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Coolest Reef Safe "Animals?"


Dreichler

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So i have a 28 gallon JBJ with an AI Prime, and i went to the LFS and saw this pygmy octopus, about 2-3 inches head to end of tentacles and i fell in love with it. I know i can't keep one because i would feel bad having it in like a quarantine tank INSIDE the main 28 JBJ, and i know for a fact it will scape as i have no hood or anything, its open. What are some of the most awesome and cool things you guys have seen in reef tanks besides some nice looking fish. Im looking for something thats just unique and cool to have in a reef tank. NOTE, i don't want something that will sting or eat corals, or any of my livestock. Are jellyfish reef safe? Will they sting fish or corals?

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Jelly fish would tear on your rock. You need a very special tank for them.

Sea Apples are pretty awesome.

Sexy Shrimp are a favorite of mine.​​

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Jellyfish tanks are more like reefs are not safe for jellyfish. They are too easily damaged. There are jellyfish tanks out there, but all they have in them is jellyfish.

 

Cephalopods - octopi, squid, and cuttlefish - don't do well in captivity. Tend not to live very long in most hobbyist tanks.

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Jellyfish need their own tank, there requirements are different from what a reef tank can give them. In a jellyfish tank, the tank is normally round and have some sort of a flow bar that provides enough flow to keep the jellyfish suspended In the water column

 

Cephalopods like tibbsy07 said, don't really last that long in our tanks, from what I have read they normally last 8 month and hard to pass the 1 year mark

 

Have you seen frogfish they are super cool

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Jellyfish tanks are more like reefs are not safe for jellyfish. They are too easily damaged. There are jellyfish tanks out there, but all they have in them is jellyfish.

 

Cephalopods - octopi, squid, and cuttlefish - don't do well in captivity. Tend not to live very long in most hobbyist tanks.

Are cuttlefish reef safe and safe with crabs, anemones, zoas, clowns, and pygmy angels?

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Are cuttlefish reef safe and safe with crabs, anemones, zoas, clowns, and pygmy angels?

Nope. They will eat all those things. Cephalopods really need their own tanks.

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Porcelain Anemone Crabs are super cool and reef safe, they look awesome I love mine, and they're pretty cheap too if you can find them. They're like a crab and a filter feeder combined. Coco Worms/Feather Dusters are pretty cool as well.

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I'm not sure what the care requirements are for upside down jellies, but many public aquariums keep them in shallow mangrove tanks. There are plenty of cool anemone shrimps, mantis shrimps are cool and coral safe. Seahorses can be kept with some corals as well, but they are fish.

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Marc.The.Shark

Stars, I have a couple in my 8 gallon doing good on scraps as I don't necessarily target feed them. Pretty nice size @ around 4-5" each. Check out KP Aquatics, they have nano sized stars. They are somewhat nocturnal, but it's funny to see the legs reaching out when I feed the tank.

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Electric flame scallops are sure cool but they don't live long. Mine lasted only about 2 years which from what I have read is a very long time for them. I also really like acro crabs. Hard to come by mine came in with a large acro colony. But they are very fun to watch. I also really like my brittle star but he is not seen often. Even some pincushion urchins can be a very interesting addition to a reef tank.

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Damn, the black ones look like spiders & would creep me out, but the white with black stripes are pretty sweet, nice find!

Haha thanks I've had my eye on them for about 3 months! I plan on setting up a small invert only tank with 2 bumblebee shrimp 2 sexy shrimp a Venus anemone shrimp and one of those guys haha

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