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Originally Posted by kursk
"Not really, hardest part is walking out to the end of the dock and hauling in a 5 gal bucket of water back in and swapping it out every other week."
lol you must be joking.. I am guessing these are all caught out of the sea where you live and not bought from pet stores because theres NO WAY you could ever do that any other way. The fish would all be dead in a few days from bacteria.
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no joke,
i live on the Indian river which is part of the Inter Coastal Waterway and is very close to the ocean. I have caught all these fish myself.
Some species do not do well for one reason or another.
Mangrove Snapper for example, fascinating fish, but after only a few days you can see stuff growing on it's fins, tried them twice and released them.
We caught some baby squid one night, they died after a few hours, were very amazing to watch as they changed colors and stuff, they were about 3 inches long.
Caught an eel but he was a little too large and seemed to stir things up too much. Let him go only after an hour.
All the fish we have now seem to be doing great. That sheeps head is getting huge, we've had him for 6 months. The rock bass and pig fish have been in there for about 3 months. The grouper only 2 weeks and seems fine.
This morning the sea horse looks right at home and is looking good. All these fish live naturally with each other in the wild so things look good.