Update: So far the fish are doing well. Marie, the C. Collare has a little lympho. She does have me alittle concerned because she only picks at a few cyclopeeze throughout the day…but she is constantly grazing on polyps and LR. We contacted LiveAquaria and they could not tell us what foods she was eating. […]
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Update: So far the fish are doing well. Marie, the C. Collare has a little lympho. She does have me alittle concerned because she only picks at a few cyclopeeze throughout the day…but she is constantly grazing on polyps and LR. We contacted LiveAquaria and they could not tell us what foods she was eating. Initially a rep told us “mysis and brine”… highly unlikely given her size. Luca, the C. declivis has adapted very well and has left the corals and snails alone for the most part.
They have names. Yeah we’ve begun naming our fish, why not? Luca is the C. declivis and Marie is the little C. Collare ;) Little Marie (C. Collare) scared us at first. Within the first minute, she literally went around and ate at least one polyp of each SPS in the tank. She was going to town. Today she has calmed down a bit and only nips occasionally, preferring the algae and pods of the liverock.
Luca (C. declivis), is just a sweet pig. He devours any food we add and loves attention. When he get’s hungry he does go and munch on our Tub’s Blues and Acropora Horrida. He also killed two snails… We’re feeding the tank heavily to keep it to a minimum. (Really it’s not as bad as it sounds…)
Overall they haven’t done any real noticeable damage and are great additions. They frequently swim together along with our Copperband and it’s a pretty amazing site. We can’t wait to get another Collare (… or two) for Marie.
Enough with the ramblings, here are two photos we took today: 
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Nice fish selection!!!
aside from selecting the right equipment…
livestock selection can get tricky//
Good luck with them and keep the pics coming!
Felix-
Thanks Felix, We’ll try and update this thread with some more photos this weekend.
surprising they couldn’t tell you what they were eating, diver’s den usually knows. i know you mentioned you stopped feeding Rod’s Food, but… I think the DAS could handle the leftovers… Rod’s and a little bit of extra selcon … ?
Hey L,
Yeah they have gotten that info to us in the past, a bit frustrating. Good news is this afternoon she ate some cyclopeeze and “pureed” mysis…the particle size has to be just right. This is the first time she has touched anything other than cyclopeeze.
We increased the amount of garlic in food and added some directly to the tank and she has already lost her white lympho dot. The declivis also had a small one that is no longer there. I’m just glad it was/is lympho and not crypt.
We’ve had luck with garlic as well. I’m glad you mentioned particle size, too. Very helpful to readers.