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09/07/2009, 12:19 PM
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small worm like fish
i saw these guys at the store and dont know what they are. they had there heads and part of there bodies out of the sand and looked like pipe fish ,size, mixed with an ell, look. my mom wants one for a nano tank thank you
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09/07/2009, 12:22 PM
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garden eel? they burry themselves and only show a little bit of their body. kinda look like worms sticking out of the sand.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...123&pcatid=123 pics would help
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09/07/2009, 12:26 PM
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exactly now i cant tell my mom there eels cause she is afraid of eles lol
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09/07/2009, 12:27 PM
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can one be kept in a nano or no
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09/07/2009, 12:28 PM
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dont put that in a nano please. ive only ever seen them last long at the georgia aquarium. theyr in like a 400 gallon tank with like a 2 foot thick sand bed with experts taking care of them.
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09/07/2009, 01:24 PM
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yeah thats what i thought my mom said its ok though a clown or goby will do
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09/07/2009, 02:27 PM
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good luck with that they look evil or that least the one on the picture does
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09/07/2009, 02:58 PM
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tell your mom to chill.
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09/07/2009, 03:20 PM
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she been afriad of snakes since she was a kid and eels are like snakes she said so u know
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09/07/2009, 07:53 PM
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+1 on the veto for a nano. You'd basically have to fill it to the top with sand and then the sand bed might be deep enough.
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09/07/2009, 08:00 PM
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Monterrey has a bunch of them, but I'm quite sure that they only survive in captivity under the kind of professional care a public aquarium can give.
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09/07/2009, 08:04 PM
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yeah i saw them in a very very good lfs
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