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You might want to look into how the cardinal was caught, maybe it was cyanide fishing, and get some info from your LFS about where the fish came from.

What kind of water tests are you running? You mentioned nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, and pH, but are you checking for anything else? Has the ...

kind of what i thought, but i did have some concerns about them becoming more aggressive towards my other tank inhabitants

not entirely sure whats going on here!
ive been keeping an eye on my damsels and im stoked. got so used to them fanning away in one spot, but then yesterday they started shifting LR rubble thats nearly as big as they are. not causing me any issues, but im genuinely intrigued - whats the reasoning ...

it's just reacting to a tasty smell, that's all - typical feeding response.

Give it a few days and see how it goes. I think the putty's just on the rock, not his flesh.

picked him up yesterday and the lfs had him all puffed up. now he's looking like this - seems to be doing alright though?

For me, reef safe is stuff like corals, inverts, and the CUC, you know, the usual crew.


My current setup is pretty established, I've got a solid CUC with fire shrimps, cleaner shrimps, a large blue leg hermit, sand sifting stars, a sally lightfoot crab, cerith snails, and turbos.

Fish-wise, I ...

Fairy and Flasher wrasses are great suggestions, thanks for those. Trouble is, they're pretty hard to find in my area, but I'll keep searching.

I've got a 45g tank with a blenny, 2 perc clowns, a royal gramma and a damsel, but I'm itching to add something a bit bigger. Problem is, most of the options I've looked at are either not reef safe or just too big for my tank. Had a bad experience before with a fish that wasn't supposed to be ...

think feeding more often could help, but how many times a day is ideal for an ornate wrass, anyone have experience with this?