Avery Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 So I bought a Rainford Goby from my LFS yesterday. He already looks kind of skinny. I want to make sure that I give him what he needs. Does anyone have any tips/tricks on what I should be feeding and how often? The LFS told me to feed a mixture of frozen reef plankton and cyclops. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefNewby82 Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Hey whats up Avery...hope you are doing well from your move! I think both of those foods would be good to start with and are smaller sized which is good too. You may check out v2o foods...they have mini mysis, reef caviar and micro plankton. its a soft freeze food and should be a good source of food for the little guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 1 minute ago, ReefNewby82 said: Hey whats up Avery...hope you are doing well from your move! I think both of those foods would be good to start with and are smaller sized which is good too. You may check out v2o foods...they have mini mysis, reef caviar and micro plankton. its a soft freeze food and should be a good source of food for the little guy Awesome thank you! Things are going good! I haven’t found a local club in Virginia so I’m going to just stay on here and probably fly in for the frag swap haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Well surprisingly he is actually eating. Hopefully I can fatten him up here soon. Here’s a video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefNewby82 Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 we would love to have ya! luckily you can roam the sky for free huh! march 16th 2019...set you calendar sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmrun Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Eating is always a good sign. It looks like he could handle brine shrimp and possibly Mysis shrimp also. If possible, feed 3 times per day but in small amounts so you don't stress your system. Make sure he eats it all within a few minutes. P.S. Kill off the aiptasia before it gets too happy. They can get out of hand quickly. The zoas look good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 19 minutes ago, cmrun said: Eating is always a good sign. It looks like he could handle brine shrimp and possibly Mysis shrimp also. If possible, feed 3 times per day but in small amounts so you don't stress your system. Make sure he eats it all within a few minutes. P.S. Kill off the aiptasia before it gets too happy. They can get out of hand quickly. The zoas look good! Thanks! The zoos actually were stressed from a cyano outbreak, but I finally got that taken care of. What’s the best way for me to get rid of the aptasia? There’s only one. The idea of the “juice” kinda scares me putting it in the tank and I don’t have an aptasia wand. Could I cut it with scissors or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Actually I just read about injecting them with boiling RO water. I may try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefNewby82 Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 Lemon juice or kalkwasser paste works great...but yeah the boiling RO water should work. If you can remove the rock and do it in a bucket it would prevent any spores from spitting out into tank also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo620 Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 For just one I would just scrape it off with a scalpel take a bit of rock off with it too. Do it during a water change and suck it up while you’re scraping. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Been Mired Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 16 hours ago, Gonzo620 said: For just one I would just scrape it off with a scalpel take a bit of rock off with it too. isn't that how we get more than one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentNight1793 Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 Berghia nudiebranchs do wonders. Brandon got a few for my nano tank and within a few weeks, there was a significant difference in the number of aptasia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmrun Posted November 5, 2018 Report Share Posted November 5, 2018 I got rid of Majano's and a stubborn Aiptasia by taking it out with a dental pick / scraper. I had used Joes and kalk paste but the little bugger kept coming back. To scrape it off I did it during a water change and pulled the rock out of the water.. dug into the hole and scraped the menace out. I rinsed the rock in some of my waste water pulled from the tank. Because the mariano's were small, and there were a number of them, I repeated this process once a month for several months. It worked on the Majano's quite well. The Aiptasia relocated itself into an empty snail shell which I was able to pitch. Maybe not the best way but it worked for me. Being "retentive" also helps ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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