Joe.kool Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I just got back from the coast and was wondering, can i put the little hermit crab looking guys in my tank at home. If so what about other stuff like the snails and will the snails clean my tank like a Turbo snail?????((just wondering)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I have one in my 28gal and he's never hurt anything. (Been in the 28 for 6 months or so and was in a 20gal holding tank for 3+months prior) Never picked at any corals or messed with any fish. He actually hasn't even killed my smaller hermits. His shell is a little bigger than a golfball. Your mileage may vary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I never had any luck with the whitish hermits from the coast but the species with pale bluish strips running lenghtwise down thier legs are good algae eaters and comical to watch. They are clumsy and will fall on stuff and will dislodge stuff that's not fixed so they're not for every tank. I haven't had good long term success with any of the snails either but it's been a long time since I tried so don't let that stop you from trying. I wouldn't try more than one or two initially though and I wouldn't consider keeping them successful unless they lived a year or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainK Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I had some of the green lined hermits, one of them is still alive after 4 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe.kool Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Kool .. think ill try one or two and a snail.thanks for the response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I never put any of the snails from the gulf coast in my tank. From what I could tell they were usually whelks, most of which are predatory and would possibly eat all your good CUC snails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe.kool Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 OK no snails...anything else safe for my just about empty tank ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caferacermike Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 On a good day you can come home with lots of pipefish, seahorses, and frogfish (sargassum anglers), triggers, look down fish, sargent major damsels, rock anemones, peppermint shrimp, limpets, chitons, nudibranchs, and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gig 'em @ NDstructible Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 On a good day you can come home with lots of pipefish, seahorses, and frogfish (sargassum anglers), triggers, look down fish, sargent major damsels, rock anemones, peppermint shrimp, limpets, chitons, nudibranchs, and more. I have never seen any seahorses or nudibranchs from the Texas Coast before, have any pictures to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe.kool Posted April 4, 2012 Author Share Posted April 4, 2012 Wow alot more than thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caferacermike Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 I don't have any pictures but we caught them during a MAAST outing about 5 years ago. There are pictures buried on this site and that site. The nudi's live in the sargassum flotsam that rolls in, that's where the angler/frog fish come from. All kinds of triggers and seahorses also come in on that stuff. You can also find seahorses and pipe fish in the salt marshes around the coast in the knee deep water. We floated kayaks and got out a little from land. We were also able to get pipe fish in the surf using our large seine net we took. We gave all the horses and pipe fish to a teacher that was there with us. I finally had to give my trigger away as it was growing fast and eating holes through my other fish. The sargassum nudi's don't make it in the tnak as they seem to need the sagassum to live and I've not met anyone that was capable of keeping the macro alive for any period of time. A sargassum tnak would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caferacermike Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Oh and I should also add we caught a really neat filefish we neve bothered to identify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I have never seen any seahorses or nudibranchs from the Texas Coast before, have any pictures to share? We caught this swimming near the beach in Port A last year (released it shortly after). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I can not tell what it is that I am looking at in the above picture. If you get involved with shrimp trawling, you would have also seen a fish that the locals call a "Sea Robin". It is a very unique looking fish with a large mouth and head that accounts for almost 2/3 of body size. Below the pectorial fins is what I call "the lunar landing legs". Three on each side, which allows for walking along the bottom. Be aware, that most of these native fish have something which would interfere with being in a community fish tank. This guy eats his tank mates and has obnoxious toxins similiar to a catfish on its spines. A good choice for a predator brackish lagoon. I also like Scats and Puffers, of which several types would be available. But he would eat your crab. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_robin Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinB Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Looks like a spanish dancer to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caferacermike Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 James that thing was awesome. Subsea, you reminded me that on one of our trips down there, a guy named EricK actually caught a sea robin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 The juvenile Sea Robins are really pretty to watch swim. In their latin name is a reference to the pectoral fin being likened to a bird in flight. I can attest, that when viewed from below, the color refraction shows changing color patterens similiar to butterflys being translucant with a brite while light behind them. Being likened to a bird in flight as riding the water currents and gliding is an acurate description of this native fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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