(pics)well this was a totally spontaneous buy!

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by Dingo, May 24, 2011.

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  1. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    Its my LFS also and I like how they care for most of there fish they do have a coral banded shark about 12" long in a tank thats about 10gallons :( but everything I have ever got from there has been great.

    Dingo nice looking fish! they had a Helfrichi Firefish the last time i went and I almost bought but still cant convince myself to buy $100 fish lol
     
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  3. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    Well I am hesitant to say bad things about them as they are my lfs lol... But I prefer not to buy the common stuff from them. Don't get me wrong, they feed a good diet and keep the tanks super clean but for the common fish you can find them cheaper if you know where to look.
    They have all the regular live stock that most fish stores have and then they have a separate system that holds harder fish like sohal tangs, large nasos, special wrasses, and any other higher end fish. These higher end fish are taken care of really well and I absolutely prefer to buy from this system and often do... But of course, they are super overpriced in this system haha

    They do have a lot that are not covered on there guarantee like pipefish and a few others which bothers me but I occasionally buy some of those fish from them over online retailers because I can see the fish and I can judge how easy or hard it will be to get onto frozen... Also I am not really as worried about it when they are going into an established system.
    Overall, pretty clean tanks and generally speaking the fish are not that stressed out at all, my only complaint is the higher prices and the short guarantee period (7 days).
     
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    Dingo Giant Squid

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    Ohh I know! They just got three more in last night... It must be there time right now. I would consider one if they wernt so darn skittish!
     
  5. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    Do you have this fish in a reef tank Dingo?:confused:
     
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    Dingo Giant Squid

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    Sps dominated bare bottom with tangs and multiple other wrasses. No inverts
    Why do you ask?
     
  7. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    Just was looking around for info on them and it says they will pick at corals. Can you let us know if this is the case?
     
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  9. Nvizn

    Nvizn Montipora Digitata

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    Once you've been in the hobby for some time, $100 will seem minute.
     
  10. leighton1245

    leighton1245 Horrid Stonefish

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    I have no troubles spending $100 on coral i have quite a few frags in my tank that ran me over $100 maybe after I upgrade to a larger tank
     
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    Dingo Giant Squid

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    I will surely keep an eye out for their behavior... Have not seen anything out if the ordinary for wrasse behavior yet. He has a similar body style to leopard wrasses and tonigt when I can research some technical articles and taxonomy on him then I will know how related they actually are.

    So today at lights on the little guy went after every pellet he saw, just like he has been eating them forever lol... :)
    But in the mean time here are some teasers until I get the dslr out:
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    And that sticker is about 1" for a size reference.
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  12. Vinnyboombatz

    Vinnyboombatz Giant Squid

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    Looks alot like a dragon wrasse. Very cool!!! Waiting on the edge of my seat to hear your info.;D