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Damsel Salt Water Fish Troubles?

Okay so here’s the deal I have a 55 gallon salt water tank. It has been setup and running for well over a month. Just a few days ago I purchased 3 yellow tailed blue damsels. Well the very next day one of the fish was lifeless at the bottom of the tank and the other two just swimming away. Checked all the levels and everything seemed normal. The very next day another one dead. The other fish acting normal and healthy. It’s been a few days since and now the once happy fish is now hiding. What could possibly be wrong? I though damsels were soposta be hardy? I’ve come to the conclusion that my one damsel is a murderer. But what could be wrong with him?

I feed him a mixture of live and frozen brine shrimp. And now he’s hiding.

I don’t have live rock, is it a agood idea to get a few pieces even though I already have a fish?

Damsel Salt Water Fish Troubles?

Okay so here’s the deal I have a 55 gallon salt water tank. It has been setup and running for well over a month. Just a few days ago I purchased 3 yellow tailed blue damsels. Well the very next day one of the fish was lifeless at the bottom of the tank and the other two just swimming away. Checked all the levels and everything seemed normal. The very next day another one dead. The other fish acting normal and healthy. It’s been a few days since and now the once happy fish is now hiding. What could possibly be wrong? I though damsels were soposta be hardy? I’ve come to the conclusion that my one damsel is a murderer. But what could be wrong with him?

I feed him a mixture of live and frozen brine shrimp. And now he’s hiding.

I don’t have live rock, is it a agood idea to get a few pieces even though I already have a fish?

Damsel Salt Water Fish Troubles?

Okay so here’s the deal I have a 55 gallon salt water tank. It has been setup and running for well over a month. Just a few days ago I purchased 3 yellow tailed blue damsels. Well the very next day one of the fish was lifeless at the bottom of the tank and the other two just swimming away. Checked all the levels and everything seemed normal. The very next day another one dead. The other fish acting normal and healthy. It’s been a few days since and now the once happy fish is now hiding. What could possibly be wrong? I though damsels were soposta be hardy? I’ve come to the conclusion that my one damsel is a murderer. But what could be wrong with him?

I feed him a mixture of live and frozen brine shrimp. And now he’s hiding.

I don’t have live rock, is it a agood idea to get a few pieces even though I already have a fish?

sea anemone advice needed asap, found 1 in my salt water tank…?

I bought live rock for my salt water tank and I found a sea anemone on it. It is about 1.5-2″ big, green with white tips. I have no idea how to care for it or feed it. Does it need special light? How much light per day (hours)? What do I feed it? I saw stuff online that says zoo plankton but other stuff says phyto plankton. Which is it? Will they eat brine shrimp? Copepods? Amphipods? Rotifers? I am confused because I saw so many things online but most articles said food is different for different sea anemones & I have no clue what type this is. It looks like the kind I see often here in California tide pools. Also, I have brittle stars & turbo snails. Is this a problem (as I also saw online that some starfish & snails eat anemones)? The more info. the better as I am clueless how to keep him alive & well. Any supplements I should buy that are natural foods or minerals they need?
From what I have seen online it does not look like aiptasia.
This one has a golden beige base (which disappears into the rock) & face, pink raised spot in middle of the round “face”. Tentacles are very short (about just 1/4 inch) & bit fat. They are mint green color and have white on the very end of the tips.
I now believe it is a Anthopleura elegantissima Sea Anemone. How do I feed, care for it? Will it be a problem in my tank? What fish, inverts. will it kill? What kill it?

I bought a canary fang blenny and he hasn’t eaten yet.Offered enriched brine and mysis shrimp. Any suggestions

Salt-water tank chemical are great..all other fish fine, no over crowding. We acclimated the blenny last night and he just doen’t seem interested in food..it being Sunday, the pet store is closed. Anyone have any experience with this fish?