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Post by jonah on Aug 13, 2003 16:51:52 GMT -5
ya i know what ur talking about now... that stuff is usually around beaches *which is cheaper!* but i've seen it at my LFS, it also comes in red i think? If it's red, then it might be cabomba. The stems will be a little thicker and they'll need a little more light than the hornwort.
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Post by someguy on Aug 13, 2003 19:18:07 GMT -5
ya i was talking 2 some other ppl online and they said 2 get the same thing... but their expensive little guys! 9.99! but i think if u get a pair its cheaper...and this 1 guy said 2 get crushed coral and mix sand w/ it 4 some mineral...and ya they had alot more..if all the fish that start w/ lamp r shell dwellers, there is 2x that many species! its just that only 1 label per tank said *shell dweller* at the side, so those r the names i coppied down...i think i will get the multifaciatus, although it agressive...
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Post by jonah on Aug 13, 2003 20:17:11 GMT -5
Not all Lamp. species are shell dwellers. Mixing sand and crushed coral should work good. I use plain sand in one tank and in the other shell tank I've got aragonite sand (like fine crushed coral. Multi's are the recommended choice because they'll form a colony instead of being limited to a pair. I've had as many as 40 different multi's in a 20g tank before all of different ages from the same set of adults. They're much more social than the brevis and I've never seen an adult eat his young. Unfortunately I can't say the same for my brevis pair. $9.99 Canadian is an excellent price. I paid an average of $12 each for wild caughts and they usually sell domestics for $15 each here. That's $15 U.S.
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Post by someguy on Aug 13, 2003 21:09:34 GMT -5
wow! thats expensive! if i ever get a breeding pair i could send u some, and this aragonite sand is the exact same thing? just smaller?
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Post by jonah on Aug 14, 2003 18:00:54 GMT -5
wow! thats expensive! if i ever get a breeding pair i could send u some, and this aragonite sand is the exact same thing? just smaller? Thanks, but I've got plenty. My fish breed regularly, all I need to do is set up a seperate tank when I want to keep the fry. I usually leave them in the tank. I've had problems with brevis eating their babies, so next time I'm going to breed them in a 10g, then remove the parents immediately after finding the fry. Aragonite is calcium carbonate. Sometimes you'll see white playsand called "tropical" that's basicly the same thing. It's just ground up coral when you get down to it. I had some left over from a reef tank that I used for one of my tanks.
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Post by someguy on Aug 15, 2003 5:31:12 GMT -5
ok, i think i'l go with that then, and thanks 4 all the help! ;D
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