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seamaiden":3drnmo03 said:there was no note of gut contents
Terra Ferma":3nf3fq3i said:Tarasco,
Most of the specimens I have seen from Indonesia usually begin eating mysis rather quickly. With that said, I picked up a multibar that came from Marshall Island. I assumed it was collected better, etc...and it looks a little different (better IMO) than most of the ones from Indo. Anyways, I have never observed mine eating any prepared food, but it is constantly picking on the rocks. In the two months I have had it, it has gotten very skinny, but has since fattened up again. If you have good, established liverock for it to feed on, and no other angels competing for the livrock goodies, yours should do fine.
Tarasco":3fmeq9nx said:Gscheimer - I understand the point that you are trying to make regarding not buying impossible to keep species. Although I did see things written stating that this angel ate sponges, I did not see it stated anywhere that they were obligate sponge feeders. I would have stayed away if I had seen that. Actually, part of the reason that I thought I might give the fish a shot was due to an article on angels that you wrote, mentioning the only other paracentropyge that I've heard of:
"I once kept the closely related Paracentopyge venusta angelfish in an aquarium with soft corals and clam, and it didn't show an interest in anything. This is a limited experience, but it's a fish I'd be willing to take a chance on again."
I understand that the venusta and multifasciata are different species, but thought that the family would have similar traits, and therefore possibly similar suitabilities. I guess this was an incorrect assumption on my part from what you are saying now.
John_Brandt":aa5n9cog said:seamaiden":aa5n9cog said:there was no note of gut contents
See, they don't even eat in nature![]()
seamaiden said:Greg and Terra Firma - a hypothesis; I know many people who have encrusting sponges of various types (know that I know very little about sponges or tunicates) growing weedlike on their live rock. Could he possibly utilize this source of live sponge?
Also, I don't recollect how long you said you've had your C. mutifasciata, Terra, but more than a few months, yes?According to "Terra Firma": In the two months I have had it.. Hardly long enough to proclaim success. It can take a few months to just starve to death. Even if somehow the exact sponge was growing in an aquarium, it could never grow quick enough to satiate the fish indefinitely.
Greg