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 Topic: Your Humble opinion please??
Posted: January 08 2005 at 2:08pm |
I have a huge green carpet anemone about 18 " round when happy, He's been with me around 7 years and sort of the mascot of my tank ( Guest love to watch him eat )
The Problem is lately I've been adding some small fish that seem to be doing fine, never sick and eating well, But they seem to disappear into thin air (Water)
So far 6 green chromes,1 Mandarin goby, 1 lawn mower blenny,and 1 dart fish.
I have a lot of rock work and not sure if the anemone is the culprit but they usually show up when I feed and recently there seems to be more and more vacancies at the dinner table.
I've only seen the Carpet catch one fish and that was a Naso Tang that I considered suicidal.
I hate to part with this beauty but I do want to have a reef Tank with lots of coral and fish.
Such a dilemma 
What should I do ???
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 2:10pm |
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Get bigger fish
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 2:18pm |
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Yep... and concentrate to build up your invert population(corals, etc)... adding the fish(SLOWLY) as a final touch(like icing on the cake).
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 3:25pm |
I added a green carpet a month ago and it has already eaten two of my chromis. It is only about 8-10" in diameter, but can easily eat a 3-4" goldfish.
Dave, what do you feed yours? im having a bit of trouble getting mine to eat. It likes mussle and goldfish, but nothing else ive tried.
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 3:26pm |
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Oh, i was told to avoid small fish or ones that like to perch on rocks.
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 3:29pm |
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 4:03pm |
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I agree w/Adam just get another tank and plum it to your
system you have now just a thaught
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 5:46pm |
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Hello everyone,
Which do you like more?
Personally I think an 18" carpet is cooler than any fish you could replace it with.
Hope that helps,
Chris
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Ascultã tot, dar nu crede tot.
Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see.
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 5:54pm |
I agree with Chris on that as well.
Adam
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 6:05pm |
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If your looking for some fish. Try some Clarkii clowns. I've seen them in a carpet anenome before. They look so cool in them also.
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 6:28pm |
BananaTropics
I feed him Krill and Goldfish. I have a turtle tank (55Gal) Upstairs that in my kids room that I keep goldfish in between the Red Eared Slider & the carpet they eat 20+ goldfish a week.
As far as another tank goes I just sold a 90Gal & 180Gal and I'm not about to go down that road again!
I want to put all my extra cash in my 220 Reef.
So I think I'm going to go with Jason on this one and concentrate on corals and not fish.
I guess I can't say I won't go down that road again, as my wife has got me putting up a seahorse tank as we speak,
But I'm justifying that as also am gaining a refugium with it.
Thanks for your Input, I got to admit that I'm surprised that you all didn't want me to rid the carpet.
I do have 2- Clarki's,2 Tomato,1 True Pecula that love him ton's
Thanks again my friends
Dave
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 7:15pm |
my wife has got me putting up a seahorse tank as we speak...
What is it about women and seahorses? I've had tanks for years and my wife has never showed a bit of interest, but when she sees seahorses in other people's tanks or at the LFS she begs me to buy one. I don't get it
I got to admit that I'm surprised that you all didn't want me to rid the carpet.
I think you really should get that carpet out of your tank as soon as possible, before any more damage occurs. Being the kind person I am, I would be willing to offer him a home   
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 7:29pm |
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I am interested in watching him eat. Hey out of curiosity
how do you place your corals in a 220
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 9:02pm |
 jfinch wrote:
What is it about women and seahorses? I've had tanks for years and my wife has never showed a bit of interest, but when she sees seahorses in other people's tanks or at the LFS she begs me to buy one. I don't get it
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See Suzy's post below.
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 9:16pm |
Josh,
You generally get wet to your arm pits
If things go bad you brake out your mask and snorkel HeHeHe
Adam,
It's all Suzy's fault that I'm going into the Seahorse B.S. (Business)
Thanks Suzy
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2- 1200 GPH Pumps
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 10:50pm |
My Anemone thanks you 
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Posted: January 09 2005 at 7:22am |
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You guys need to rid of all that other stuff and get some really
cool things in your tanks!
Dave, where are you getting your aquatic equines from?
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Posted: January 09 2005 at 11:51am |
Suzy is having trouble uploading a pic, so she asked me to do it....
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Posted: January 09 2005 at 12:06pm |
Tell me they are not the coolest fish on this planet?!
Ozzy is such a flirt! He flashes his pouch all the time!
He is such a stud!
Thanks, Adam!
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Posted: January 09 2005 at 3:31pm |
Suzy:
I was hoping that the wife and I would be able to take you out to dinner some evening and pick your brain and take notes
That is if you could think of something other than the male species
He is such a stud!
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220 Reef
4-400 watt metal halides
2- 72� V.H.O.
2- 1200 GPH Pumps
My Pride & Joy
Tremonton,Utah
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