We had one that lasted for almost 8 months. Once we added a sixline wrasse, he started to go downhill. That wrasse just completely eliminated every living pod and mysid shrimp he could find. Ours wouldn't eat frozen or prepared foods -- he would only sift the sand. Even if I would bury food near where he was sifting that day, he wasn't an agressive enough of an eater to outcompete the hermits, as they would always find the food before our twinspot did. He was a great fish... It was really sad he ended up dieing on us... But, if we never would have added that wrasse, we'd probably still have him "hopping" around our sand bed.
Any one have good luck with signal gobys?
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That is part of why I'm afraid to add a 6 line to mine. I'm afraid they'd outcompete anything slower than it...which would be pretty much everything.
Yeah, our sixline was a turbocharged compact eating machine. We ended up taking him in for credit, as he became very territorial and would even challenge our pair of clowns. We had to spend $30 on a fish trap to catch a fish we paid $15 for and got $5 worth of credit on trade (none of the DIY traps I tried worked).
What size tank do you have?
How long has it been set up?
Do you have a refugium?
What do you currently have the tank stocked with?
How long has it been set up?
Do you have a refugium?
What do you currently have the tank stocked with?
I have a 55gal
I have a 10gal fuge
My set up has 1 year
And i have 1 maroon clown, 1 blue damsel, 2 cherub pygmy angels, 1 coral banded shrimp, and a lanturn bass.
I have a 10gal fuge
My set up has 1 year
And i have 1 maroon clown, 1 blue damsel, 2 cherub pygmy angels, 1 coral banded shrimp, and a lanturn bass.
You're talking about 2 very difficult to keep fish. Fish that both rarely eat prepared foods and will live off the pod population. With such a small tank and fuge I'd be scared to keep one of them, let alone both.
I don't know but at night when the lights are out if i turn on a flash light
and wait for a little bit i see a swarm of pods looks like hundreds of nats. dont you think its plenty.
and wait for a little bit i see a swarm of pods looks like hundreds of nats. dont you think its plenty.
For a small fish a mandarian can go through a pod population very quickly. Which is why the most success has been with those with larger mature tanks and fuges and the absence of competition.
