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02/11/2018, 10:11 PM | #51 |
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I'm really liking this. Although not all 13 hang together as a single group, they do shoal a bit. It will be interesting to see whether all persist or will there be winnowing down. So far, with 13, any minimal aggression is diffused.
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02/12/2018, 11:44 AM | #54 |
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Let's not get crazy ...... 10 ofthe 13 are in this picture, though tough to spot them all.
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02/12/2018, 12:11 PM | #55 |
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@ca1ore - interesting pic. Are they staying within that coral? Do you have any large fish that maybe when it passes they dart in that coral?
Thanks btw.
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02/12/2018, 12:48 PM | #56 |
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Most of them have been staying within the branches of the green slimmer, though not all. No really large fish, Desjardini is the biggest at about 6 inches, though that will change shortly as I have a 9" unicorn in QT. Your question is an insightful one though; I have long held the opinion that the lack of schooling/shoaling behaviour in our tanks is in part due to a lack of predators.
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03/26/2018, 12:15 PM | #58 |
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6 weeks later ..... and I can reliably count 12. They may still all be there, hard to count 13 small fish that are always moving. Been very happy with the results and am going to add a bunch more.
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That's awesome, Simon.
Have you noticed any pairing off, or any hierarchy starting? Will you add more yellow tails, or a different species?
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Would be cool if they spawn, though most of them are quite small (nominally 1") so probably some maturing to do still. You can see some of them in this picture ..... if the finned piggies didn't always photo bomb me.
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I suppose...big enough tank that they don't always have to all hang out together.
I wondered about the outcome of mixing species, or staying within the Chrysiptera but using something that looks different, like Talbot's.
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Are these guys still doing well together?
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09/28/2018, 02:48 PM | #65 |
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Yes, up to about 50.
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Wow, nice! Reassuring news. I'd like to try this in the future.
Is their behavior still similar to what you said earlier?
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Minh, I have a bunch of videos in a build thread on that other site. I'm not sure how to post one here.
You can find it at https://youtu.be/_wNEh5-nZgc
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Got it. Thanks
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