Why I Select Small/Juvenile Fish For Saltwater Tanks
When I purchase a fish for my saltwater tank, I like them small and I like juveniles when available. Here’s that’s important.
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When I purchase a fish for my saltwater tank, I like them small and I like juveniles when available. Here’s that’s important.
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Great advice ,thank again ,this is Rajindra from Trinidad,alway logged on.
Awesome tim for most! Here’s a weird question.
Why does the purple/yellow Dottyback not get along with the Six line Wrasses? Is the Dottyback jealous that the Wrasse has more lines than her?haha
I wonder why the two species just fight like Beta fish?
Thank you Tim. Your quick tips are quite informative.
Cute.. another good point that may hold water is juvenile fish of many species may be less likely to be cyanid collected due to there schooling tendencies. I see when i dive that juvenile wrasses, basslets, chromis, anthias and so forth, are easier to catch in a net from a school and I’m not targeting a single large fish, which may entice some illegal collectors to use other methods than skill. Unfortunately I can offer personal data that I take more losses on small fish than larger fish for some reason so the two may offset each other in the long run. When ever possible I get fish from another hobbyist who has had the fish for a significant period of time and the fish is already established to tank life. Thats always a home run.
Hi Mark, so when I upgrade shortly to a larger tank, and transfer my old ( 5years, plus) yellow Tang to it , will I be ok to add 2 very young yellow tangs at the same time, hoping they do not all fight as its new surroundings, or will my adult take out the young ones?
steve…yellow tangs are in the zebrasoma family of tangs and are known to not like their own kind. I’d stick to the one you have.