New powder brown!

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  1. Pickupman66

    Pickupman66 Tassled File Fish

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    The Powder Brown is one of my favorites. I have one now and they can be very energetic and entertaining fish. Keep in mind that they are HIGH STRUNG and can become aggressive toward new additions. placing a mirror on one end of the tank will help tremendously in mitigating this.

    mine is hand fed btw...
     
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  2. Rarend99

    Rarend99 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Thanks for the advise! What do you recommend feeding? Nori?
     
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  3. Pickupman66

    Pickupman66 Tassled File Fish

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    Nori daily if possible. I also feed formula 2 flakes daily or Rod's Food. And various other frozens

    here be a video that we made tonight on what we do with ours. it does help that my fish are NOT shy. the Naso has always been hand fed but it has taken 2 years for the blue to come around.

    http://youtu.be/MZPV_23CA8o
     
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  4. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    Neat but according to your sig, both of these fish will outgrow this tank eventually...
     
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  5. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Everyone is aware of that, probably including he OP.
     
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  6. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Its a small tank, i'm not convinced everyone does know.
     
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  7. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Well I am sure they do now. :)

    PSA: Read sig.
     
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  8. Rarend99

    Rarend99 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I have a 125 starphire tank I'm in the process of buying, think that'll do the job for him?
     
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  9. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    It will be fine for him. My only concern is the health of the fish. I just lost my powder brown to ich. I do think there was an underlying infection that made him succumb to it though. No other fish in the tank was affected. I hope you have better luck than I did.
     
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  10. Rarend99

    Rarend99 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I had him QTed for two weeks before adding him, seemed okay
     
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