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Honestly, I'm not sure about the stingray, it's probably gonna outgrow your tank pretty fast. The batfish might work, I mean, I'm no expert or anything, but it's worth looking into their requirements, I guess.

When it comes to hammers, frogspawn, or octospawn, make sure you're looking at the branching types.

It's probably some form of swim bladder disease, and unfortunately, these cases are usually fatal for the fish. Medicated quarantine treatments are an option, but honestly, they don't often yield positive results.

Yup same one

I was under the impression that in the wild, they're mostly plant-eaters, but when food's scarce, they'll eat pretty much anything - probably why they end up nipping in tanks.

Yeah 6 lines can be right little troublemakers as they mature, and angels aren't always the best mix with corals either. Maybe look at some other types of wrasses then?

It really depends on your tank goals. For fish-only, it's manageable, but for a reef tank, it's overstocked unless you've got a substantial sump and skimmer setup.

dune9x wrote: ↑Tue Mar 25, 2025 8:40 am How about a Royal gramma or a Orchid Dottyback, both are pretty laid back and semi-aggressive, so might be alright with your clowns.

Those options are pretty feisty. You might want to consider something like a pseudochromis cyaneus instead, or other pseudochromis that are a bit more chill.

When nasos get stressed or are sleeping, they can get these blotchy brown and white marks. If your fish is still eating and acting fine, I'd just leave him be for now.


Yeah, I agree with that. Also, make sure to vary his diet and feed him often. Meaty foods, spirulina-enriched stuff, and some ...

Just scored this thing for 10 bucks, it's labeled as some random torch, but I'm pretty sure that's not what it is. I'm thinking it's either a frogspawn or an octospawn, just not entirely sure which one.