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No Octomom! I have 3 and its plenty.

I was looking at fiddler crabs for my tank but they need more than 5 gallons and they'd end up being a meal. More than that, they need to be able to get to the surface.

What cleaners could you put with a Valentini? They'd need to not have corals, right, cuz they'd eat them? (I"m just trying to picture a cook set up! hehe)
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Re: Pipe Dreaming

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NO.They will eat Squirt .
Get some Amano or ghosties

For a valentini,maybe a coral bandit?
I never kept a valentini
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Sponge bob wrote:NO.They will eat Squirt .
Get some Amano or ghosties

For a valentini,maybe a coral bandit?
I never kept a valentini
I wondered about that. Ah well. Just not much can live in a 5-gal. :) Squirt seems really happy. I need to feed him before bed, too. He comes to the side and says "hi" - well more like "Hey- what's up? I mean, got food? I mean, I love you- got food?" :lol:
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Re: Pipe Dreaming

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Awww.
Mine do the same
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Can you gut-load your own brine shrimp? Buy something they'd eat and let them eat for a bit before putting a few into the tank? I know they're only good for a snack otherwise. Maybe hunting skill practice.
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Maybe, I haven't fed mine brine shrimp yet, with mine I try and get it in the java moss or in the current.
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Get the food in the java moss or current, you mean?

I just wanted to give him something fast and swimming to hunt and at least have the shrimp nutritional.
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Re: Pipe Dreaming

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If you're hatching your own, just feed them to the puffer quickly, and they'll still have their egg sacs attached, which are very nutritious.
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Re: Pipe Dreaming

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mrgreen wrote:No Octomom! I have 3 and its plenty.

I was looking at fiddler crabs for my tank but they need more than 5 gallons and they'd end up being a meal. More than that, they need to be able to get to the surface.

What cleaners could you put with a Valentini? They'd need to not have corals, right, cuz they'd eat them? (I"m just trying to picture a cook set up! hehe)
weird as this sounds.. I have a f crab in with my 3 gsps and 1 f8 and they dont bother with him at all.. but I put a big cray fish in with them and it was killed and eatin in like ten minutes!! guess it depends on the puffers
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Well I went to feed him and he didn't eat. I put the usual number of worms in and he just dug into the rocks on the bottom a bit, completely ignored any worms and then I guess he'd had enough of me willing him to eat because he went and hid in the plant behind the big rock/around the filter intake. *shrug* :( Is he sick or just pouting??
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Re: Pipe Dreaming

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Probably just pouting. :) Don't stress.
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

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My 11-year-old pouts, gets teary-eyed, criticises, runs and hides.... Guess I have an adolescent fish. :lol:
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Well I went to feed him and he didn't eat. I put the usual number of worms in and he just dug into the rocks on the bottom a bit, completely ignored any worms and then I guess he'd had enough of me willing him to eat because he went and hid in the plant behind the big rock/around the filter intake. *shrug* :( Is he sick or just pouting??
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Re: Pipe Dreaming

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mrgreen wrote:My 11-year-old pouts, gets teary-eyed, criticises, runs and hides.... Guess I have an adolescent fish. :lol:
You forgot the eye-rolling. :roll:
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

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Re: Pipe Dreaming

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I have a grand saved for a 120 setup,but have to wait for the house to sell first :(
Could be months,could be a year,and I'm constantly teased with black tangs,and all those other sweet tangs I see swimming around.
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