The Puffer Forum

LOOKING good!

Its only 20g.

Ive read that the cardinals only get to about 2 inchs so I know they dont get very big at all.

So would this sound good
1 Tail Spot blenny
2 Banggai cardinal
1 cleaner shrimp
snails and crabs

I think that would be fine...but I read they get up to 3" so they may look big...in any case, someone I knew on another forum was attempting to breed them in a 20 so...

Added my hand blown glass shell, here is the story behind it
I was at a really nice handblown glass store in Savannah Georgia, was looking at some hand blown shells. The signs said "pickem up you can hear the ocean" so naturally I did. After listening to the first one, picked up a second to look at it and after I put it down I caught a blue marlin glass fish with my thumb knocking it down. It landed on top of the first shell I was looking at and knocked a "spike" off, they were conch shells. Well the owner of the store came over and saw it, and sheepishly/shyly asked if I wanted to buy it. Well my parents taught me at a young age the ole saying "you break it, you buy it" so of course I told her I would buy it(thank god for my tax return). The shell was priced at 125 bucks, was one of the cheapest things in the store, and since she had never had someone do that before she felt bad for asking me to buy it(yes I know she couldnt force me to buy it) she gave me a 10% discount and let my GF pick out a nice bracelet for free. Told her no to the bracelet at first but she insisted on her picking something out. So she got a nice bracelet. I mentioned how cool it would be in a fish tank(plus it cant get broken again) and she thought it was a great idea and wants pics when I get it all set up. And since Bloats tank is freshwater I dont think the shell would look good in there, so into the salt tank it goes. Also she is going to put a picture of it in some newsletter/magazine she said

I remember that! That is a really pretty shell!

It would be cool if one day a hermit got big enough to use it

It looks so realistic for being blown glass. Makes sense why it was so expensive. I'm impressed.

Theres a couple marine hermits that will get that big , But they are not " friendly" LOL

No crab is, right?

Not from my experience. They even pick on puffers lol

xrayjeeper83 wrote:It would be cool if one day a hermit got big enough to use it

I just have to say, that would be one creepy hermit crab...lol

That is a really nice shell tho!

With it size it would be damn hard for a hermit to get around

How big is it? And how heavy would you guess?

5in long about 2.5in tall and fairly light

I guess it would be light, being blown glass. That's pretty big though. That really would have to be a monster hermit crab lol.