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Gurnard Hermit Crab Scorpion fish

It is Jellyfish season again in our local Tauranga harbour, THESE RANGE IN SIZE FROM 15CM TO 90CM ACROSS THE DISC.

The only way to confirm a blockage would be to, once its dead, go down the intestinal tract with a finger and thumb either side and feel for a hard lump.

Pics were good, well done the surgeon, a good healthy looking fish. I would run with Colour-genes suggestion of a possible blockage

Sprays, disease, off food, temp should all have seen more deaths. fish aren't skinny or have dropsy and no external damage so predator isout of the picture too Are gills red/pink? Autopsy time, liver a good colour and does stomach contents smell bad? '

The Bad Boys Tank

Carpet Sharks, Juvenile Bluenose, Porcupine fish, Cup corals and Jewel anemones

Probably means Ostracods

How much do you need to transport each time?

I think that would be too small for an adult

As you mature you will come to realise not to make a judgement until you know all the facts. Someone fishing on a boat caught the young hammerhead on a boat and stuck it in their live bait tank but forgot to turn the pump on y the time they got back it was on its last legs, I tried to resurrect it but it was a no go. i have the ability to build bigger tanks as my fish grow and when they get too big then they can be transported to somewhere like kelly tarltons, though i would probably send it to Napier Aquarium instead. Or just build my own Aquarium

Died in transit. animals do not go around checking each others credentials before breeding. A bit of reading for you.

Going to have to retrain the Carpet sharks for feeding now the new tank has eurobracing on it. Before i had them coming to the front and feeding at the surface but have trouble getting my hand i there now to feed the biggest female, lol.

It is indeed, just missed out on a small hammerhead the other day, sadly it didn't make the trip back. Long term plan is to breed the carpet sharks. Then a bigger aquarium.

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They have a marine fish section already, maybe the seller forgot to change the section they were listing in

Halfbeaks school while young but when mature can be aggressive with each other especially the males when breeding

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yes use the goldies filter media and bring heat up slowly

Porcupine Gurnard

New Zealand Journal of Zoologyhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03014223.2015.1071272 hunting method of banded kokopu.pdf