Gators27606
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Why are so many people against putting things that are from the gulf/Galveston are in there tanks? I would like to here your 2 cents.
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my 2 pennies... a lot of them tend to either use our more expensive inhabitants as food or they grow to large or they are kinda boring looking...
mwilliams62
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I had one Galveston blenny in my dt and loved him. He had what looked like red hair on top of his head. He was so cool he passed away a few months ago and I know I will never find another one that looked like him.
http://www.marsh-reef.org/marine-re...-using-fish-trap-put-their-favorite-food.html
Click that thread, Dang Galveston blenny...
Click that thread, Dang Galveston blenny...
breiter3
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The other thing of note is that people assume once it has grown too large for their system, or has out worn its' welcome, that they can just release it back to the bay / gulf.
This is extremely dangerous since that vast majority of what is in our tanks, excluding 'Galveston' biotope tanks, is non native. Releasing anything at all has a huge risk of introducing an invasive species or disease that local populations have no defense to.
The rule of thumb is once it is inside the tank or system, it can never be released into the wild.
Just another consideration.
This is extremely dangerous since that vast majority of what is in our tanks, excluding 'Galveston' biotope tanks, is non native. Releasing anything at all has a huge risk of introducing an invasive species or disease that local populations have no defense to.
The rule of thumb is once it is inside the tank or system, it can never be released into the wild.
Just another consideration.
rlpardue
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I've had a pair of Galveston blennies (same as Inigomontoya). They had exquisite taste - ate my only expensive LPS (an acan) the first week they were in the tank. Previously, I had some peppermint shrimp from Galveston that behaved for some time - until I went on vacation for 9 days. I had my dad visit my place and feed the tank every third day, but when I got back I saw one of the pepps eating an acan. They had consumed one and were halfway into another. Apparently they'd gotten hungry enough to try anything and had found they liked the taste of LPS. From then on they'd eat acans in the tank (whether starving or not).
Cause they don't come from Jason Fox with a massive price tag and bragging rights?
Ding ding ding! Ha!
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