multibar angel
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:thumbdown come on! get serious...find an angel that has an 'easy/beginner' care level!
sandwi54
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+1. In my honest opinion, hard-to-acclimate angels like potters, multibar, etc. shouldn't even be imported. Only a very small percentage of them make it in a home aquarium and it's just throwing lives away...
There are over 50 species of dwarf angels, and at least half of them acclimate well to captive life. Why don't you look into one of them. There's gotta be one that appeals to you.
wayne in norway
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Yes, but you'll chop thro' 4 or 5 before you get disillusioned and learn.
I have a number of dwarf angels now, and have kept plenty in the past, and I cannot get these to feed properly, and they invariably die after a few weeks, and I do not think that Potters, lemonpeels are hard fish to keep at all as a reference point. Unless you think you really can do something special then I would avoid them unless the LFS really do have one that eats.
Words of warning
1. TMC are a good wholesaler, but they can't keep a fish like this hanging around working on it to get it to feed. I would assume all the time it's there it's further starved and closer to dying.
2. Putting it in an LFS and showing it a bit of brine or pellets is not likely to get it to feed. Again, every day there is a day close to death.
3. They are normally too big - I like to buy very small Centropyge - way easy to work with. Whenever I see these they are much too big - >5cms for me to be really comfortable with. If I saw a really small one I'd be a lot more motivated.
If it really does eat heartily in the shop, rip their arm off. If it jsut looks ok forget it.
I have a number of dwarf angels now, and have kept plenty in the past, and I cannot get these to feed properly, and they invariably die after a few weeks, and I do not think that Potters, lemonpeels are hard fish to keep at all as a reference point. Unless you think you really can do something special then I would avoid them unless the LFS really do have one that eats.
Words of warning
1. TMC are a good wholesaler, but they can't keep a fish like this hanging around working on it to get it to feed. I would assume all the time it's there it's further starved and closer to dying.
2. Putting it in an LFS and showing it a bit of brine or pellets is not likely to get it to feed. Again, every day there is a day close to death.
3. They are normally too big - I like to buy very small Centropyge - way easy to work with. Whenever I see these they are much too big - >5cms for me to be really comfortable with. If I saw a really small one I'd be a lot more motivated.
If it really does eat heartily in the shop, rip their arm off. If it jsut looks ok forget it.
sandwi54
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i love the multibar angel, and am determined to suceed with it. i am going to give it a try, even thought its a expensive try
I wouldn't call it an "expensive try." multibar angels are not expensive compared to a lot of fish. However, unless you are experienced enough and can actually do something different to get the fish to eat and stay alive in captive life, I would just think it's morally wrong to buy such a fish. You are likely to have many of them die before you get lucky to find one that eats. Remember, for every fish you buy, that creates market demand and the divers take another one out of the ocean, so essentially you are killing these fish, even though you don't directly do it.
Buy fish for your experience level and be content.
i love the multibar angel, and am determined to suceed with it. i am going to give it a try, even thought its a expensive try
VERY expensive for the 'poor' fish!
rssjsb
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I just want to say I completely agree with all of the other commenters here. Your determination and motivation aren't really the issue in whether you can succeed with this difficult fish. In addition, adding one with another centropyge in a smallish tank will just mean that the multibar will take to the rocks and it will be even harder to get it to eat.
I was lucky enough to come across someone who was taking down his tank and had a healthy well adjusted fish. Unless you have similar luck, don't do it.
I was lucky enough to come across someone who was taking down his tank and had a healthy well adjusted fish. Unless you have similar luck, don't do it.
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I will add in my current experience and mirror what many here have said. I currently have one which has been in QT for about 6 weeks and will likely remain there for a couple more months.
Being in its own QT tank allowed me to feed it up to 8 times a day with various foods until it gravitated towards something it ate. Once there, I was able to work with other foods until now it will eat a number of prepared foods.
Of course with this process I had to do daily water changes as well as treat it for Flukes and other diseases that eventually cropped up.
The point is, this is not a fish that you can simply pick up, and simply hope for the best. It can be worked with to adjust it to captive life, but it takes tremendous effort and I am not sure that 'giving it a try' fits into that category.
I wish you well, it is a beautiful fish, but please proceed with respect for what will be necessary.
Being in its own QT tank allowed me to feed it up to 8 times a day with various foods until it gravitated towards something it ate. Once there, I was able to work with other foods until now it will eat a number of prepared foods.
Of course with this process I had to do daily water changes as well as treat it for Flukes and other diseases that eventually cropped up.
The point is, this is not a fish that you can simply pick up, and simply hope for the best. It can be worked with to adjust it to captive life, but it takes tremendous effort and I am not sure that 'giving it a try' fits into that category.
I wish you well, it is a beautiful fish, but please proceed with respect for what will be necessary.
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