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FAQs about
Shrimpfishes
Related Articles: Shrimpfishes
Centriscus scutatus
in N. Sulawesi, just hanging
around.
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Centriscids 7/27/08 Hi WetWebMedia Crew,
<Cheryl> I'm a marine hobbyist newbie and my sis-in-law
bought a dozen of these Razorfish for our new aquarium.
<Interesting... have been a "darling" of public
aquariums the last few years...> I've attached shots. I live
in the Philippines and they sell fishes here really cheap. Most are
export rejects or cyanide caught (according to them). I can't
really rely on what the shopkeepers tell us, coz they themselves
don't know much about marine species and the likes. What do I
feed these vertical swimming creatures (before they starve)?
<Mmm, not a very aquarium-hardy species... feed on small
zooplankton species in the wild. The few folks I've talked with
who maintain them in public aquarium settings use cultures of live
Mysids and Copepods... are you disciplined enough to culture
these?> Actually, one of them died already. I have them in a
50gallon aquarium with other fishes and live rocks. <Mmm, hard
to keep in such small volumes... need good water quality, rapid,
complete circulation> It doesn't seem to have any interest
in marine pellets. I'm also thinking of moving them to another
50gallon tank with two juvenile lionfish (fuzzy dwarf and black
volitans) residents and a longhorn cowfish. Thanks so much in
advance! Cheryl Tan <Do look, read on the Net re Shrimpfishes,
Centriscidae... Bob Fenner> |
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