angelsrock
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Originally Posted by Bang Guy
Well, on the other hand, they are cheap, they're not endangered, and they look pretty good right up until a few days before they croak. They have no brain so there's no suffering involved.
As long as you know its time is limited I don't see a problem with keeping them. I agree that the stores should tell you that. Or at least tell you they're short lived and "stirring up the bottom once a week" isn't going to keep them fed.
The real unfortunate part is that they do NOT like light. That makes them a really bad fit for a reef tank and they should be tucked far back into a cave if you choose to keep one. If there are no caves for it to crawl into then it will spend daylight hours jetting around the bottom of the tank looking for shade. All that expended energy uses up it's food stores all that much faster.
thankyou
Well, on the other hand, they are cheap, they're not endangered, and they look pretty good right up until a few days before they croak. They have no brain so there's no suffering involved.
As long as you know its time is limited I don't see a problem with keeping them. I agree that the stores should tell you that. Or at least tell you they're short lived and "stirring up the bottom once a week" isn't going to keep them fed.
The real unfortunate part is that they do NOT like light. That makes them a really bad fit for a reef tank and they should be tucked far back into a cave if you choose to keep one. If there are no caves for it to crawl into then it will spend daylight hours jetting around the bottom of the tank looking for shade. All that expended energy uses up it's food stores all that much faster.
thankyou
