fu-manchu care help

[aggresive tank gee]

does any one have a fu-manchu?
if so how are there behavior and feeding habit......also what fish can co-exist with them? i have a 75g fowlr...

 

[Imbarrie]

Do you have it already?
Is it eating?
What are you feeding it?

 

[aggresive tank gee]

i just got it...its tiny about 2 inches....acclimating it now....there where feeding him guppys at the store..so i got him that so i can try and switch to frozen food lil by lil.........lol...

 

[Imbarrie]

Do not feed this any more guppies. They are not healthy and have no place in saltwater fish diets.
They can and should eat ghost shrimp until you can get it to eat frozen krill. These are reluctant eaters that need a lot of experience.
Did you research this before you bought it? Or was this an impulse buy?

 

[aggresive tank gee]

i did a lil reseasrch but the guys at the store gave me a lay out on how i should feed him and change his diet...any help is welcomed

 

[rookie07]

Best Link I have found:
http://www.lionfishlair.com/feedingtechniques/toolsofthetrade.shtml

 

[aggresive tank gee]

thanks

 

[aggresive tank gee]

well i guess i wasent cut out to take care of him so i sold him to a more experienced reefer

 

[fishman1069]

well i guess i wasent cut out to take care of him so i sold him to a more experienced reefer

That was definitely a good decision! There are many hard to keep fish in this hobby and the best thing to do is research everything BEFORE buying. That means reading everything you can find on said fish, until you know everything possible. If you buy a fish and put a post up like this the hardcore guys on here are gonna tear you up lol

 

[Imbarrie]

That was definitely a good decision! There are many hard to keep fish in this hobby and the best thing to do is research everything BEFORE buying. That means reading everything you can find on said fish, until you know everything possible. If you buy a fish and put a post up like this the hardcore guys on here are gonna tear you up lol

+1
Don't know if I am hardcore but I don't like to hear about fish purchases that were not researched.
If you have a smartphone it is very easy to do this even in the store. I do it all the time for the impulse decisions. Like a basket star.

With all the shared knowledge in this site and the net in general there should be less life ending impulse buys.

 

[dherrera83]

I bet you got it a petland or something.... Those guys dont know anything. The vendors on this forum all have experience and know pretty much everything about the fish they sell. So you will not get the wrong advice. But it also doesnt hurt reseaching them as it only takes a few minutes to read up on.

 

[WilFresco]

Before I buy a fish u'll see me pop my iPhone out and go straight to liveaquaria.com to see more or less if it would be compatible with what I have in my tank, plus a good lfs would feed it for u so u can see it's eating, it doesn't hurt to ask

 

[aggresive tank gee]

That was definitely a good decision! There are many hard to keep fish in this hobby and the best thing to do is research everything BEFORE buying. That means reading everything you can find on said fish, until you know everything possible. If you buy a fish and put a post up like this the hardcore guys on here are gonna tear you up lol

your rite...but he was so small he was hiding and not really eating so i didnt want to take the chance....hes in a system where all the fish are eating ghost shrimp....hes happy and i just went and got a bartletts anthias instaed...hes easy going...lol

 

[aggresive tank gee]

I bet you got it a petland or something.... Those guys dont know anything. The vendors on this forum all have experience and know pretty much everything about the fish they sell. So you will not get the wrong advice. But it also doesnt hurt reseaching them as it only takes a few minutes to read up on.

it was at fishtown u.s.a. and yeah they dont know jack...lol

 

[aggresive tank gee]

Before I buy a fish u'll see me pop my iPhone out and go straight to live Aquarians to see more or less if it would be compatible with what I have in my tank, plus a good lfs would feed it for u so u can see it's eating, it doesn't hurt to ask

thats a lesson learnd now...ill make sure to see em eat..thanks will

 

[Imbarrie]

Fishtown USA is an awesome place




for cheap fish and really bad advice.

 

[aggresive tank gee]

Fishtown USA is an awesome place




for cheap fish and really bad advice.

i agree but there are like 2 employees who push the sale and dont give to much info..i only deal with one guy now who helps alot

 

[Imbarrie]

There is a way to talk to those guys and I agree, there is a guy there who I dont mind talking to.
But it is the health of the fish that is the other problem. They are not the best specimens and they are unhealthy a lot of the time. There are many more places with a much better reputation for how they treat their livestock and their customers.

 

[aggresive tank gee]

There is a way to talk to those guys and I agree, there is a guy there who I dont mind talking to.
But it is the health of the fish that is the other problem. They are not the best specimens and they are unhealthy a lot of the time. There are many more places with a much better reputation for how they treat their livestock and their customers.

give me a few other places i can go to with good prices......

 

[Imbarrie]

Look for good stores over good prices.

There are reviews in MR for stores all over the area.

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/regional-reefs/