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12-16-2004, 01:04 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,613
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Animals we hate to see at the LFS....
Surprised?
Just a thread to discuss what animals we think should be avoided by the hobby public in general and why they should be avoided
This is not to say that someone with a responsible and appropriate scientific approach to attempting these animals shouldn't try to advance the hobby...just that these animals probably should not be sold to the general reefkeeping public because they have high enough failure rates to be deemed "unsuitable"
Corals:
- Dendroneptheas/Scleroneptheas - nutritional needs cannot be met
- non photosynthetic gorgonians - nutritional needs cannot be met
Fish:
- Sharks - space needs cannot be met
- Moorish Idols - nutritional needs cannot be met, debatable? :P
- Blue tuna - hehe
I was under the impression that Gonioporas are no longer considered impossible. But maybe that's only for Steve...lol
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12-16-2004, 01:18 PM
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Aiptasia frag farmer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: portland
Posts: 402
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Frickin tigers.... They be mean!
Chickens too. Chickens make bad house pets.
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12-16-2004, 01:18 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,613
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and...
- xmas tree worms - commensal(sp?) Porites types. Never heard of anyone keeping them longterm.....another money pit?
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12-16-2004, 01:38 PM
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Ex-Coral Biz
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Lake Oswego
Posts: 190
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Artifically colored or dyed corals and anemones. Horrible practice, and still prevalent.
My 2
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12-16-2004, 01:43 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,613
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Yes!
Good one shaun, and I'm happy to say that I've never seen any in your shop! KUDOS!
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12-16-2004, 02:26 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
Posts: 3,499
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Oh see, you guys are going to kiss and make up!!! Thats the holiday spirit!!
Jenni
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12-16-2004, 02:37 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Eugene
Posts: 550
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green goniopora, the red & purple ones are much easier to care for.
Nurse sharks, aka, I'll just donate it to an aquarium when it get 9' long...
Catalina Gobys
Crocodilians (unless you can find one of the dwarf species that only gets a few feet long, otherwise, you have no business owning one)
Coris Wrasse (show me the tank that can handle 20+ inches of fish)
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12-16-2004, 03:05 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Hillsboro, OR
Posts: 80
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Manta ray. Tuna. Sharks.
Oh, and the blue ring octopus.
Wait...
Maybe every store should be required to stock blue ring octopuses, simply for the Darwinian effect on the subset of the population that doesn't do research before making impulse purchases.
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12-16-2004, 03:11 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Portland OR
Posts: 893
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- xmas tree worms - commensal(sp?) Porites types. Never heard of anyone keeping them longterm.....another money pit?
I've had one of these for over a year now and it is doing GREAT!!!!!
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12-16-2004, 03:15 PM
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I need Reefers Anonymous!
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Bend, OR
Posts: 367
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Ralph I have to hand it to you on that one... you gave me a pretty good laugh there!
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12-16-2004, 03:41 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Eugene
Posts: 1,317
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I hate it when LFS have parrots. They just squak squak squak squak squak squak squak. You can't even hear yourself talking to the fish!!!!
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12-16-2004, 03:59 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: crystal
Posts: 2,774
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by Lowman
- xmas tree worms - commensal(sp?) Porites types. Never heard of anyone keeping them longterm.....another money pit?
I've had one of these for over a year now and it is doing GREAT!!!!!
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this isnt long term or anything but my LR came with a few of them and they have done fine for the last 7 months .....
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12-16-2004, 04:00 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,613
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lol
Seamonkey, are they xmas tree worms that live in Porites? That is the specific animal im referring to. This is great news if so, and I'm sure we'd love to hear your system specs in order to figure out how you did it...
Ralph, good one on the octo..lol.
lol...Jenny. If there's a soap opera here, it's just in yer head :P
The peanut gallery seems to apply much more drama to a bit of healthy debate than it warrants....I think you all just want entertainment and will instigate in order to get it...lol
And don't worry... I will state an opinon at some point that won't be the standard verbal hi-five, and the waters will again be aboil with cries of shock and awe...
Unless of course people learn to handle opinions from others without flyin off the handle...imagine that!  |
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12-16-2004, 04:13 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Eugene
Posts: 1,317
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I mean they just squak squak squak. Is there anyway to get em to stop?
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12-16-2004, 04:40 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 1,613
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hehe..
you no likey the station? change the channel i guess...
:P
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