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Old 06-11-2013, 02:39 PM
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Saw these awesome little guys while at the Seattle aquarium. They are a cold water marine fish but unfortunately I can't find much info on them. I know someone on here used to keep a cold water tank so I thought I'd ask if anyone knew anything about them or if anyone has had any experience with them?


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Gosh these are SSoooo cute! Laurie, you find the nicest fish!
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Gosh these are SSoooo cute! Laurie, you find the nicest fish!
I really think they're super cute, it was cool seeing them at the aquarium. The only info I can find is that they need cold water (so a chiller would be needed, which I admit I had no idea that chillers were so expensive! $300+), they can be trained on frozen foods, like to hide in sea grass, are usually solitary in the wild, and have short (didn't say how short) life spans. Also (from reading on the Internet) it seems like they would be near impossible to get
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They are almost worth it to set up a cold tank! All except for the part about their short lifespan and impossibility to get!
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Would also be great to house with seahorses, same seagrass aquascaping, of course except for the warm/cold water compatibility!!!
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They are almost worth it to set up a cold tank! All except for the part about their short lifespan and impossibility to get!
Ya that's an issue

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Would also be great to house with seahorses, same seagrass aquascaping, of course except for the warm/cold water compatibility!!!
It would be.

Here's a link to a video
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=muq3M...%3Dmuq3MQwjK-k
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Talk with Steve at www.coldwatermarineaquatics.com he can tell you everything and is a great guy to get to know. There's tons of good info on his site!

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Talk with Steve at www.coldwatermarineaquatics.com he can tell you everything and is a great guy to get to know. There's tons of good info on his site!

Aiden
Cool site but it looks like it would be quite costly and difficult (have to provide your own documents/permits to allow items into Canada) to get things shipped from them.

http://www.coldwatermarineaquatics.com/pages/shipping
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the Seattle aquarium houses mainly fish and anemones from the pacific North West. You should be able to find one out in the wild, no?

I really didn't enjoy the Seattle Aquarium. If I wanted to see trout, salmon and spiny urchins I would of stayed at home! How did you like it?
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the Seattle aquarium houses mainly fish and anemones from the pacific North West. You should be able to find one out in the wild, no?

I really didn't enjoy the Seattle Aquarium. If I wanted to see trout, salmon and spiny urchins I would of stayed at home! How did you like it?
I liked it they had a cool saltwater section, it wasn't to big but it was decent. I thought all the cold water saltwater fish were cool
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