TheSaltwaterGuy's 10 Gallon build (pics added)

So, you have an algae blenny and a maroon clown in a 10 gallon tank. then, you went and purchased a firefish. Maroons are aggressive and firefish get scared easily. That alone should have made you not buy it. not to mention, the the fact that the blenny and maroon have already overstocked your tank.

As for the way the employee bagged the fish, almost everyone claims how the employee whom bagged their fish "roughly" is to blame, not the person who put it in a small tank with an aggressive fish.

Your lack of grammar skills and incorrect word usage made the post painful and hard to read. However, I agree that his tank is stocked poorly.

 

there is no need for such hostile bahavior, everyone makes mistakes. im sure you were in his shoes at one point in your life.

and yes i would take out all the fish and put in some appropriate fish, petsolutions.com has a section dedicated to nano fish. just to let you know

 

well it didnt die due to my parameters, i can tell you that much. If it was parameters the peppermint would most likely be dead. And as for getting the firefish I guess i kind of wanted to save it; 3 firefish were dead by an aggressive tang and 2 lost their fins and tails due to that same tang (forget the name of it). So i was feeling bad and kind of decided to get one. As for my tank being overstocked... Again my tank leaked so im doing a 10 to make a bigger tank easier for me. the maroon and algae blenny: i'd like them both gone very much to a bigger and roomier tank. I don't wanna keep them and have tried selling them but everyone wants me to pay shipping... I'm selling both for like $20 together...

 

I see both points in this conversation and everyone is right in a different way. It is good that TSG is trying to get rid of the fish he has right now but it was very irresponsible to get the firefish. I know you may have wanted to "save" it but to be honest it seemed more like you just wanted a fish and your impatience got the best of you to purchase a fish in that bad of condition. We all make mistakes and thats how you learn so no harm done IMO.

 

o i agree 100 percent that u did nothing wrong. but still its not smart to be getting fish, you might loss them all. pitty is one of the worst things in this hobby. no one should ever buy a fish that they see has problams.

also on a side note i know that my spelling and gramer sucks, im getting help with it. part of the problam is my texting, i try to shorten everything.

 

Now as you all know im a very big SOB when it comes to livestock LOL. Now I've changed my mind once more about what i wanna get, and just so you know, this will be AFTER i get rid of my 2 fish. Surprisingly the more exotic LFS i went to had way more variety then my other LFS. They had those platinum percula clownfish for $200 dollars each! Those perculas are the ones that are almost completely white if you didnt know it. They also had 2 small neon gobies and quite a few pinkbar gobies, which look more appealing in person. Their tails are very colorful too. Now liveaquaria recommends 30 gallons, but they only grow like 4 inches and i think some YWG's do as well... So I'd like to know if it would be ok in a 10g. I also saw some very small tiger pistol shrimp... not sre if it could pair up with the goby... I'm thinking this pinkbar, a tiger pistol shrimp, and a firefish could live in a 10 gallon well. Again, this is AFTER i get rid of my 2 fish. As for my peppermint I'd most ikely put that in the 29 gallon once its back up and running. So I'm just throwing ideas around really.

 

if im right, pink bar gobies are from temperate waters and reaquire a colder tank.

 

Really? strange; at my LFS they were housed with YWG's... I think you mean the catalina goby

 

i could be mistaken, whatever, but if it gets 4 inches i wouldnt put it in that tank unless its the only thing.

 

They require temperatures from 72-78.

I think that is still overstocked, a 10g is very very small. There is nothing wrong with 10g they just limit your stocking alot. Do a firefish and a small goby with the peppermint shrimp. A pinkbar gets too large IMO