What's your favorite bottom dweller?

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by kwinter1, Sep 8, 2012.

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  1. kwinter1

    kwinter1 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Looking for a couple fish maybe to put in my tank that will hang out in the sand and hopefully stir it up a bit. Any suggestions? What do you like, pictures are appreciated, seeing as I am lazy :)
     
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    Blue Dot Jawfish.
     
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    kwinter1 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Matt I totally agree, but they can't be in sugar sand can they?
     
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    The Blue Dot Jawfish, also known as the Bluespotted Jawfish, was first discovered in the Tropical Eastern Pacific in 1991 by Allen and Robertson. Its head and body are orange with irregular-shaped blue spots.

    It should be kept in a 30 gallon or larger aquarium with docile tank mates and at least 3 inches of mixed substrate for burrowing. These fish are very aggressive towards others of their own species, so only one specimen, or a mated pair, should be kept per tank. The Blue Dot Jawfish is known to be a jumper, so it is best kept in an aquarium with a tight-fitting lid to prevent escape.

    The diet should consist of a variety of marine fish, crustacean flesh, and mysid shrimp. It should be fed at least three times per day.


    Ah here you go! man i love copy and paste lol :D
     
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    my blue chromis is a nightmare at stirring up the sand, it makes little nests all over the tank daily, had to add egg crate to the tank to keep the rock work up due to that punk;)

    But a conch is cool too, not a fish, but cool to watch, kinda;)
     
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    I tried to catch blue reef chromis in the Keys lets just say they are impossible :p
     
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    kwinter1 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    I don't think I have room for a conch esp once I put a clam in. LOL didn't expect a chromis. Still haven't pulled the trigger on the scott's fairy afraid of how it will do with my solorensis. that scott's fairy is pretty big too not to mention 175 stings
     
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    yeah, i didnt expect the little ******* to be a sand sifter either, but man is he a nightmare, constantly picking up sand and covering my acans and clams. Wish I didn't like him, but its a fun fish and him and my yellow tang are best friends, so he has to stay. We all know what happens to a mad tang in a tank:(
     
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    kwinter1 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    weird how some fish buddy up, my purple tang and rabbit fish folow each other everywhere.
     
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    cosmo Giant Squid

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    lol, yep, they are eachothers bodyguards, its really odd how much they stick together. My chromis even eats the seaweed from the clip when the yellow tang does, but won't eat it if he doesnt.

    sorry hijack over;)