pr787
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey everybody.
I thought some of you might find it interesting to see some more unusual animals in the tank at home.
I started a few months ago with a 30g tank because I dive and snorkel almost everyday here, since I live in the Caribbean right at the beach and I always wanted a saltwater aquarium.
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/96/l_40cd03c390354dd29dd2a3e0233c9072.jpg
Soon I will upgrade to a much bigger tank but I am going to move this week, so I didn't wanted to get it before that.
Anyways. Long story short. I started to catch al kind of fish and learned alot studying them in my tank and reading everything about every single one online. I started with tab water and switched to real ocean water later since it is very very clean here and easy to get for me. If I see a interesting fish which is small enough for the aquarium, I catch it and keep it or just study and enjoy it for a few days before I bring it back home. Most fishes always stay on the same spot in the ocean, so it is easy to find them again later if I have to.
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/74/l_a87d66f8879a46cd97e25fb9bef86078.jpg
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/77/l_9e87137d91de4e11b371d39bf40f4832.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/108/l_77e92cc6aa274192962d46e50980a027.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/84/l_5e35688cc85d497e9b9e6767b7144778.jpg
Meanwhile I also have another small tank for quarantine because of the ich parasite we had in the main tank where we keep some fish. In the main tank I have no more fish right now because I totally fell in love with morays and all unusual animals in a tank.
When I bought the aquarium I also got a snowflake moray which is the only thing at all which ius not rom the ocean in the tank. Later I saved 2 chainlink morays from dyeing. It was interesting to see what happend when I first introduced another moray to the tank with the snowflake, since it was not used to other morays ever. At first the snowflake was really aggressive toward the new morays (all babies and small enough for the tank). After one month suddenly I found them side by side looking out of the same tube. I am using underground tubes for the morays to make sure they feel good in there and they love them.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/96/l_5fa025c6bfc844a19dc370c8bb0e1fbd.jpg
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/68/l_7a740f169e9144df948d349a62234991.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/68/l_c97ba69d0ce94bff8ee1ec083205aff8.png
A few weeks later I decided to let one of the chainlinks go again because it was already bigger and you could really see that it want to get back to the ocean, swimming around alot looking for an exit. So everytime a fish really dont feel home there, I bring it back. On the same day I found a nice spot for the chainlink in the coral reef, I got rewarded and catched my first Goldentail moray. Also still very young. It was getting best friends right away with the snowflake and they spend every second together .
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/68/l_aa5fba6b1af94dbea4e3c98f6c9e4fa7.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/88/l_2b0aec10d5c5459bb504d2c4e2b73453.jpg
Then, I had my best catch ever. A really beautiful spotted moray 1,5 feet in length. I really wanted to bring it home even that I knew the aquarium would be to small. So I changed the 3 morays I had to the small tank to make sure they wont get eat by the big one. I bought bigger tubes at the home depot and I couldn't believe it at first but you could see that the spotted one really liked it in there.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/71/l_816e116a129f4219907f0c00230afa3f.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/93/l_37761913861447f99d2d2de02d6cf4bc.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/65/l_2224a1be0c944c9481f30bb5d85bcbc4.jpg
Still, I knew its too small for it so I promised myself and it, that if I find a baby spotted that would give me a few years to get a huge tank, I would let it free again. It was hard for me to let him go because it was such a powerful looking animal but also very peaceful and calm. I could even take him in my hand and he wouldn't bite me and wasnt even scared of me. It was simply amazing. A few days later i found the perfect spotted baby and I took it home. I found a good spot for the big spotted moray and let it free again. But he wouldn't just hide under a rock. He stayed with me and let me touch him and stroke him. I hope to see him again soon.
The funny thing is that the aquarium have tons of tubes and perfect spots for the morays but all of them like to stay together all the time and it is really cute sometimes to see.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/81/l_dca1d7e9cad84fc4afef664e5c02efdd.jpg
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/65/l_01d89273f77046578617814bd8952d76.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/100/l_7c31cba8a2134b3484d7db2e97fdcb1f.jpg
So, since I decided not to have fish for now in the big tank anymore, I was looking for the most amazing thing that I can keep at home. After spending days of reading about other people having this animal, I was looking for a medium size octopus and found it. It was not the first time I catch one, but I never took one home - I just watched them and let them free again in the water.
Anyways, I hoped it will work out because this animal is so **** intelligent and interesting. I saw them doing things in the ocean already most people wouldn't believe.
I have the octopus for 3 days now and he is not scared anymore and dont even change his color when I get closer to watch him. He is in the tank with the 4 morays and they get along great together. In any case, they could always hide in the tubes where the octopus wouldn't fit in - but from what I see it works great and its very peaceful.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/70/l_8a6fd8bf32684f64b77237a1b43845a7.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_b1bcaa8fd8d04b98bc5709e49ab3bab3.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/109/l_bc5c692f20d44dca9622bbeaa3cd779c.jpg
Im exited to keep the morays and the octopus for a long time and after moving I will get some single fishes again too.
Sorry or my english, but it is not my first language. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
All pics you can see in my private MySpace profile:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums2&friendID=419365272&view=true
I thought some of you might find it interesting to see some more unusual animals in the tank at home.
