Nearly two months ago we obtained what could be the第一个Kamohara Fangblennyexported out of Japan. Although late last month we reported that a couple of specimens were headed to the U.S of A during theMACNA season，大概对奥拉（Ora），鱼仍然在爱好中仍然很稀有，只有在日本以外的地方以严重有限的作品发生。在几周的时间里Meiacanthus粉丝。
首先，这条鱼是从Koji Wada先生的特殊送货Blueharbor– the world renowned quasi legendary fish store in Japan. It has been made known to Koji that the kamohara blenny holds我们心中的一个特殊位置and you could imagine the look on our faces when we received this large spectacular shimmering fish in every bit of its three inch body (yes it was a big blenny).
适应和作品后，我们用大量PVC管道将鱼定在一个裸露的玻璃罐中。一个适应任何人时必须有Meiacanthus这些鱼类生活在自然环境中的废弃管，空心缝隙和废弃的玻璃瓶等中。
第二天，我们开始尝试喂这条鱼。与我的信念相反Meiacanthus一开始就可以成为一群充满挑战的鱼类。因为这是我们自己的马修·佩德森（Matthew Pederson）清楚的。最初，它拒绝了各种食物，但是我们对G博士的鱼蛋感到幸运。那是它唯一的样品，从来没有大量的东西。几天来，我们用鱼鸡蛋淹没了坦克，只是目睹了鱼摘和采样微小的鸡蛋，一次是一个鸡蛋，直到它有足够的时间，并会撤回一天的塑料管。
几周过去了，鱼变得明显稀。尽管吃得不多，但肯定足以保持其体重。鱼的下降速度，我们非常不舒服。体重减轻绝对不是正常的，我们将现象归因于两个原因。
- 作为日本中等亚热带鱼类，我们推测我们的水温太热了。尽管一条浅水鱼在地表附近游泳很多次，但这些部分周围的水比普通的礁鱼习惯的凉爽。
– The fish had internal parasites that prevented it from gaining weight. Many fishes harbour such parasites from the wild. In their natural environment, a stress free and an endless plethora of food for constant grazing helps maintain this parasite-host relationship such that the fish is not completely taken over by its uninvited guest. A newly imported stressed out fish in a confined aquarium eating only moderately well however, doesn’t provide enough nutrition for itself and its parasite, and usually results in an emaciated fish that slowly wastes away.
我们立即将温度暂时降低至74F（24C），并观察到以进行改进。为了应对可能的内部寄生虫，我们更改了饮食，以包括包含praziquantel的东西。由于它除了鱼鸡蛋，但我们什么都没有消耗，因此我们改用了含有praziquantel的G博士的饮用鱼鸡蛋。这种新饮食加上温度降低持续了几周，我们得到了一些阳性反应。
The fish was noticeably calmer and it had stopped growing thin. Now we were met with a new problem, and that was to return the fish back to its original weight and maintain it at that. The tank was flooded periodically with all sorts of food but all we received was a dumb stare as the food floated pass it, occasionally even hitting it in its face. When fish eggs were introduced, it would miraculously rise from its suspended state and start eating. In an almost half defeated state, we decided to try dry pelleted food. This time we tested with ReefNutrition’s APBreed TDO chroma boost**.
Almost magically, the fish began romping down every single pellet with gusto and vigor. Much more responsive was it to this pellet than it ever showed for fish eggs. We really didn’t know what was going on but was glad that the fish eventually, after many harrowing weeks, decided to turn the corner and start taking dry food. The lowered temperature and praziquantel treatment definitely did something, and the fish would not be alive today without that.
Fast forward to today, the fish is healthy and living in a reef environment and no longer in its glass prison with PVC pipes. The temperature has been raised back up by one degree, and it spends most of its day swimming about now and continues to eat pellets. In a strange twist of events, it now eats nothing else but TDO chroma boost pellets by ReefNutrition, and now completely ignores fish eggs! It has gained back its weight and is maintaining it well, but we wouldn’t mind if he decided to abandon his svelte figure for a chubbier one.
A huge thanks to Matthew Pederson for his initial advice, Ong JunKai who has been nothing but helpful by providing the fish a temporary home as well as the arsenal of food products, and to Koji Wada, who so kindly obliged to our request for this fish.
**我们在Reefnrition Apbreed TDO Chroma Boost以及较旧的Otohime颗粒方面取得了许多成功。狂野抓住中央双色,Apolemichthys arcuatus, numerous butterflyfishes and even thismultibar angelfish没有太多问题就轻松地进入了此提要。绝对是我们推荐的挑剔鱼类产品。
