The Puffer Forum

On Saturday, I got a 6 line wrasse and a diamond goby, both small. I acclimated them for a couple of hours and them added them to my empty, established 90g tank. I haven't seen the goby or any sign of him since The wrasse peeks out from the crevices of the LR but hides as soon as he sees me. My question is how (or if) I should feed them. I don't want to pollute the tank by adding food that will be completely ignored. The wrasse was picked because I have a few flatworms, and there are also tons of pods and bristleworms, so should I just let him/them fend for themselves or ???
(I've been testing in case the goby was rotting somewhere and everything is perfect, if he died, the cuc took care of it...)

No such thing as a dumb question

I would wait, and not add food. If you have good supplies of flatworms and pods, and the fish are small, they are ok for a few days.

I would try turning off the pumps and dropping in some mysis, then leave the room only poking your head around the corner to see if they eat.

The wrasse should be fine for a little while longer if you have plenty of micro fuana for it to eat, but keep up the mysis. Good luck on the goby, they can be a little harder to get to eat and are less hardy than a 6-line. My first sifter goby went into the rocks and never came out... The second one was eating right out of a dropper with in a week, seems some just acclimate easier...

Thanks folks! I got in too late tonight to feed anyhow so I'll think on it and act tomorrow...I appreciate the input...

I have 2 words for you: cleaner crew.

I have a ton of blue legged hermits, some turbo snails, lots of worms, finally some brittle stars, pods, etc but I'm super paranoid about over feeding. My nitrates are finally almost 0 and I want them to stay that way! And these fish were supposed to be additions to the clean up crew