young reefer has a question.. suggestions

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6936699#post6936699 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by razzmatazz
thats awsome. i want a coco feather but i got a pink instead but i still would like one.that seems to be a cheap pipefish. how much do they usually run for?

yet again this is in my moms name and i did not know it and i wrote it in her name. it said that i was logged in but i guess i need to double check next time. i guess this is what you get for sharing a comp with your mom. it would always be on my name but my comp is down right now. sry if i messed you all up on this
 
its all good, i figured it was you, i dont know how much they run for, ill have to do a search somewheres.. those koco worms are 50 bucks each, but there sweet
 
when you said you saw one the other day the pipefish, do you remember what the price was, or did you see it in as book or somewheres?
 
yea i try and post stuff all the time also and hardly any replies, thats why i stick with the more localized forums, like this one...ill add what my book says on them fish if youd like, now i read somewheres, that you can add very non aggressive fish to them,and add them last to the tank this way they dont spook the puffer, there fairly territorial, and inflate and get air in its lungs, which usually happens when you feed them,they go to the surface and get air in lungs,you can hand feed them, but sometimes they bite you,but if it were me i would buy a pair of clowns and some gobies, but i like to kill things i guess, i like to try and see if things work...lol...now my book says,

"Talk about character and personality; the Dogface Puffer is a favorite of many. It will often follow your finger along the glass and is usually swimming along the front of the tank waiting for food whenever you approach the aquarium. Its teeth are shaped almost like a beak, adding to its cartoon-like, comical appearance. The pufferfish can inflate its body to over twice its normal size when threatened making it quite difficult to swallow.

Do not try to make the pufferfish inflate because air can become trapped inside the alimentary tract resulting sometimes in death. Instead be patient and wait. One day, when you least expect it, you will walk in the room to look at your tank and be astonished when you see your pufferfish looking like a balloon with tiny little fins.

Small juveniles are more timid and can often be kept in reef aquariums without threat to anything except very small fish, clams, and ornamental shrimp. Adults should not bother most coral, but will eat smaller fish, crabs, clams, ornamental shrimp, and other motile invertebrates. Adults should be housed with other more aggressive fish such as larger wrasse, triggers, other puffers, large angels, and tangs. Juveniles are best kept with moderately aggressive fishes.

Do not net the puffer out of water, instead submerse the shipping bag into the aquarium after acclimation, and release the puffer underwater. This prevents it from getting air stuck inside its alimentary tract. Do not be alarmed if a small amount of shipping water escapes into the aquarium- our shipping water is completely reef safe.

Offer it a mixed diet of meaty foods such as squid, shrimp, chopped clams, and marine fish."
heres a link
http://www.myfishtank.net/saltwaterprofiles.php?profile=30
dogface puffer
 
if you do you shouldnt at all they get too big for the tank, wish i would have listened when someone told me that....you should stick with the scopas tang or yellow tang they stay fairly small, and they both do great cleaning algae
 
they are awesome lookin....hey check out other pets forum on reefnest, maybe you can post some of your other animals to share with us
 
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