Skifflexie
Aquarium Advice Freak
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- Jul 7, 2013
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Hi guys,
I work at a Petsmart and we recently just got in some elephant noses (only 3) and we are only selling them to highly experienced aquarist.... We have started researching in depth more about them, but I wanted some one on one info from people who have kept them before, I even thought about buying one, but I wanted to do a lot more research.
We don't know how long we are gonna be getting these guys in for, since they are a specialty item, but they are so cool, just hard to find responsible owners for.
I know the basics about how they eat fresh/frozen brine shrimp and blood worms and that they can be finicky and very hard to keep. They do have fairly large brains and many say that they like to be hand fed and even petted. Also I read that they use electrical impulses to help locate things in their surroundings. One of my coworkers bought one (she's had fish her life) and it died the first night because it found a very small hole in her lid and jumped out. :/ all of her readings and research hadn't mentioned that they are jumpers. It's info like that I'm looking for and any tips and hints to making them happy and healthy.
Thanks in advance.
I work at a Petsmart and we recently just got in some elephant noses (only 3) and we are only selling them to highly experienced aquarist.... We have started researching in depth more about them, but I wanted some one on one info from people who have kept them before, I even thought about buying one, but I wanted to do a lot more research.
We don't know how long we are gonna be getting these guys in for, since they are a specialty item, but they are so cool, just hard to find responsible owners for.
I know the basics about how they eat fresh/frozen brine shrimp and blood worms and that they can be finicky and very hard to keep. They do have fairly large brains and many say that they like to be hand fed and even petted. Also I read that they use electrical impulses to help locate things in their surroundings. One of my coworkers bought one (she's had fish her life) and it died the first night because it found a very small hole in her lid and jumped out. :/ all of her readings and research hadn't mentioned that they are jumpers. It's info like that I'm looking for and any tips and hints to making them happy and healthy.
Thanks in advance.