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Does your display tank have live rock and inverts, as that would make medicating a bit tricky. I'm curious, was the royal gramma's belly like that when you first brought it home, or has this developed since? Given that it's eating so well, I'd be inclined to hold off on treatment for now. Marine ...

Got it. I'll use the bucket with some plants and the air pump. Thanks for the help, everyone. Gonna move it tomorrow morning when the traffic's light.

You're gonna wanna keep it chill, no sudden moves. Use that bucket with some tank water, not fresh. Toss in the air pump, maybe wrap the bucket in a towel to keep temp stable. Bristlenose are tough, but they don't love changes. How big is the pleco? If it's over 3 inches, you might wanna skip ...

I need to move my bristlenose pleco to a new tank, but it's a 36 to 40 minute drive. What's the best way to transport it without stressing it out? The current tank is 20 gallons, planted, with a sponge filter. The new tank is 30 gallons, cycled, same substrate and plants. I've got a 5 gallon bucket ...

I'm considering adding a cleaner shrimp to the tank, given how often my royal gramma ends up with debris stuck to it from hiding in the rockwork. I'm not sure if it's a species that would actually go get cleaned, though - my engineer goby never let the shrimp clean it when I had one before. On the ...

If there are indeed eggs nestled within that latest mat of Chaeto, the urchin or tiger cowrie will likely put an end to this behavior soon enough, once they find their way over to it. I've often found myself wishing for a larger tank, where I could attempt to find a suitable mate for my royal gramma ...

Thanks for the insight, zenoxa. That behavior's definitely been explained now. It's created several neat little mats of Chaeto, but unfortunately my urchin's had a go at a couple of the older ones. Now I just have to hope that my gramma regrows those lost scales.

I've had my royal gramma for a while, and it's been doing great, but its behavior has changed pretty drastically over the last two days. It used to run to me every time I walked past the tank, begging for food, and would even eat from my hand - every single time, I kid you not. Now, it just eyes me ...

I'm going to move this over to the marine fish section for now, since it's from the Mediterranean Sea. Hopefully, someone with more knowledge on marine fish can help with the ID soon.

Melafix isn't gonna cut it for ich, it's a mild antibiotic that only targets certain bacteria and fungi - ich is a protozoan, so it's basically useless in this case.