Lookdowns Anybody keeping them?

caddydaddy · 10/12/2006, 01:08 PM

I would like to get some selene vomer (lookdowns) if I don't win some I still want to get some.

Does anyone here have any experience with them?

Thanks

AJ

caddydaddy · 10/13/2006, 07:56 AM

I'm surprised no one here has kept these fish, they are magnificent!

AJ

SDguy · 10/13/2006, 08:51 AM

A LFS had a pair in a 300g tank. Their faces would get pretty beaten up from constantly swimming into the glass. To me this suggests they need a huge tank. There was a thread recently. Someone who keeps them mentioned they are susceptible to ich.

saltycreefer · 10/13/2006, 09:12 AM

Had one in a clients 500gl fish only tank and it rubbed its face and eyes up pretty bad in the tank. They probably need a huge cylindrical tank >1000 gls to be happy. They are an open water swimmer.

caddydaddy · 10/13/2006, 09:29 AM

Do you think curved inserts on the ends of a tank would help?

AJ

ReefTank1 · 10/13/2006, 03:20 PM

my lfs has a few of them is their 5000 gallon cylindrical shark aquarium, they have been living there for years with no problems, this is probably the best way to keep them

jlehigh · 10/13/2006, 04:27 PM

I tried to keep a few in my L-shaped 210 gallon and I too feel they need a very large tank unless you are getting them small. Mine did exactly what folks have mentioned (Tank bumping and scratching themselves on ornamental coral).

LRS078 · 10/17/2006, 01:35 AM

short of a uber huge LFS display or a pulblic aquarium they are best left in the ocean....

10/12/2006, 01:08 PM	#1
caddydaddy Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hillsdale, MI Posts: 181	Lookdowns Anybody keeping them? I would like to get some selene vomer (lookdowns) if I don't win some I still want to get some. Does anyone here have any experience with them? Thanks AJ __________________ MASM & TRAC member

10/13/2006, 07:56 AM	#2
caddydaddy Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hillsdale, MI Posts: 181	I'm surprised no one here has kept these fish, they are magnificent! AJ __________________ MASM & TRAC member

10/13/2006, 08:51 AM	#3
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 19,862	A LFS had a pair in a 300g tank. Their faces would get pretty beaten up from constantly swimming into the glass. To me this suggests they need a huge tank. There was a thread recently. Someone who keeps them mentioned they are susceptible to ich. __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 150g crashed reef. 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 20g clarkii clown cube. 15g QT.

10/13/2006, 09:12 AM	#4
saltycreefer Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Fairfield,CT Posts: 1,700	Had one in a clients 500gl fish only tank and it rubbed its face and eyes up pretty bad in the tank. They probably need a huge cylindrical tank >1000 gls to be happy. They are an open water swimmer. __________________ I love being a turtle!!! Current Tank Info: Got out of tanks for a little while.

10/17/2006, 01:35 AM	#8
LRS078 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Alpharetta, GA USA Posts: 487	short of a uber huge LFS display or a pulblic aquarium they are best left in the ocean.... __________________ 220 & 200 graveyard: Golden Puffer, Purple Tang, Dogface Puffer, Juv. Emp. Angel, Miniatus, Longhorn Cowfish, Juv French Angel. Spec-Only Angler tank. Current Tank Info: 200, 215, couple species and/or "bug" tanks

10/13/2006, 09:29 AM	#5
caddydaddy Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hillsdale, MI Posts: 181	Do you think curved inserts on the ends of a tank would help? AJ

10/13/2006, 03:20 PM	#6
ReefTank1 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 199	my lfs has a few of them is their 5000 gallon cylindrical shark aquarium, they have been living there for years with no problems, this is probably the best way to keep them

10/13/2006, 04:27 PM	#7
jlehigh Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 269	I tried to keep a few in my L-shaped 210 gallon and I too feel they need a very large tank unless you are getting them small. Mine did exactly what folks have mentioned (Tank bumping and scratching themselves on ornamental coral).