Hello,
We have a healthy Royal Dottyback that needs a new home.
This fish is from an established (3 yrs) tank we purchased a month ago from friends that moved to Superior. They had the fish for about a year. His ego is just too big for this setup. In other words, he is bold and does not want any new tankmates in such a small aquarium. We have had the tank for a month and everything survived and is thriving since the move. Our plan is to get a few less agressive fish and a
peppermint shrimp after he's gone. We would like to trade him for a small soft coral and are open to other non-fish suggestions.
This is our first marine tank and we're still learning
so if you have any comments or suggestions, send them this way. We included some info at the bottom we found about this fish.
Current livestock...
Clown (type? nemo??)
Royal Dottyback
Sandsifting starfish
Frogspawn
Small stoney coral (still looking for the name)
a few hermits and a snail
plenty of aptasia and algae (we need to get rid of RD to have a shrimp in the small environment)
The following information is from
www.coralreeffarm.com. My comments about this particular specimen are in parenthesis
Excellent for reef aquariums (Leaves our corals alone)
May be territorial (Definitely, that's why we're getting rid of him)
Excellent for bristleworm removal (We did not have bristleworms, so no comment)
Great for Nano tanks and small aquariums (If you do not want to have many other fish)
Provide Rock work for hiding and shelter (He digs tunnels underneath our live rock, VERY cool to watch! He takes in a mouthful of sand, swims to an open space and spits it out. He has almost completely undermined several large pieces of rock.)
Should be kept singly (Yep)
May eat small ornamental shrimp (Previous owners said he nipped peppermint shrimp, we currently do not have any shrimp)
Diet should consist of meaty foods (Previous owners fed "BrinePlus" we feed him
frozen Mysis shrimp (at tank temp of course))
Maximum Length 3.1 in (about 2")
Care Level Easy (Yep)
Reef Compatibility Excellent (Yep)
Minimum Aquarium Size 25 gal. (Good idea)
Diet Carnivore (Definitely)
