Super User buzzed bait Posted November 13, 2015 Super User Posted November 13, 2015 these pics are awesome. i have ZERO fish, but i could stare at an aquarium for days! Quote
Derekbass02 Posted January 28, 2016 Posted January 28, 2016 I recently got a couple yellow perch and a goldfish. Planning on buying something for a 20 gallon tank I have sitting around. Quote
bassin is addicting Posted January 30, 2016 Posted January 30, 2016 When I was in college, I had two 55 gallon aquariums. I had both Central and South American cichlids. It was fun to watch them lay eggs and be territorial. They would fight the other fish off and they would actually lock jaws when they were fighting and if some of the small fry would wonder off they would go get them in their mouth and spit them back out with the rest of the brood. Very fun to watch. Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted January 30, 2016 Super User Posted January 30, 2016 I once had a salt water aquarium. I caught a very colorful small lobster in one of my traps. Put it in a bucket to take it home. I found out a lot of interesting things about lobsters. First, they are not scavengers as most believe. They are not only meat eaters. They will also eat vegetation. They will dredge up shellfish and eat them. The first thing they do after they shed is to eat their old shell to get calcium for the new shell. They do it very quickly, and they always do it in the dark, because once they shed, they are totally vulnerable. The only hard part of their body that they do not shed is their mouth/teeth. Some of this I knew from reading but it's the first time I witnessed it. They are also hunters. I had some small salt water fish in the tank, along with some shellfish. The lobster was constantly rearranging the bottom of the tank. It would use its claws like the blade of a bulldozer to push the sand and gravel around. Once it was satisfied, it would usually back into one of the corners of the tank, and wait for a fish to settle in above its head. Once a fish arrived on the scene, the lobster would reach up with its ripper claw ever so slowly. It was like watching the minute hand on a clock. Once the fish was within the confines of its claw, it would snap it shut to capture the fish. Its problem was that the fish were a little too large and they would slide free of its grip, losing a few scales in the process. The lobster would also find the shellfish and when possible it would crush the shell of the clam, and eat its innards. My first thought was that the bulldozing I mentioned earlier was the lobster scraping around in search of a shell fish. But, I never saw it capture one when it was landscaping. It would prowl around, waving its feelers/antennae, then would scratch around and pull a clam up as soon as it started digging. Lobsters and crawfish are similar in many ways. If possible, it might be interesting to add a crawfish or two to your aquariums. 1 Quote
Derekbass02 Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I never knew some of that about lobsters. Interesting. My perch came from a hatchery so unfortunately I probably won't be able to feed them worms and other food. Quote
Firefish Alumacraft Posted February 1, 2016 Posted February 1, 2016 I have an 150g reef tank display and 40g sump, old pic but I have lot of corals and 10 fish from clowns, gobies, tang, rabbit fish, chromes, shrimps, 2 Quote
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