{"title":"Skilletfish","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne species in three tiers: the \u003cstrong\u003eSkilletfish\u003c\/strong\u003e, a clingfish that spends its life stuck to the underside of rock and shell by a suction disc on its belly. These are tagged \u003cstrong\u003ecaptive bred\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ereef safe\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is a rare combination for a cryptic marine oddball, and it is the reason to pick one over a wild-collected clingfish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet your expectations on visibility, not color. A skilletfish hides by default and you may go days without seeing it, so this is a fish for someone who likes knowing it is there. If you want something out in the open all day, spend the money on a goby or a dwarf angel instead. Captive-bred stock ships better too, so the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lightly-medicated\"\u003elightly medicated\u003c\/a\u003e tier is usually enough here.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"skilletfish","title":"Skilletfish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGobiesox strumosus\u003c\/em\u003e, the Skilletfish, is a North American coastal native and a member of the clingfish family — not a blenny, despite the flat-headed bottom-hugging appearance. The distinguishing feature is a muscular suction disc formed from fused, modified pelvic fins that lets this fish lock onto rock, glass, and hard substrate with considerably more grip than its small size suggests. In the wild they occupy rocky intertidal and estuarine zones along the Atlantic coast, clamped against substrate in surge zones and picking off small crustaceans and invertebrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a reef tank, they’re genuinely reef-safe oddball fish: completely benign toward corals and most invertebrates, and well-behaved with fish they can’t fit in their mouth. They hunt small crustaceans and amphipods, so ornamental shrimp smaller than about a half inch aren’t fully safe — but snails, hermit crabs, and anything of meaningful size are unbothered. Most of their activity happens at odd hours; during the day they’re typically parked on glass or rock using that suction disc, which is exactly where they’re most entertaining to watch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeed frozen mysis, small meaty foods, or pieces of silversides. They’re not aggressive surface feeders but will pick frozen off the bottom readily once settled in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScientific name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gobiesox strumosus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Western Atlantic coast — estuaries, rocky intertidal zones, and brackish coastal habitats from New England to Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWater parameters:\u003c\/strong\u003e Temp 64–80°F · Salinity 1.020–1.025 · pH 8.1–8.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTank requirements:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20 gal minimum; prefers rock and rubble with vertical surfaces to cling to\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiet:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carnivore — frozen mysis, small meaty foods; picks prepared food off the bottom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompatibility:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reef safe; peaceful with fish too large to eat; small shrimp at risk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHusbandry note:\u003c\/strong\u003e Acclimate slowly — these are estuarine fish tolerant of some salinity variation in the wild, but they need stable reef parameters in captivity. Keep the suction disc area free of sand for healthy adhesion to glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YoCamron's Aquatics","offers":[{"title":"Wild-Caught","offer_id":50337672364269,"sku":"SWFSH-SKILLE","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/1032\/8813\/files\/Gobiesox_strumosus_1zz.jpg?v=1785167569"},{"product_id":"qt-skilletfish","title":"Quarantined | Skilletfish","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWhat “Quarantined” means\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEvery animal sold under this listing goes through YoCamron’s Aquatics full quarantine program — treated preventively for the common pathogens, observed daily, and confirmed eating — before it goes home with you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost livestock losses in this hobby aren’t bad luck. They’re pathogens that arrive with a new animal — ich, velvet, gill and body flukes, internal parasites — and stay invisible for the first 1–2 weeks while the animal is stressed from shipping. By the time you can see the problem, it’s in your display tank, and every animal you own is in the fight. Quarantine exists to run out that clock in our tanks instead of yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOur process\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDedicated quarantine systems\u003c\/strong\u003e, separate from our display and sale tanks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePreventive treatment\u003c\/strong\u003e for the pathogens that actually kill new arrivals, instead of waiting for symptoms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDaily observation\u003c\/strong\u003e — breathing rate, body condition, behavior — so problems get caught while they’re still small.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFeeding confirmation.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nothing goes home until it’s eating in front of us. An animal that eats is an animal that travels well.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eQuarantined to order\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNothing we sell online is pre-quarantined and waiting on a shelf. Every quarantined animal is quarantined to order — your purchase starts the process, and the clock starts the day your animal reaches our facility.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a saltwater fish like this one, plan on \u003cstrong\u003eup to 90 days\u003c\/strong\u003e before it goes home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdd up to two more weeks in front of that.\u003c\/strong\u003e If we do not already have the animal in-house, sourcing it is the first step — and that time sits on top of the window above.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a rush purchase, and it can’t be turned into one — the entire value of quarantine is time. If you need your livestock by a particular date, contact us before you order and we’ll schedule the arrival around it. If you need something this week, the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/non-quarantined-livestock\"\u003enon-quarantined listing\u003c\/a\u003e is the honest choice. The full process — and how to decide which tier is yours — is explained in \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/quarantined-vs-non-quarantined\"\u003eQuarantined vs Non-Quarantined\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe guarantees\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipped orders:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48-hour live guarantee from delivery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIn-store pickup:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28-day live guarantee — bring a water sample from your aquarium so we can test it before your livestock goes home with you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaintenance clients:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60-day live guarantee on any livestock you buy from us, for as long as we service your aquarium on a plan of at least twice a month — weekly, every 10 days, or biweekly. Monthly plans carry 28 days. Nobody else in the trade puts that in writing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhy quarantined is the right choice\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have an established display tank, the math is simple: the premium on a quarantined animal is small next to the cost of treating — or losing — everything already in your tank. It also means you can skip running a hospital tank at home, which done properly is its own aquarium, its own months of patience, and its own chance to get something wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe honest caveat: many of these species are also available from us non-quarantined for less. Those carry a 1-hour DOA guarantee when shipped — 24 hours with a water sample if you pick up in store — and no refunds, returns, or credits beyond that. There is also a middle rung: the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lightly-medicated\"\u003eLightly Medicated listing\u003c\/a\u003e gets one short prophylactic course and is covered for 24 hours shipped or 7 days on pickup with a water sample. If you already run a proper quarantine setup at home, that’s a fair trade and you should take it. If you don’t, this listing is the right one. 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It does not guarantee full removal, and we will not pretend otherwise.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ich is only killed in its free-swimming stage, and a short treatment window can miss cysts entirely; worm burdens can survive a single dose. Clearing an animal takes the full quarantine window — 40 to 90 days depending on the species — which is exactly what the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/quarantine-program\"\u003eQuarantined listing\u003c\/a\u003e is for. This tier buys you a lower parasite load and a fish we have watched eat, not a cleared animal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe condition the fish on our end.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every animal we medicate is brought back onto prepared food on our own systems and is eating before it leaves — in practice it is rare for a lightly medicated fish to ship out and arrive sick. Do the same at your end: get it eating in your aquarium before you count it settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhen it ships\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlan on \u003cstrong\u003e5–7 days\u003c\/strong\u003e on our systems for the treatment course, and it does not leave until it is eating. \u003cstrong\u003eIf the animal is not already in our systems we source it first — allow up to two weeks for it to reach us before that clock starts.\u003c\/strong\u003e From the day you order, plan on roughly three weeks in total.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe guarantees\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShipped orders:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24-hour live guarantee from confirmed delivery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIn-store pickup:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7-day live guarantee — bring a water sample from your aquarium so we can test it before your livestock goes home with you.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant the full program — treated, observed, confirmed eating, and covered for 28 days on pickup? 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