Dragon Sea Moth
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Whiterabbitrage
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Calm down Betta. The basics of Sea Moth care were listed on the LA site, so since Shark bought it from them he already knows it's an expert only fish, needs fine sandy bottom, few if any rocks in the tank, eats amphipods and copepods and can be kept with sea horses or pipefish but is best kept in a species tank. He probably just wants to hear other people's experiences.
As long as you have an established pod population, and no fish/ rocks in the tank, it sounds like a pretty straight forward/ easy fish.
As long as you have an established pod population, and no fish/ rocks in the tank, it sounds like a pretty straight forward/ easy fish.
eatbreakfast
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Whenever I have seen them they did not take prepared foods, they just picked at pods, so a well established tank, preferably with a refugium, and no other pod competing fish.
Whiterabbitrage
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Just when I try to believe the best in people... 
I damn near spit out my drink all over my monitor when i read that stocking list. Both the current list and proposed....
Actually, it is not a straight forward/easy fish. It requires a large sand area (I have photographed them in the wild and they are found on extensive sand areas with no rocks) and no competition.
Whiterabbitrage
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Not for a community reef, of course not, but it sounds easy for a species tank Steve: Sand; pods; pod piles.And of course, no competition. That's so minimalist. Lots easier than other things we sometimes keep. As long as you let your pods get established for a couple months before adding the fish, which I always advocate, then you basically have a fish that takes care of itself. That's all I meant.
I am envious that you've gotton to see them in the wild.
I'd cancel it if I were you. Your tank will just not be able to maintain it longterm I'm afraid. Stick to true community fish and rethink some of your other planned stocking going by what you posted on the other thread. Marines can be enjoyable but you need to choose your tank inhabitants carefully to make it that way.
Do you think liveaquaria will cancel it? I think I am going to wait until my sand bed becomes populated with pods. I am going to send live aquaria an email to cancel it and dispute the charge on my credit card because I didn't mget it yet.
I need a unique bottom dwelling fish. Will the walking batfish be a better choice?
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+46+71&pcatid=71
I need a unique bottom dwelling fish. Will the walking batfish be a better choice?
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+46+71&pcatid=71
Aussieiniowa
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Why don't you order a starry Blenny ...... It is like a lawn mower with colour ....ps my one eats about everything I feed and has personally......
You can't say that it's "doing great" until you've had it for at least 6 months, preferably a year. What you have there is basically a large dragonet, and dragonets are hard enough to care for.
You will need to wean it onto frozen mysis and feed it several times a day, or you'll have to constantly supply it with pods and/or freshly hatched live baby brine shrimp.
You will need to wean it onto frozen mysis and feed it several times a day, or you'll have to constantly supply it with pods and/or freshly hatched live baby brine shrimp.
