They're back.....
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Zooid;48316 said:
LOL....yeah, I almost have enough to buy a couple mandarins! 
My next purchase will be a microscope so I can stop bugging Andy hehe.
Then I want a decent SLR camera to prove that I'm raising fish!
My next purchase will be a microscope so I can stop bugging Andy hehe.
Then I want a decent SLR camera to prove that I'm raising fish!
Ouch. Already gone. http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=120489
They both look pretty thin, especially the male, but I think they could be saved. I hope they go to someone willing to feed them.
They both look pretty thin, especially the male, but I think they could be saved. I hope they go to someone willing to feed them.
They were a pair of harlequin filefish. Live Aquaria had already done most of the hard work. They said that they had them eating a good, varied diet of frozen foods. Once you get them eating they are pretty easy. Getting them eating is really, really difficult though.
They basically just need to be fed several times a day like seahorses. Otherwise, just basic tank care to keep up with all the food.
They basically just need to be fed several times a day like seahorses. Otherwise, just basic tank care to keep up with all the food.
Well, and along their backs with all the long-term fat stores looked really pinched. That's what always gets me. A pinched belly could be just a few missed meals. The back stuff means weeks of missed meals. A lot of that can be time in transit through the wholesale chain, but it takes a _long_ time to train these guys to frozen foods.
Aqua Imports has one in a reef tank that looks really good. I've never actually seen one eat a coral, but I didn't have mine in a reef tank. I'd bet if you started them out and got them used to real food, you could put them in a reef and they wouldn't eat your corals. But then, you'd still have to make sure they got enough to eat and they need to eat a _lot_ (I think).
