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Feeding saltwater natives


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Posted 12 March 2012 - 07:01 PM

What are good foods for cunner, stickleback, and hogchoker? I would like to add these fish to various saltwater aquariums I own. (not all in the same tank) Are these fish easy to care for, and what should the water parameters be for each? (temp, salinity, ect. especially the temp and salinity)

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Edited by soccer, 12 March 2012 - 07:05 PM.


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Posted 13 March 2012 - 07:08 PM

Hogchoker are easy. They'll eat anything that makes it to the bottom. I've had good luck with freshwater stickleback species too, though I've always kept them in small numbers such that it was practical to feed live foods exclusively.

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Posted 13 March 2012 - 09:22 PM

I had a marine science class in high school where we went trawling and brought back enough saltwater fish to fill roughly a dozen 55 gallon tanks in the class, as well as a few larger ones. My teacher used chopped squid and chopped (or whole) uncooked shrimp and virtually everyone learned to love it within a short time.

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 06:02 PM

:biggrin: Thanks for the help guys

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 06:03 PM

Hogchoker are easy. They'll eat anything that makes it to the bottom. I've had good luck with freshwater stickleback species too, though I've always kept them in small numbers such that it was practical to feed live foods exclusively.

Could I still feed sticklebacks frozen mysis?

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Posted 14 March 2012 - 09:31 PM

Haven't tried it myself, but seems pretty reasonable.

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 07:48 PM

Thanks to both of you for the help, can't wait to catch my fish! :biggrin:

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 11:25 PM

The species you mentioned have wide ranges of tolerance for both temperature and salinity, but may be better adapted to different conditions at different times in their lives, or among regional populations. If you have the time and energy to control those parameters closely, I'd suggest you try to match the water you found them in rather than the recommendations of even the most experienced forum members.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 09:16 AM

The species you mentioned have wide ranges of tolerance for both temperature and salinity, but may be better adapted to different conditions at different times in their lives, or among regional populations. If you have the time and energy to control those parameters closely, I'd suggest you try to match the water you found them in rather than the recommendations of even the most experienced forum members.

Thanks, I appreciate all the advice, it was a big help!




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