New specimen tank idea anyone?

[Anonymous]

Really? And you are still alive to speak of it?

Did it ever ink the tank?
How did it come to leave your care? (Can't think how to word that...sorry?)

 

[Anonymous]

Garden eels.

 

[Anonymous]

Oh, also, O. bimaculatus has been raised in captivity and sold to the hobby. I got one from www.octopets.com some time back and it was a great specimen. I don't know whether they are stlll in business though.

 

[Anonymous]

Really? And you are still alive to speak of it?

Did it ever ink the tank?
How did it come to leave your care? (Can't think how to word that...sorry?)

She never inked the tank...after 8 months or so she had babies and died.

 

[Anonymous]

I have kept/keep lots of cephs - whaddya wanna know?

Blue rings aren't generally the best pets. Tank raised bimacs are often available, but like cooler water so may not work for you.

Octopets.com is dead. If anyone hears different, please let me know because octopets.com owe me lots of money.


I'm with Matt - a garden eel tank would rock.

 

[Anonymous]

Oh, also, O. bimaculatus has been raised in captivity and sold to the hobby. I got one from www.octopets.com some time back and it was a great specimen. I don't know whether they are stlll in business though.

Hey Matt, I think its bimaculoides that are mostly cb because they have large eggs while bimaculatus have small eggs.

 

[Anonymous]

Blue rings aren't generally the best pets.

Generally I would encourage most people to not even consider the idea.

 

[Anonymous]

Oh, also, O. bimaculatus has been raised in captivity and sold to the hobby. I got one from www.octopets.com some time back and it was a great specimen. I don't know whether they are stlll in business though.

Hey Matt, I think its bimaculoides that are mostly cb because they have large eggs while bimaculatus have small eggs.

Yup! Bimaculoides stays smaller, too. I constantly confuse the two, so thanks.

 

[Anonymous]

Mostly CB? You just said my favorite words!

Ok, so you used to have them but don't anymore? How come?

I will need live food, right? Were you able to train yours to frozen?

 

[Anonymous]

They don't live very long.
That's the main reason I've never bothered keeping one around.

You have to have a VERY secure tank for one of these critters too, and they are VERY sensitive to contaminants in the water.

Hey, how about a Leafy Sea Dragon?

 

[Anonymous]

Mostly CB? You just said my favorite words!

Ok, so you used to have them but don't anymore? How come?

I will need live food, right? Were you able to train yours to frozen?

Suzy, you'll probably need live fiddler/hermit crabs or ghost shrimp in the beginning but it's pretty easy to wean them onto pieces of frozen shrimp. One simple trick is to feed them hermit crabs for a while. Get them used to the routine, maybe tap gently on the glass before feeding it. They will then typically pounce on whatever is inside the shell when you drop it into the tank and extract it. That can be a live hermit crab or a piece of shrimp/clam/squid/etc.

Have you been to TONMO?

 

[Anonymous]

Mostly CB? You just said my favorite words!

If you aren't in a rush, its pretty easy to get CB.

Ok, so you used to have them but don't anymore? How come?

Oh - I still keep cephs. Look at www.daisyhillcuttlefarm.com or www.wunderpus.net .

I will need live food, right? Were you able to train yours to frozen?

At first I find it easiest to have live food around. Moving an octo to frozen isn't that hard.

 

[Mike612]

Since when are seadragons available? I thought they were a protected species. Did someone finally figure out how to raise dragon babies?

 

[Anonymous]

Since when are seadragons available? I thought they were a protected species. Did someone finally figure out how to raise dragon babies?

I think he was kidding.

 

[Anonymous]

Fontanelle is still alive?

 

[Anonymous]

Very much so!

 

[Anonymous]

Scchwwweeet

 

[SnowManSnow]

dangerous though.. better luck with eels

 

[Anonymous]

A few more ideas:

A total trigger tank? Could I keep a few in a 75 AGA? I did read a very informative AA article about triggerfish, but I didn't catch if more than one of the same genus can be tank mates....

A clown, a picasso and a.....niger?

 

[Anonymous]

Was it my article? I think I mentioned this, but I'll say again here anyway...you can keep 2 or more of the Rhinecanthus species together. Just make sure you introduce them at the same time.

75 gallons is plenty big if you get them small. They're slow growers. If they are all that's in the tank, you pretty much have to with one or three. Don't try only two.

A few other combos are possible, but you're tank size makes them iffy.
A nice single specimen would be fun too...an Undulatus or a Clown trigger perhaps.

I WILL own a dedicated undulates tank one of these days. Just have to wait until I own my own house again.

Jim