He took another fiddler a bit ago, still no contact but he will come out and move around while my hand is in the tank. Hopefully we’ll be thumb wrestling before you know it! Today is day ten, he really shows his inquisitive nature, he will sit and watch me like he’s waiting for me to entertain him.
Pretty cool Joe.
Is that a MJ pump in the back?
Thats so cool Joe. How has it been keeping him? How often do you need to do water changes, ect?
Jon the pump is whatever is attached to my SeaClown
Ian- No problems keeping him, though he does not like sharing the tank with shrimp (got a bit intimidated). I’ve done a couple water changes, maybe every two-three weeks. He doesn’t make as much waste as what people said he would, and I know my SeaClown is not doing that great a job.
He looks pretty cool Joe. Something definitely fun and different. I’m jealous.
Still no contact, but I don’t put my hands in much. I may try again this weekend. He’s been a bit skittish for a while, I added some shrimp to his tank and he was not pleased. He even inked at me one night! (Which was really cool to see in person BTW)
Joe, regarding the Sea Clone skimmer, if you replace the factory air valve with a simple airline valve, you can fine tune it to pull really dark gunky stuff. I run 3 seaclones. 2 100’s and a 150. been using them for 10 years.
Oh. Inking. could be toxic for the little guy. they usually shoot and scoot. not hang around in the stuff. You might try keeping a piece of PolyFilter pad in the filter box or someplace with through flow. that should scavenge anything bad from the ink, or just general waste. Its a good all around filter sorber.
Checked on him this morning and it appears he passed last night. Apparently the record for keeping the species I have (Abdopus Aceulatus) is four months with most around two months. Mine made it one day shy of two. Really cool experience, I would recommend it to anyone who’s okay with losing theirs after a couple of months. A couple of pics in memorium:
Holding a crab:
Doing his texture thing:
Hiding out:
And moving along:
Aw, sorry to hear you lost him. Stinks their lives are so short and we can’t keep them longer. Any idea how long they live in the wild? Do you plan on breaking down the tank or looking for another? Perhaps something different?
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Aw, sorry to hear you lost him. Stinks their lives are so short and we can’t keep them longer. Any idea how long they live in the wild? Do you plan on breaking down the tank or looking for another? Perhaps something different? [/quote]
Thanks Jon. I’m pretty bummed about it. In the wild, their life expectancy is 12 mos, with some other species people get up to that in captivity, apparently this species is not as hardy. I think I will break the tank down, I’ve been considering getting back into corals, so maybe I can trade it for a more appropriate coral tank.
Could do a small coral tank and skip the fish. If your not adding nutrients and start with good chemistry maintenance is a breeze. Fish that crap a lot like that damn eel are the problem, lol. Still haven’t moved him.
I think that may be what I do. I was thinking about coral only with a couple of snails/shrimp. Maybe in the 30-40 gallon range. I still have the 90, that has all the fish I need.
40breeder, 4 bar T5HO, couple of Hydor power heads, a heater, and maybe a small HOB filter for occasional carbon or phosban. ← good set up. Keep it simple.
yeah, those octos are not easy.