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Post by mushu804 on Aug 30, 2009 21:11:36 GMT -6
hey all i recently bought a bowfront and while im doin a short cycle with some old fish water from my other tanks i pu a crab and a crawfish in there and one fish for the heck of it.
anyway ever sinced i put a crab in there i ve been watchin it and it climbs up the airline so i knock it back down but i forgot to cover the backside of the tank now hes gone and cant find him!!
this tank is in my room and i have alot of stuff in there any idea where crabs like to hide i wouldnt want him to pinch me in my sleep lol
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Post by angel on Aug 30, 2009 21:18:18 GMT -6
Can they live out of water? I hope being out doesn't do him in.
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Post by mushu804 on Aug 30, 2009 21:21:17 GMT -6
i dont even know i dont think they cant get very far or did the crawfish eat him  ? im sure if the crawfish ate him thre would be his shell left |
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Post by angel on Aug 30, 2009 21:49:43 GMT -6
Crawfish are mean! I wouldn't put it past him! But if he crawls up a lot maybe he is around somewhere.
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Post by mushu804 on Aug 30, 2009 21:53:12 GMT -6
yea im thinkin putting my crawfish in a pot lol
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Post by jon carman on Aug 30, 2009 22:04:15 GMT -6
You can cycle it automatically if you put water, substrate, and use a little of the filter material out of your other tank. No waiting or cycling. I just wouldn't overload it too fast. All I do is move a used sponge filter, use a little old water and add fish.
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Post by mushu804 on Aug 30, 2009 22:11:05 GMT -6
wats substrate
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Post by angel on Aug 31, 2009 5:04:48 GMT -6
Substrate is what you use for the bottom of the tank. Gravel, sand, coral, etc. I always try to move either some of that or maybe a rock or two or some other toys from an established tank and a sponge out of a tank that's established, like Jon says. The cycle is too traumatic to go through--for me!! hahaha
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Post by kimberlie on Aug 31, 2009 15:20:34 GMT -6
my eels try to jump out all the time..especially the dinosaur eel...he hangs on the tube from the canister filter and tried to make an escape....i have those plastic thingys that close the gap from the canopy so he cant get out ....youd think hed quit trying since i put him in a bigger tank but he still hangs on the tube and tries to escape anyways..i prepare myself every morning to find a eel on the floor when i go to feed them...he hasnt gottn out yet..(knock on wood)
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Post by mushu804 on Aug 31, 2009 21:25:20 GMT -6
what kind of eels do you have?
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Post by kimberlie on Sept 2, 2009 16:48:42 GMT -6
a dinosaur eel and 2 peacocks....its just the dinosaur eel that tries to jump out..i think hes settling in the new tank bc i havent seen him swinging on his "vine" lately
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Post by mushu804 on Sept 3, 2009 16:51:16 GMT -6
where did you buy him
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Post by kimberlie on Sept 3, 2009 20:01:28 GMT -6
they all came with a tank i bought...he said he got the from aquatic critter....id didnt like them at first but they have grown on me and i like them now
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Post by angel on Sept 3, 2009 20:07:42 GMT -6
Our local PetSmart has dinosaur eels. I think they're called dinosaur bichir. I'd think they have them at other ones too, then, since they get their shipments from the same place.
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Post by mushu804 on Sept 6, 2009 12:37:09 GMT -6
i found my crab last night when i turned off my bed to go to sleep but i had the t.v on But when i put him back in he escaped again hes been in my room the whole time lol now need to look for him again
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? im sure if the crawfish ate him thre would be his shell left
