Royal Gramma Hides All The Time

February 23, 2022 Post a Comment

I had noticed that the fins on the Royal Grammas looked ragged maybe from fin nipping I hoped. In a reef aquarium with sufficient structure the Royal gramma fish will spend its time suspended in the water vertically with its belly along a preferred wall of the aquarium or reef aquascape.

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The Royal gramma basslet is a small generally peaceful fish that only needs about 20-30 gallons of aquarium space as a minimum tank size.

Royal gramma hides all the time. May 26 2017. They also do well when standard reef aquarium water parameters are maintained. Anyways heres a side shot of the tank currently.

I got a six line to keep with him so I could see a fish in my tank. A week and a half later I added a Royal gramma algae blenny and a valentini puffer with some hermits. Hes a pretty fish but if all hes gonna do is hide all the time Id rather fish him out and get another fish that wont eat up the bio-load that Ill be able to enjoy.

I have had mine for like 6 months now and it digs in the sand to make new hiding spots all over my tank but deff comes out at feeding time. I purchased a royal Gramma from a lfs about a week and a half ago upon releasing him in my tank he found a little cave and hid. The royal gramma and the 2 clowns I got first and have had just over a year the royal has gotten pretty big and up to now has been a model citizen.

He eventually came out but stayed near the cave and even ate on the first few days. They prefer to spend most of their time hiding out in their chosen caves. I lost one Royal Gramma after about 4 days.

I had a sick clown about 6 months ago that I treated with a whole bunch of stuff not really sure the issue but he has been fine ever since adding him back to the DT and this is the first time I. As for all of my fish the Royal Gramma is perfectly suited to keep in a nano tank. Jun 19 2010.

This is why he is actually itching himself on the decor of the tank. So I would guess its perfectly normal. At first the fish seemed to do fine.

I have a gramma and a firefish that both hide all the time. While the tank is small the rock that royal gramma sometime hides in have corals attached so I am hoping to get the fish out without having to remove the rock. A few days after adding the new fish my tang died but I believe this is due to it not feeding well and my friend saw it and said it was didnt look good from the shop.

For the last 3 weeks I have been trying to get a catch a royal gramma from a 45g cube tank. It is often mistaken for the Royal Dottyback which can be more aggressive so make sure you get the right one when picking out a Royal Gramma. The tang didnt come out at all and just seemed to hide all the time.

The easiest way to see the difference is the gradient between the purple and yellow. First in the tank 55gal he claimed ALL the rockwork and for a long time my two clowns always stayed in one corner of the tank not daring to go near the rock. One is that the royal gramma is probably being picked on by the blue devil which is why the tail is torn.

And by the next morning the gramma killed it. Even if a fish SHOULD come close to the rock your grammas picked out the most youll see is a little posturing. On the other side the royal gramma will be a bit timid anyways but the blue devil isnt helping.

Their bold purple and yellow colors will stand out in any reefand their general boldness will make them a staple in any reef tank and are part of what makes them a great beginner fish for any reef tank. He will just come and poke his head out then go back in his hole. Like most saltwater aquarium fish they do tend to be more secure when housed in a tank with live rock to hide behind or within.

The puffer doesnt bother him and the gramma is as big as him anyway. K it sounds like you have 2 problems. Mine has never had a problem with anything other than occasionally defending his territory.

It used to be very territorial at my damsel but then I moved them both to my. It was hard to tell if all of these fish were eating well during the CP treatment as only the Chalk Bass seemed to have much movement at feeding time. My royal gramma certainly thinks hes royal.

Royal grammas either hide all day or are social butterflies and love to swim around everywhere while still having a home base. The glass is a bit cloudy I scrape the algae off the glass but it grows back in under an hour so sometimes I just give up lol. As mentioned before it is an absolutely beautiful purple and yellow fish.

I also accidentally snapped off a limb of the green monti during tank maintenance. On 8172021 at 235 PM Zer0 said. I have had my royal gramma for about 10yrs.

Recently I changed the rockwork to be more spread out with two groups of rocks and that seems to help with the. Oct 28 2010. The second problem is that it sounds like he might have ich which is a parasite.

Mine is the second fortunately but it seems like yours is the one that hides all day. Is this the normal attitude of a gramma or will he get friendlier and stay out more in a couple of weeks. He often hides out in the shadows and he does have a favorite hole in the rock that he dives into all the time.

On the shy side they wont challenge other fish unless those fish show curiosity in their territory.

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