I started a few months ago with a 30g tank because I dive and snorkel almost everyday here, since I live in the Caribbean right at the beach and I always wanted a saltwater aquarium.
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/96/l_40cd03c390354dd29dd2a3e0233c9072.jpg
Soon I will upgrade to a much bigger tank but I am going to move this week, so I didn't wanted to get it before that.
Anyways. Long story short. I started to catch al kind of fish and learned alot studying them in my tank and reading everything about every single one online. I started with tab water and switched to real ocean water later since it is very very clean here and easy to get for me. If I see a interesting fish which is small enough for the aquarium, I catch it and keep it or just study and enjoy it for a few days before I bring it back home. Most fishes always stay on the same spot in the ocean, so it is easy to find them again later if I have to.
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/74/l_a87d66f8879a46cd97e25fb9bef86078.jpg
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/77/l_9e87137d91de4e11b371d39bf40f4832.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/108/l_77e92cc6aa274192962d46e50980a027.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/84/l_5e35688cc85d497e9b9e6767b7144778.jpg
Meanwhile I also have another small tank for quarantine because of the ich parasite we had in the main tank where we keep some fish. In the main tank I have no more fish right now because I totally fell in love with morays and all unusual animals in a tank.
When I bought the aquarium I also got a snowflake moray which is the only thing at all which ius not rom the ocean in the tank. Later I saved 2 chainlink morays from dyeing. It was interesting to see what happend when I first introduced another moray to the tank with the snowflake, since it was not used to other morays ever. At first the snowflake was really aggressive toward the new morays (all babies and small enough for the tank). After one month suddenly I found them side by side looking out of the same tube. I am using underground tubes for the morays to make sure they feel good in there and they love them.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/96/l_5fa025c6bfc844a19dc370c8bb0e1fbd.jpg
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/68/l_7a740f169e9144df948d349a62234991.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/68/l_c97ba69d0ce94bff8ee1ec083205aff8.png
A few weeks later I decided to let one of the chainlinks go again because it was already bigger and you could really see that it want to get back to the ocean, swimming around alot looking for an exit. So everytime a fish really dont feel home there, I bring it back. On the same day I found a nice spot for the chainlink in the coral reef, I got rewarded and catched my first Goldentail moray. Also still very young. It was getting best friends right away with the snowflake and they spend every second together .
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/68/l_aa5fba6b1af94dbea4e3c98f6c9e4fa7.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/88/l_2b0aec10d5c5459bb504d2c4e2b73453.jpg
Then, I had my best catch ever. A really beautiful spotted moray 1,5 feet in length. I really wanted to bring it home even that I knew the aquarium would be to small. So I changed the 3 morays I had to the small tank to make sure they wont get eat by the big one. I bought bigger tubes at the home depot and I couldn't believe it at first but you could see that the spotted one really liked it in there.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/71/l_816e116a129f4219907f0c00230afa3f.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/93/l_37761913861447f99d2d2de02d6cf4bc.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/65/l_2224a1be0c944c9481f30bb5d85bcbc4.jpg
Still, I knew its too small for it so I promised myself and it, that if I find a baby spotted that would give me a few years to get a huge tank, I would let it free again. It was hard for me to let him go because it was such a powerful looking animal but also very peaceful and calm. I could even take him in my hand and he wouldn't bite me and wasnt even scared of me. It was simply amazing. A few days later i found the perfect spotted baby and I took it home. I found a good spot for the big spotted moray and let it free again. But he wouldn't just hide under a rock. He stayed with me and let me touch him and stroke him. I hope to see him again soon.
The funny thing is that the aquarium have tons of tubes and perfect spots for the morays but all of them like to stay together all the time and it is really cute sometimes to see.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/81/l_dca1d7e9cad84fc4afef664e5c02efdd.jpg
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/65/l_01d89273f77046578617814bd8952d76.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/100/l_7c31cba8a2134b3484d7db2e97fdcb1f.jpg
So, since I decided not to have fish for now in the big tank anymore, I was looking for the most amazing thing that I can keep at home. After spending days of reading about other people having this animal, I was looking for a medium size octopus and found it. It was not the first time I catch one, but I never took one home - I just watched them and let them free again in the water.
Anyways, I hoped it will work out because this animal is so **** intelligent and interesting. I saw them doing things in the ocean already most people wouldn't believe.
I have the octopus for 3 days now and he is not scared anymore and dont even change his color when I get closer to watch him. He is in the tank with the 4 morays and they get along great together. In any case, they could always hide in the tubes where the octopus wouldn't fit in - but from what I see it works great and its very peaceful.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/70/l_8a6fd8bf32684f64b77237a1b43845a7.jpg
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/94/l_b1bcaa8fd8d04b98bc5709e49ab3bab3.jpg
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/109/l_bc5c692f20d44dca9622bbeaa3cd779c.jpg
Im exited to keep the morays and the octopus for a long time and after moving I will get some single fishes again too.
Sorry or my english, but it is not my first language. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
All pics you can see in my private MySpace profile:
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewAlbums2&friendID=419365272&view=true