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I've got a mix of fish - Yellow labs, Yellow tail acei, Red zebra, Reef jalo and 5 of each plus a bn plec. For feeding, what's a good regime to follow and what food should I get. I've already picked up hikari mini pellets, the green packet ones. What will bring out their colour and nutrition the best.

The pale red zebra's the only one flicking, but it's stopped now I've taken out the powerhead and turned off the lights. Just the one red zebra doing it, the other and the plec are fine.

Maybe Stress Coat's the culprit, I've heard mixed things about it. Prime's on the way, so I'll do a water change ...

Stress coat was used, possibly the aloe in it's helping, Prime was my go-to dechlorinator but I've just reordered some as I'd run out.

Haven't examined the fish for parasites yet.

I set up my tank a week ago and added a mature sponge in the external filter to get everything going. I've got a bn plec and 2 new red zebras in there, with ocean rock and play sand substrate from homebase. First couple of days I had slightly elevated ammonia and nitrite levels - 0.50 and 0.25, so ...