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celticveil

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Oct 8, 2005
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OK, so several weeks after my initial failure/baking smell disaster, I now have:

1 piece hammer coral,(paid 5 dollars at work for one head, the others had been stung to death by nearby stinging corals and no body noticed until it was too late and I resqued it,)
1 piece finger leather frag
2 green mushrooms
1 unidentified piece of some leather coral found in a frag tank
1 3 inch piece of star polyp,(purple,).
1 umbrella leather,(tiny!!)
2 pieces of halimeda algae
2 red leg hermit crabs
1 yellow-tail blue damselfish
AND THEY'RE ALL ALIIIIIVE!! And doing quite well for 2 weeks now.

I have all frags right now thanks to shipments/oddities at the LFS I work at on the week ends. I hope to get a tiny brain coral and some sponge or something akin to that.

Anyone know if abalones are reef safe? No one at work has any clue since we've never carried any of them before.
 

1979camaro

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Oct 22, 2002
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Abalones are illegal to import I believe; I know it is illegal to fish for them here in CA...and even if not, I don't know of any tropical species so I wouldn't expect one to last long in a tropical tank. They get pretty big too I think.
 

ram man

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Apr 16, 2005
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a lady yelled at me for picking up a clam at the beach. why a clam? there were thousands of them in the sand part about 5in under the water.
 

CAPSLOCK

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Jul 19, 2004
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From liveaquaria.com, for the tropical abalone (temp 72-78, max 3"):

The shell of the Abalones of the Haliotis genus is tear-shaped and has an irridescent interior. The mantle has numerous papillae. It is generally nocturnal, finding refuge in holes or crevices in the rocks or coral during the day, and coming out to forage at night, using its foot to glide over the substrate and coral rubble. The foot attaches very firmly, so use extreme caution if attempting to remove it from glass or rocks.

The Abalone is useful in reef aquariums because it eats algae. Eastern Pacific specimens require the cooler temperatures. The Abalone has a calcium-based shell which protects it from most predators, but requires the maintenance of proper calcium levels in the water for proper growth. Nitrates should be kept at low levels and it should never be exposed to copper-based medications.

While its diet is almost exclusively algae, it would benefit from supplementation with dried seaweed, blanched lettuce, spinach, or Spirulina sheets/tablets.

http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=561

Edit: They also sell aquacultured abalones there.
 

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