Butterflytown - 240 FOWLR
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SteelMastiff
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Hopefully a temporary situation, my regal pulled the same crap on me a few months ago, three days later it lost the blues and was back to normal; freaks you out that's for sure...
Yeah, it kind of looks like there might be some swelling, but nothing major. I know he ate a lot two days ago.
I'm going to use some lower salinity water to see if that kind of helps things along when I do my water change. Worst case I can pull him and treat with Epsom salts I guess. Actually worst case would be death.
I'm going to use some lower salinity water to see if that kind of helps things along when I do my water change. Worst case I can pull him and treat with Epsom salts I guess. Actually worst case would be death.
SteelMastiff
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Good news that he ate, I wouldn't change anything for now, as hard as that is to do sometimes...
You know, I wonder about that. Ornates, lunulatus and some Meyers are pretty common in HI. Does acropora even grow there? I don't think these species with that sort of shovel shaped lower jaw are as specific about their polyps as something like larvatus. You'd think that would make them more likely to eat something in the aquarium though
Winwood
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You know, I wonder about that. Ornates, lunulatus and some Meyers are pretty common in HI. Does acropora even grow there? I don't think these species with that sort of shovel shaped lower jaw are as specific about their polyps as something like larvatus. You'd think that would make them more likely to eat something in the aquarium though
I kept an 8 line and a chaetodon lunulatus in my reef tank when I was having trouble with my sps. If memory serves me correctly, the lunulatus really liked pocillopora, where as the eight line sampled everything (acropora, montipora, seriatopora, pocillopora). They really are ravenous eaters when they find something they like.
My eight line eats well, but just doesn't put on weight. I'm hopeful that an autofeeder will help with this problem. I don't think he's regressed any since I first received him though.
You know, I wonder about that. Ornates, lunulatus and some Meyers are pretty common in HI. Does acropora even grow there? I don't think these species with that sort of shovel shaped lower jaw are as specific about their polyps as something like larvatus. You'd think that would make them more likely to eat something in the aquarium though
I have been thinking about the problem of getting these fish to eat in the aquarium a lot lately. I keep going back to the personatus project and thinking about how those tiny little fish eat prepared foods, just after post settlement. I keep wondering whether you could "re-wire" a fish if you collected it just after settlement and it never really got to eat coral polyps.
I reached out to Karen and Rufus in a PM, but have not heard back from them. If there was someone to collect a tiny post settlement butterfly, it would be Rufus.
Didn't SA do this with a corallivore?
What format is the video file?
Looks like you can just convert it... http://download.cnet.com/Free-MTS-Converter/3000-2194_4-75735048.html
