Hiya, Thought I'd drop a note in this forum and let everyone know Kevin, Paradise Pets, has two of these gorgious fish in stock right now! They are reef safe for the most part, but are known to eat one of the hard corals. Can't remember right off hand. PLus, they don't need a large system to live in. Kevin said they're eating brine right now, but they can be a challenge to keep. Reasonable priced at $25..and that doesn't include your reef memebership discount. Meadbhb
these fish are hard to acclimate to the aquarium life. hopefully if they are both eating they will make it but one staple food isnt enough of a varied diet.
I don't believe brine shrimp will sustain them for long. Brine shrimp does not have the nutrition of say mysis shrimp. Also these fish are known to eat on SPS coral (polyps). They are very pretty fish, and would not mind trying them in a seperate tank from my display. It would be an interesting challenge. I have read in an article where people wet a coral skeleton and freeze mysis shrimp and cyclops eeze to it. Then once its frozen in a popcicle stage put it into the tank. The fish will pick the food off of the skeleton, which is more natural to them. If someone in the club was to get them, keep us posted on their progress.
This is what I'm hoping, that someone here will take them home. They're way to kewl to just let them langwish(sp) at the store.
I hate to post the this fish did not make it. As soon as we started acclimating the little guy I placed some broken corals in his container hoping he would eat some. I also added some to his own tank. My want to try another one someday. If I could have gotten him sooner, I think he would have done well.
+1 Sorry to hear of the loss... thanks for the post, post like this does help us all learn (well lots of us... ) to know the difficulty related.
Hiya, I was thinking of the little guy today. Sorry he didn't make it, but you probably was his best chance. Kim
Sorry to hear about tha lil fella. i was once thinking of trying one i still am. but i want to wait til i get something a lil bigger. I do think that these guys can be kept with great sucess. Somebody may need to do a set-up just for these guys.
There are a few species of fish that are very difficult to keep. My opinion is leave them where they are. Did you ever think about how many they have to capture, transport, and hold before a live one actually makes it to the retail store? If responsible aquarists stop purchasing these kinds of animals there will be no incentive for their capture and ultimate death. There are a miriad of compatible species out there, please stick with animals in your skill level and get out of the "look what I've got" mentality. This hobby is difficult enough without making further problems for yourself. This is not ment to single out anyone, just my opinion.
I couldn't agree more Norman. A person should fully research and KNOW!!! that he or she has the right setup and KNOWLEDGE to be successful with the subject, not just hoping cause they look cool. I don't know for sure if it would do any good not to buy, as some of these collectors I think just take everything that is in their nets, I know that the stores get random stuff that they don't even order.
