Our first two fish in the main tank are Eddie and Freddie, the coral babies. They are yellow clown gobies, also know as coral gobies. They are really tiny fish, about one inch, and look quite lost in our big tank!
We got them on Sunday and they are feeding well. They are mainly carnivores and seem quite happy eating all the copepod and mysis shrimp you can see all over the glass walls of the tank. They also like the flake food and the oyster eggs. Freddie is a bit paler than Eddie but they are both lively wee things. They mostly do this thing where they freeze on the spot, either on the rock or glass but sometimes in the middle of the water. Its quite entertaining to watch!
The tank is amazingly clear, our Internet bought clean up crew (CUC) of 20 hermit crabs and 10 turbo snails have polished up the rocks a treat. Water tests are all normal, although water temperature has been up a bit due to the hot weather. Its great to have both tanks up and running at last.
The coral babies are in quarantine in the main tank now and after a few weeks we will start thinking of introducing Boomerang, Comet and Darty (if we can catch them!).
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