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Old 11-01-2009, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by shimmy View Post
so it sounds like overall i should be ok..
Dr. Shimek, who is kind of the expert on these things says they are not OK.
They are predators. They search the sand and rock and eat all the small critters that are necessary for the sand bed including the larvae of pods which are essential food for some of the fish like mandarins who need they to survive.
I don't know why some LFS continue to stock them.

Thanks for asking before you buy.
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