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08/27/2006, 10:18 PM
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ID please...this is not a peacock
I got this guy for 15 bucks....sold as a small peacock....can't post pics on here cuz my camera is broke...but I have the pics here at nano-reef.com
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/inde...0&#entry881726 |
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08/27/2006, 10:32 PM
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Judging by the red segmental lines, i would guess G . Smithii.
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08/27/2006, 10:44 PM
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p.s. also...it has orange spots on the inside of its smashers where as g. smithi has blue i think...but I'm sure you know more about these guys then I do. thanks again...more opinions welcome, especially from Dr. Roy
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08/27/2006, 10:49 PM
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If it has Orange Merals, i would guess G. Ternatensis as well.
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08/27/2006, 11:25 PM
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08/27/2006, 11:36 PM
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Dr Roy will possibly chime in, but I would suggest a lot of branching liverock, as he said that they live in that environment. I had a variety of rock in mine. She (Baba-Yaga) was extremely aggressive, and they are known for 'defending' their territory. A tank of at least 20 gallons, they get prett big. larger if you can They hit pretty hard, as well.
Mine attacked whatever entered the tank, feeding tongs, the magnetic cleaner, an anemone that I tried to introduce.She was very active and roamed about quite a lot. She also rearranged a lot, so I would only add corals that were on a large (sturdy) rock. they can take a bit of light, so you could do a nice coral garden for him/her. BTW, if the antennal scal;es (the rudder on the sides of it's head) is blue, it's a male, orange or yellow, a female. Mine peferred fiddlers, then snails, then thawed seafood. She also liked ghost shrimp, though she never chased the few guppies that i occassionally offered. -Uriel |
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08/27/2006, 11:43 PM
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thanks for all the help Uriel...my little guy(has blue attenal scales) is in a 1.5g acylic tank for the time being...setting up a bigger tank that'll be done hopefully in a couple weeks. He is only around an 1'' long, and goes exploring around the tank. Has a lot of nice burrows in the rocks I have in there including some old branch coral the died in my reef tank. Cracked up a snail today, very alert little guy...watches my every move...thanks again..any more advice is welcome
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08/29/2006, 07:31 PM
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There is no question that that is a Ternantensis. I have had two and they look exactly the same.
I find them active as young, but get reclusive when larger. The biggest one I had lived in a reef tank undetected for years. Very cool animals. I am in the process of trying to trap my big one with no success. They can hide incredibly well. |
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09/07/2006, 09:09 AM
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Quote:
Some, however - like mine and apparently yours, seem to mimic the red segmental line markings of the G. ternatensis'. Closing the burrow used to be fairly typical for Tim (my G. smithii) on a nightly basis; molt or not. These days he only seems to block the throne room when he's nervous about something new or shedding.
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#17
09/07/2006, 02:29 PM
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very true...I thought about Manny being a G. Smithi but then I noticed his orange meral spots and stuck with a G. ternatensis. But, I think your right, he closes himself in during the day and then comes out during the day to look around.
Thanks for the info Density, best of luck to you and tim! P.S. how is Tim fairing with only one eye? |
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