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  1. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    so i just bought Gumpdrop Coral Croucher off of DD that's eating frozen brine, and these fish have to be spot fed. But i am torn on where to put him.

    I have two options, put him in the 46 and have a hard time trying to spot feed. Or put him in the 20 with my green spotted puffer.

    I dont know what to do, im wanting to put him in the 20 with the puffer, i have had Puff with a blue damsel and purple psedochromis, the purple attacked puff and he remained in a corner all scared and upset, he left the damsel alone but the purple ended up killing the damsel. I have a few inverts and a flower pot in with him and he has left the things alone and has been a really good boy.

    My worry with putting the Gumpdrop in with puff is that he is sooo small he may think he's a snack. I also have trouble keeping a stable temp in this tank, and i kind of slack on this tank as well.

    He would probably do better in the reef because temps and parameters are stable, but i just worry about not finding him when i need to spot feed him.

    Which one do you think i should put him in
     
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  2. greysoul

    greysoul Stylophora

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    I'd go with the reef. He'll learn when it's feeding time and come out.

    my 2¢
     
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  3. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Turn your circulation off after you put food in the tank and then spot feed the fish. Put it in the 46 with your SPS corals.
     
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  4. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    that's what im leaning towards i know Puff was good with the other fish but he's just so small he'd be defensless, he's also eating frozen brine
     
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  5. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    46. Hopefully if you squirt the food towards his general area he will learn to come out and grab some.
     
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  6. Puffer Chick

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    ok may have to do tha

    i hope he finds somewhere easy to get to
     
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  7. greysoul

    greysoul Stylophora

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    deff turn off all circulation while feeding.

    Fish are amazingly smart, he'll figure it out.

    Also, it's a coral croucher, they perch on SPS don't they? Kinda need that to feel safe/secure...
     
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  8. Puffer Chick

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    what i do now is unplug the evo and set the vortech to feed mode, guess ill just unplug everything

    i think your right about them perching on the SPS i hope he perches on them so it will be easy to spot him
     
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  9. hender

    hender Fire Shrimp

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    +1 for the 46
     
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  10. tigermike74

    tigermike74 Panda Puffer

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    I would also get rid of the purple meanie. If a chromis killed a damsel, that is MEAN, wow. :eek:
     
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