鲍鱼是一些最酷的腹足类的ocean, they are tasty, have beautiful shells, but they can also make for great reef aquarium animals. We simply love having them in several of our coral aquariums but there’s no denying that most reefers would be interested in their intense algae grazing behavior which we liken to having a Roomba for your reef.
Roomba鲍鱼的绰号出现了,看着这些好奇的低和平坦的软体动物在我们的水族馆周围移动,贪婪地割下了藻类。他们的头部的侧面移动非常彻底,我们很难找到最大成熟鲍鱼的储罐中的任何藻类生长,每4 x 8英尺珊瑚桌子均以五英寸标本的速度。
There are over 230 species ofHaliotis鲍鱼s, most of which are temperate or coldwater but a smaller subset are found in tropical waters. All aquarium specimens are aquacultured, with the most common species being the Ass Ear Abalone,Haliotis asinina。使鲍鱼像大师级水族馆格拉泽(Master Aquarium Grazer)如此出色的一部分是,它们主要与高流动环境(例如波浪洗净的底部环境)相关Acroporaand SPS aquarium setups.
一个年轻的鲍鱼看起来与无处不在的气孔我们有成千上万的礁石坦克中的礁石坦克没有关系。您会合理地认为如此大而强壮的软体动物会完全在周围推出珊瑚,但不像大型TrochusandTurbo蜗牛它们具有很高的自我意识,我们几乎没有证据表明它们将碎片撞倒或移动到周围的任何珊瑚 - 如果您看着它们,您可以看到它们在水族馆周围的仔细移动。
Unlike so many other clean up crew invertebrates we’ve foundHaliotis鲍鱼非常耐寒,取决于它们可以轻松生存十年的物种,或者野外的冷水物种最多30至40年。单个鲍鱼的价格可能为20美元,但您不会像许多礁石那样经常取代它们,而这些鲍鱼会以更便宜的蜗牛和寄居蟹的期望来代替它们。
您可能会从完全建造和设计的动物中预测到非常高流量的岩石,那就是,拥有鲍鱼的唯一棘手部分就是在需要时知道如何处理它们。如果您是从背面出来的,则会向他们发出信号,但如果从正面接近,鲍鱼将向上抬起手或塑料卡,直到后部不再附着在后面。
One thing to keep in mind about such a voracious algae eating machine like an abalone is that once they will still need to eat once they’ve mowed down what’s available in your tank, and we simply place an algae clip in the aquarium later in the day so they can finish up the nori once the herbivorous fish have had their fill. We got a nice batch of the hybridhaliotis asinina X H. squamata独特珊瑚的鲍鱼last week and we look forward to seeing how they grow and compare to our three large mostly jade green abalone racers we’ve had for years.