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Old 08/11/2007, 08:17 AM
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Goatfish

i just got a goatfish, anyone here has some advice on goatfishes ?
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Old 08/11/2007, 08:37 AM
Jeremy Blaze Jeremy Blaze is offline
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Need lots of open sand. Must be fed several times a day, esp. juvis as they have a very high metabolism rate.

ALso appreciate fine sand.
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Old 08/11/2007, 09:14 AM
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second the high metabolism rate, without quite a bit of food they slowly starve to death. They also get fairly sizeable, depending on the species.
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Old 08/11/2007, 10:18 AM
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did you catch him? i have seen them in bay biscayne alot.
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Old 08/11/2007, 10:30 AM
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No I got him from my LFS for 20.00, the reason I got him is we have goat fish by the thousands in Greece and it kind off reminds me of the Mediterranean Great tasting eating fish heheheeh
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Old 08/11/2007, 10:36 AM
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What species? Most get huge!
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Old 08/11/2007, 10:54 AM
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I don't even know, I will post a pic, if he gets too big back to the LFS, the will gladly get any fish back for free
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Old 08/11/2007, 11:01 AM
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Doesn't sound like you made a very wise choice.

Please post a pic, or at least give a discription.
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