2 New Additions this weekend!

triggernut

triggernut

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Hello everyone!
Well I went to my LFS this weekend and picked up a Dog Face Puffer and a Sweetlips Clown
Here's some pics of em. They are so cool! The puffer is eating frozen brine and the clown eats pretty much everything! Enjoy the pics!
Triggs





 
myreef05

myreef05

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Hopefully you have a VERY large system because that sweetlips gets 24" and VERY UGLY. Stop feeding brine as you are starving the poor fish. Research what brine is and does. Not beneficial AT ALL once it is a day old or so. Good luck.
 
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azul1994

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nice, what tanks size, because the sweetlips will get huge.
 
triggernut

triggernut

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Originally Posted by myreef05
Hopefully you have a VERY large system because that sweetlips gets 24" and VERY UGLY. Stop feeding brine as you are starving the poor fish. Research what brine is and does. Not beneficial AT ALL once it is a day old or so. Good luck.

Oky doky
 
seasalt dreams

seasalt dreams

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Originally Posted by myreef05
Hopefully you have a VERY large system because that sweetlips gets 24" and VERY UGLY. Stop feeding brine as you are starving the poor fish. Research what brine is and does. Not beneficial AT ALL once it is a day old or so. Good luck.
Brine is shrimp, and there is nothing wrong with feeding brine, and if its frozen last alot longer than a day.
 
puffer32

puffer32

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Originally Posted by seasalt dreams
Brine is shrimp, and there is nothing wrong with feeding brine, and if its frozen last alot longer than a day.
I disagree, its really not a good meal for fish unless its an occasional treat.
 
dmitry

dmitry

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Most frozen brine is sold enriched - so it really isn't like feeding it live brine, which are useless. The poster said he is feeding frozen brine. But a variety is a good thing.
 
triggernut

triggernut

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Originally Posted by Hefner413
Awesome clown. I wish they didn't get so big! They look awesome though.

Thanks! Yeah me too
 
seasalt dreams

seasalt dreams

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sorry to go a bit offtopic, but for those who say brine is not good, what do you feed? I know so many ppl that just feed brine. I feed mysis and cyclop-eeze as well as brine, but mostly brine. Should I add something else?
 
triggernut

triggernut

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Originally Posted by seasalt dreams
sorry to go a bit offtopic, but for those who say brine is not good, what do you feed? I know so many ppl that just feed brine. I feed mysis and cyclop-eeze as well as brine, but mostly brine. Should I add something else?

Hi,
I use frozen Formula A & B , blood worms, frozen brine smetimes ( not all the time) and marine flakes. I give them a good mixture.
Thanks,
Triggs
 
seasalt dreams

seasalt dreams

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cool. I will have to look at that. When I put them back in my maintank, I will start feeding more cyclop-eeze than brine shrimp, and maybe more mysis too. Thanks.
 
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nemo_66

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for the poster- you should go and get some large freeze dried krill for the dogface. get some raw squid, raw shrimp and some garlic juice from a petstore. you dogface will be healthy as anything. thats what i fed mine.
 
triggernut

triggernut

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Originally Posted by Nemo_66
for the poster- you should go and get some large freeze dried krill for the dogface. get some raw squid, raw shrimp and some garlic juice from a petstore. you dogface will be healthy as anything. thats what i fed mine.
Nemo,
Thanks for the tip!
Man he's got some set of teeth!

Triggs
 
triggernut

triggernut

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Originally Posted by Nemo_66
for the poster- you should go and get some large freeze dried krill for the dogface. get some raw squid, raw shrimp and some garlic juice from a petstore. you dogface will be healthy as anything. thats what i fed mine.

NEMO,
Thanks for the tip!!!!!!!!!!!! I picked up the krill you said and man my dogface went after it right away!!!!!!!!!!! I never seen him move so fast!

Thanks! and he thanks you !
Triggs
 
dmitry

dmitry

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Variety is the spice of life, including for fish. The puffer would appreciate any large meaty things: krill, silversides, prawn. I'd suspect that Clown would also. Otherwise, a decent LFS will have a variety of things in their freezers: Formula 1, Special Formula VHP, Prime Reef, Marine Cuisine, Mysis, Mussels, Clam, etc. etc. You can also give them dried foods on occasion (soak it in tank water before serving) like Plankton, Pellets, flakes. Just mix and match. My freezer generally has as much fish food as it does human food. I'd say the variety I offered was so big that they didn't eat the same dish more than 3 times a month!
As far as brine, live brine shrimp is like eating popcorn. But the frozen or freeze-dried varities tend to be sold enriched, so the fish will be getting some vitamins.
 
triggernut

triggernut

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Originally Posted by Dmitry
Variety is the spice of life, including for fish. The puffer would appreciate any large meaty things: krill, silversides, prawn. I'd suspect that Clown would also. Otherwise, a decent LFS will have a variety of things in their freezers: Formula 1, Special Formula VHP, Prime Reef, Marine Cuisine, Mysis, Mussels, Clam, etc. etc. You can also give them dried foods on occasion (soak it in tank water before serving) like Plankton, Pellets, flakes. Just mix and match. My freezer generally has as much fish food as it does human food. I'd say the variety I offered was so big that they didn't eat the same dish more than 3 times a month!
As far as brine, live brine shrimp is like eating popcorn. But the frozen or freeze-dried varities tend to be sold enriched, so the fish will be getting some vitamins.

Sounds cool,
Yeah I try and mix and match and keep like 3 trays of frozen food in the freezer at a time. Yeah the puffer really really likes this Jumbo Krill got him. The other fish like it also but he really gets moving once he spots it.
Triggs
 
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