Baby Hippo

[Anonymous]

I just putthe most adorable little baby hippo in my tank. He's about 2 inches long, eats like a pig and hasn't hidden yet. And not a spec of white on him...

 

[Anonymous]

Get a picture of the little porker!

 

[naesco]

Before it is too late please feed her garlic soaked food to ward off the likely possibility that ich will develope.
You read the posts here, eh?
Yes it is a beautiful fish. Take care.

 

[Anonymous]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by moe_k:
<strong>Get a picture of the little porker!</strong><hr></blockquote>


Again with the pictures!

Soon, soon.

 

[SPC]

Tangirl, is it a Danhippo

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

No, that is a danmhippo. Mine is a sweet little hippo.

 

[suckair]

Hippo tangs get ich easily..
is not uncommon for a few spots.. but a rash is another thing.. Remove as many stressors as you can and watch the fish..

Randall

PS One of my hippos had a bit of ich for the first few days but has not showed ich since.. a few small spots are not much to worry about.. but it should not get any worse.

 

[Circa]

Hey I am interested in putting a baby hippo in my upcoming tank. I would personally love to see a hippo at 2 inches, usually you only get to see the bigger ones. You could say these small little guys are uncommen (at least where I live).

Any tips you can give us? Or anything you have noticed could be a help? BTW what size of tank do you have and do you have lots of lr?

 

[Dargason]

My poor little baby hippo... I think he was only a little over an inch, with beautiful blue coloring and a great personality. I had him for about 3 weeks, until he somehow got himself trapped against the overflow grill. RIP

[ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: Dargason ]</p>

 

[naesco]

Circa
What is the size of your tank?

 

[dulmage]

Ranger, good to see a fellow Ranger in the hobby!
I was in 1/75 89-93 You?
RLTW
Bob

 

[EmilyB]

I had a small hippo, named Inch. He was phenomenal, but just didn't make it.

I purchased a tiny clown tang basically to save it from the trash can at the LFS I was visiting...

Anyway, my success with this guy, so far, is many feedings during the day, also I am feeding juvenile food from brineshrimpdirect.com, he slurps this...

I still want one more Inch.....

 

[naesco]

Emily you have a heart of gold.
But the last thing we need to see happen is for LFSs to continue to import this virtually impossible to keep tang.
By buying it, they will simply order another and two will be doomed instead of one.

 

[JohnD]

tanGirl,

I bought a 2 inch hippo tang 10+ years ago and he didn't get ich for about a year.

(He did get ich when I was moving tanks, however. One week in a Q-tank and copper and he is doing great.)

I know he is a tang, but feed him a balanced diet of both vegetable matter as well as meaty foods. Mine gets Ocean Nutrition's Prime Reef every other day.

Great fish. I am sure you will have him (or her) for years to come.

 

[Jawsk2]

Has anyone had any experience with tank raised hippos? They have them at my LFS and I have heard good things but no first hand exp.

 

[JeremyR]

That all depends on how you define "tank raised". If you define tank raised as small wild caught and grown out in captivity, they do ok. There are NO tank spawned and raised hippo tangs in existance.

 

[Anonymous]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Jawsk2:
<strong>Has anyone had any experience with tank raised hippos? They have them at my LFS and I have heard good things but no first hand exp.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I got one about a year and a half ago, he was barely bigger than a quarter. He has grown alot since then and has always been the picture of health. If you have the proper tank, I say go for it!

 

[Anonymous]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Anemone:
<strong>I think it's terrible to remove a hippo from the wild. These animals are endangered! And, my god, putting it in a tank? That's cruel. They can grow to well over 1500 lbs! In the wild they have miles of African river bottom on which to roam - I know your hippo won't have to worry about predators, but that's small consolation for the cramped, miserable life you're sentencing this tremendous animal to. I think PETA should be notifi..........
Kevin

[ November 15, 2001: Message edited by: Anemone ]</strong><hr></blockquote>

lol - I thought it would help with the algae. Buying all those snails really adds up.

 

[SPC]

Tangirl, I think Ranger Bob asked you a question above that you haven't responded to.

I must agree with Anemone above, a hippo tang should not be sold in this hobby IMO.
Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Steve.

Ranger Bob - I'm not a Ranger, but there is another Ranger here. He's being sent out and his sig was always "Rangers Lead the Way!" So a few of us changed our sigs to show our support. Look for his threads in the sump and in the marketplace.