seafishfans
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Rare in captivity, I am proud to have this baby.
SHOW OFF YOUR RARE amd HYBRIDS!!!
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seafishfans
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And this one too
runintoluck
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Here is mine. Had me worried when it refused food for over three weeks before it started eating heartily.
Daniel Reef
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And this one too
This is a beautiful fish. What is it?
seafishfans
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Rare in captivity, I am proud to have this baby.
what are you feeding it?
Rare in captivity, I am proud to have this baby.
My favorite!!! How's he doing?
seafishfans
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Seafood mix with spirulina powder and plankton.
seafishfans
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Maybe get a thread going to document how/what you feed him. The food doesn't sound terribly unique, so I'd be interested to hear all about the way you do it. If you don't mind me asking, where are you from that you are getting these unique Red Sea fish? The travel time may have a lot to do with success here.
seafishfans
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Someone asked me a similar question when I started the "Larvatus, happy birthday" thread. So I've shared some of my experience in that thread. This fish is a little more difficult to keep than the Larvatus as I was concerned that the blacktailed digestive system could not stand the food I offered, so I selected the seafood mix differently compared with the initial mix I made for Larvatus. I put more % of Spirulina to the mix plus some algae plankton to give it an easier to digest food mix. So far so good.
I got this fish from a local fish store here in Hong Kong. They have red sea fish every now and then, but hooded and blacktail are rare and are only available once a year at most.
seafishfans
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I remember that thread (it's my second favorite butterfly). Do you continue to feed the food as a "paste" smeared onto something, or will it eventually eat particles from the water column? What is the feeding schedule?
Yes, I am still offering paste. These corallivores cannot digest the normal pellet and may cause the fish to die sooner. I feed the fish in the morning and evening after work. The fish seems to enjoy breakfast more. That could be because of its normal feeding time in nature.
