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SoKaL ReeFiN
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thanks guys 
hey dr. roy or anyone else, what are the best conditions for this species? i seem to recall that they prefer their water a little cooler. any nutrition or environmental conditions i should be aware of?? i'd never seen one of these for sale before - are they pretty common in the hobby? i was pretty excited when i saw him for sale and i knew he was coming home with me the moment i saw him
hey dr. roy or anyone else, what are the best conditions for this species? i seem to recall that they prefer their water a little cooler. any nutrition or environmental conditions i should be aware of?? i'd never seen one of these for sale before - are they pretty common in the hobby? i was pretty excited when i saw him for sale and i knew he was coming home with me the moment i saw him
Aqua_expert19
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no you said 6 inches
RogueCorps
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Word, that is SO cool. I've never seen a L.M. locally either. I was hoping to try to collect some in hawaii one day.
They're sand burrowers so maybe a submerged "U" shaped PVC would make it comfortable.
Cool!!! You'd better get a bigger tank ready for when it's 18" and 20 years old!
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They're sand burrowers so maybe a submerged "U" shaped PVC would make it comfortable.
Cool!!! You'd better get a bigger tank ready for when it's 18" and 20 years old!
-Rogue
Gonodactylus
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It is a male Lysiosquillina maculata. The ideal setup for them is a sandbed at least a foot deep. It will eventually dig a burrow and behave fairly normally. YOu don't have to fill the entire tank with sand. I either cut a plate of glass and wall off one end of a large system or bulid a satellite tank that I can gang to another one. I have several L.m. in back in Berkeley in glass tanks that are 24 x 6 x 18. I use a small pump to feed the tank and a siphon return. THe water has to be only four or five inches deep above the sand.
We feed our animals Selco treated freeze dried krill, frozen shrimp and the occasional damsel. The have an obligator molt every three months or so and will close up for a couple of weeks. Also, this species is fairly prone to losing their rapts, but they will regenerate. I have had several for up to 5 or 6 years, so the do pretty well in captivity.
By the way, I could a male that was 14 inches long last month on LIzard Island. That was the largest one I had seen in Australia, although there are preseved animals that get almost to 16".
Roy
We feed our animals Selco treated freeze dried krill, frozen shrimp and the occasional damsel. The have an obligator molt every three months or so and will close up for a couple of weeks. Also, this species is fairly prone to losing their rapts, but they will regenerate. I have had several for up to 5 or 6 years, so the do pretty well in captivity.
By the way, I could a male that was 14 inches long last month on LIzard Island. That was the largest one I had seen in Australia, although there are preseved animals that get almost to 16".
Roy
thanks for the info! i was wondering, do they prefer any lighting/temp conditions? my sandbed is only about 6 inches right now but i'll make it at least another 6 inches deep. he's in a pretty small tank, 10 gallon hex, but i hope to get a bigger setup for him eventually.
hey, how is the G. ternatensis doing, btw?
hey, how is the G. ternatensis doing, btw?
Gonodactylus
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The photo shows a typical posture of a frustrated L. maculata trying to start a burrow. Eventually, if the sand is deep enough, he will form a burrow.
Roy
Roy
wetworx101
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heeeeyyy, I remember that guy...he was a big one...nice spearers on him. at the time he was swimming kinda funny, so I went with one of the peacocks that they had.
wetworx101
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oops, here he is...
