Pier Pressure

If you are going to use one of those net breeder deals that hang on the side of a tank I recommend putting two or three nets on it. Otherwise the bigger fish suck the babies right through the netting and eat them. I experienced that when I had fry and it was a horrible thing to watch. Congrats on the babies!

Tie them on with fishing line or bridal veil. They will stick after a while.

FYI we did not have much luck getting rid of these with the lemon juice. They disappeared but then were back like three days later. I would use Joe's Juice or something like it.

I have hermit crabs in my saltwater aquarium and do not think I will get them ever again. We started out with the J&L clean up crew and throughout the couple of years we have owned the tank they are slowly picking one another off. I find it really gross that they kill and eat each other and do not find they do a great job of cleaning the sand bed. Just FYI this was my experience. There are still a few crawling around in there but once they are gone I shall try something else!

Hi, Neil. Those are some beautiful fish. I am spending most of my time on canreef nowadays as I only have the little saltwater aquarium now, but thought I would post regarding your fishies. Love that red empress male!

Lemon juice - either the real thing or fake lemon. I have not tried this but an expert on canreef uses this method. Put two drops of lemon juice in their litlte mouth and that should kill them. Then suck out the remains with a turkey baster. If there is just a little tiny piece of tissue left, it will grow a new anemone in no time!

We always sucked ours out into a breeder net over a bucket using a length of hose. If you are going to use those netted breeder traps make sure that you double-bag the net. The adults can suck some of the babies (or parts of them) straight through a single net and you probably do not want the kids seeing that. Made me upset so I am sure it would probably traumatize children as well.

Nice looking oscars. But I thought they were freshwater fish. Why are they appearing in the marine section?

I have heard that Bubble Kings rule but you may need to pull off a bank heist to afford one. I have a Remora that is reliable.

Congratulations on your babies, Lisa. We had a pair of red jewels breed over and over again in a 150 gallon until the lfs in Calgary started telling us "no more, please, no more". I have since gotten out of the freshwater game, but I can advise we served our babies NLS grow formula and they seemed to like it. Crush it up if they are still small. I actually found that fry will eat ANYTHING as long as it is small enough to fit into their mouths!

I can vouch for finaddict's method. I bought her 28 gallon saltwater aquarium a couple of years ago and when we got there she already had everything packed and ready to move. I did not experience any spikes or die off at all, though there was not a lot of live rock.

I have hundreds of small bristle worms throughout my live rock and have never had a problem with them. They may not be that nice to look at but they will not harm anything in your tank. Been up and running for over a year now with no problem.

Yes those are very valid points. Better off trying to find him a home before he gets hurt. The way your title reads I was going to say "name your fish Fred" or some such thing. All joking aside he/she will be happier with its own kind.

Never tried them out.

He might be okay if you are not noticing aggression. However, if your electric yellows start to breed he will be living on borrowed time. I had a batch of F1 electric yellows that got along with anything I put in with them. Lets keep in mind that electric yellows are the mellowest mbuna out there. If I was you I would just keep an eye out, and if you notice any kind of breeding activity it will be a good idea to move him.