here they are
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nybutterfly03
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They are beauties!!! Congrats
Where did you get them?? Its kinda hard to tell from the pics but are they both girls?
Where did you get them?? Its kinda hard to tell from the pics but are they both girls?
larrynews
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got them from a lfs that i do all my buying from he has a guy he get his hard to keep stuff from, not sure it they are girls i think so but the are still small2-3 inchs body wise, when i feed them how long should i leave the food in there before i take it out, and how do i get them to come to the feed station...is there anything i can put inthere to help with the leftover food...thanks again to all for everything, i know i will have many many many more questions
monalisa
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Originally Posted by larrynews
got them from a lfs that i do all my buying from he has a guy he get his hard to keep stuff from, not sure it they are girls i think so but the are still small2-3 inchs body wise, when i feed them how long should i leave the food in there before i take it out, and how do i get them to come to the feed station...is there anything i can put inthere to help with the leftover food...thanks again to all for everything, i know i will have many many many more questions
I'm not really sure how long to leave left over food in the dish...mine's usually pretty cleaned out. I do, however, take the dish for my seahorses out every evening and clean it out...just in case.
When I feed my horses, I usually turn the filtration off (first cue) and then after feeding the dish, I tap very lightly on the glass near the dish (second cue...don't do that so much anymore, first cue at this point is enough for my horses).
Again, your new babies are beautiful...kellogi, if I remember correctly...very nice.
Lisa
got them from a lfs that i do all my buying from he has a guy he get his hard to keep stuff from, not sure it they are girls i think so but the are still small2-3 inchs body wise, when i feed them how long should i leave the food in there before i take it out, and how do i get them to come to the feed station...is there anything i can put inthere to help with the leftover food...thanks again to all for everything, i know i will have many many many more questions
I'm not really sure how long to leave left over food in the dish...mine's usually pretty cleaned out. I do, however, take the dish for my seahorses out every evening and clean it out...just in case.
When I feed my horses, I usually turn the filtration off (first cue) and then after feeding the dish, I tap very lightly on the glass near the dish (second cue...don't do that so much anymore, first cue at this point is enough for my horses).
Again, your new babies are beautiful...kellogi, if I remember correctly...very nice.
Lisa
teresaq
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When I feed mine, I used a clear tube, Like what is on an indergravel filter. stick one end in the feeding dish, and pour the food in the top. It gave the horses a chance to see the food, and follow it down to the dish.
You can add Nass snail to help with clean up. I also had red hermits. Small ones.
TeresaQ
You can add Nass snail to help with clean up. I also had red hermits. Small ones.
TeresaQ
monalisa
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Originally Posted by larrynews
great thanks both of ya... they are kellogi, im just nerves since i just started, i was the same when i started my reef, now i could do it in my sleep
Boy, do I know where you're at. I was SO nervous when I brought my first pair of horses home too, shooting from the hip with feeding and care. With a bit of tweaking, we've got it down and I'm much more comfortable with what I'm doing for them. Thankfully. I'm still working on getting the bristleworms out of the tank...well, at least the larger ones, but that's going very nicely too since they crawl into the feeding dish during the day to clean it out, and I clean the dish out before I feed supper and usually take out 1 or 2 at a time. I don't want to completely eradicate all of those worms, but I had quite a population explosion in that little tank from free feeding the tank for so long. Little by little, it's all coming together. It will for you too.
Best of luck with your new charges. Any questions, please be sure to post them here. There's usually someone that will be able to help out.
Any ideas what you'll name them??
Lisa
great thanks both of ya... they are kellogi, im just nerves since i just started, i was the same when i started my reef, now i could do it in my sleep
Boy, do I know where you're at. I was SO nervous when I brought my first pair of horses home too, shooting from the hip with feeding and care. With a bit of tweaking, we've got it down and I'm much more comfortable with what I'm doing for them. Thankfully. I'm still working on getting the bristleworms out of the tank...well, at least the larger ones, but that's going very nicely too since they crawl into the feeding dish during the day to clean it out, and I clean the dish out before I feed supper and usually take out 1 or 2 at a time. I don't want to completely eradicate all of those worms, but I had quite a population explosion in that little tank from free feeding the tank for so long. Little by little, it's all coming together. It will for you too.
Best of luck with your new charges. Any questions, please be sure to post them here. There's usually someone that will be able to help out.
Any ideas what you'll name them??
Lisa
