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04-03-2006, 01:10 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2005
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I just got a Lawnmower blenny and he took my Royal Gramma's cave. Now, the blenny found another cave, but my Royal Gramma is not going back to his old one. I think he's stressed out because it took him the whole day to hide between some rocks. They are not fighting, but everytime the blenny swim toward my RG, he flees like there no tomorrow. Will he be ok?
Thanks!
GKW
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Started on Jan 24, cycled on Feb 17
125 gallons (72" x 18" x 22"), 20 gallons sump, 29 gallons fuge. 90 lbs sugar fine sand in MT and 30 in fuge.
Equipments:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220 w/ an air pump to increase micro bubbles, Mag drive 9.5 return pump
2 Maxi 900 and Rio+ 2100 as powerheads, Mag 350 filter
Lighting:
110watts PC, 70watts NO
Resident:
2 Polyps Ricordia
Royal Gramma, Lawnmower Blenny
Sally Light Foot
Pepermint Shrimp
70 Blue Leg Hermits
25 Snails | 
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04-03-2006, 01:36 AM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Originally Posted by gkw I just got a Lawnmower blenny and he took my Royal Gramma's cave. Now, the blenny found another cave, but my Royal Gramma is not going back to his old one. I think he's stressed out because it took him the whole day to hide between some rocks. They are not fighting, but everytime the blenny swim toward my RG, he flees like there no tomorrow. Will he be ok?
Thanks!
GKW | Once they have been around each other for a while, they will get use to each other. Give them time and they will respect each other. When I introduced my flame hawkfish, my lawnmower would fight him constantly, now he completely ignores him and have seen them very close to each other on occassions without any scuffle.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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04-03-2006, 07:42 AM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Age: 24
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Also, my Royal Gramma has proven to be a VERY timid and shy and nervous fish. He even misses out on eating because he simply will NOT go to the top of the tank to get some grub. The other 2 fish don't go after him when he tries, but he always chickens out. I have to push some food down so it will float down to him and he finally gets some. He will be fine, like rickzter said, after they get used to each other.  _________ 125 Gal Reef. Born March 2002 FISH: Ocellaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Fairy Wrasse, Sand Star, Hippo Tang CORALS: Green Striped/Red/Purple Mushrooms, Green Star Polyps, Yellow Toadstool Leather, Bubble, Frogspawn, 2 Hammers, Yellow Polyps, Open Brain, Ridge Leather, Various Zoas, Button Polyps, Kenya Tree, Colt, Elephant Ear Mushroom, Clove Polyps, Torch, Purple Clam, Rose BTA  | |
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04-03-2006, 09:10 AM
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Ya Royal Gramma's are wusses.
they tend to be very skidish
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04-03-2006, 10:56 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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That is the main thing to watch out for. Royal Grammas are very nervous and shy individuals. I've had acouple of them and they eventually died a short time later due to other reef inhabitants bullying them.. Beautiful fish though! So what I did to get some of the purple color in my tank was add a Purple Pseudochromis. They are more aggressive than a Royal Gramma, but I don't have to worry about my other fish spooking it-it can take care of itself! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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04-03-2006, 04:07 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Thanks guys! I feel a little better now. I hope my RG will calm down after a while.
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