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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Apr 16, 2015 18:35:11 GMT -5
I stopped on my way back to town today at one of the coves around my route to kinda do a scavanger hunt. I found two hermits,a couple of good pools of copepods, and some 1" amphipods. I put them in my 15g to slowly acclimate temp and salinity. Is it safe to all these in my sump?
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 16, 2015 19:53:45 GMT -5
I stopped on my way back to town today at one of the coves around my route to kinda do a scavanger hunt. I found two hermits,a couple of good pools of copepods, and some 1" amphipods. I put them in my 15g to slowly acclimate temp and salinity. Is it safe to all these in my sump? Anything that's really small I'd do some research on first. If it goes in your sump it'll be in your tank soon Sent from my SM-N910R4 using proboards |
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Post by spotfin on Apr 16, 2015 20:06:05 GMT -5
Honest opinion, I would try to figure out what you have. I'd skip the hermits. The amphipods would probably adapt to aquarium life. Keep in mind these creatures are adapted to very cold temps (guessing the temp in the cove was close to 40 degrees) and to throw them into a tropical reef tank is not the best thing to do. If the amphipods are collected in summer, survival might be better.
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Post by Lane on Apr 17, 2015 10:32:45 GMT -5
I don't know if I would trust anything from the wild like that in my tank because of risk of parasites and other nasties. I guess if nothing goes wrong in quarantine than it could be OK, but I would still be keep an eye on them.
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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Apr 17, 2015 18:56:58 GMT -5
I understand your points, and I'm not saying I'm gonna throw them right in, but I have to make a few points. I agree with the point with the hermits, I'm bringing them back. I'm watching them in my spare tank. The tank is up to 60 degrees (room temp) and everything is active. copes and amphis swimming around and the hermits were squaring off. The water is still a little murky (had to grab some scoops of sand/mud to get copepods) and they are definately lg amphis. If you wiki them, the picture is exactly what they look like. I knda don't agree with the parasite thing because we all buy clean up crews that are collected probably by the hundreds per day, put in a holding tank, and sent off to us or our LFS. How do we know they aren't full of parasites. They can't treat them (as far as I know, I could be wrong) cause it will kill them. I think I'm just gonna keep an eye on them for now and see what happens. I mostly want them for live food. Maybe I'll just leave them in that tank for good and collect the young (I saw that one of them was carrying eggs).
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 17, 2015 19:18:17 GMT -5
I understand your points, and I'm not saying I'm gonna throw them right in, but I have to make a few points. I agree with the point with the hermits, I'm bringing them back. I'm watching them in my spare tank. The tank is up to 60 degrees (room temp) and everything is active. copes and amphis swimming around and the hermits were squaring off. The water is still a little murky (had to grab some scoops of sand/mud to get copepods) and they are definately lg amphis. If you wiki them, the picture is exactly what they look like. I knda don't agree with the parasite thing because we all buy clean up crews that are collected probably by the hundreds per day, put in a holding tank, and sent off to us or our LFS. How do we know they aren't full of parasites. They can't treat them (as far as I know, I could be wrong) cause it will kill them. I think I'm just gonna keep an eye on them for now and see what happens. I mostly want them for live food. Maybe I'll just leave them in that tank for good and collect the young (I saw that one of them was carrying eggs). I agree with you and think you should worry/check more for things like isopods Sent from my SM-N910R4 using proboards |
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Post by Sean (90 reef, fw rack sys) on Apr 17, 2015 19:35:31 GMT -5
ya there is one that has white marks on its back but like I said, it's still a little murky and can't really get a good look. I'll keep em in that tank for a while and see what happens
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on Apr 17, 2015 20:47:35 GMT -5
The hermits won't hurt anything in the reef and actually acclimate just fine. The issue I beleive is supplying them with the proper nutrition. Anytime I ever get them I never see them eat yet they stay active, swap shells, squabble but never really eat.
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