Sandalphon
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New to the forums here. I'm a big fan of Pleuronectiformes and am attempting the hobby again. When I used to live in Los Angeles, I picked up a cheap 5.5g tank and aquired some baby tonguefish and a small 2" peacock flounder. Most of the fish I ordered arrived arrived DOA, and even received quite a few completely incorrect "substitutions". Even with treatments and proper salinity, there was no saving that big city tapwater enough to make it a livable and suitable environment.
Fast forward to now, I am currently living in Oregon and have natural well water as my tap source that is much more flexible to work with. I have three tiny 1 1/2" unidentified freshwater flounder that arrived today (even though I ordered 3 tonguefish). They look like Hogchokers to me, but I may be wrong. Of the 3, One arrived almost DOA but I could see a heartbeat so he's currently resting peacefully under the sand. The other two are as happy as a clam and giving off a decent amount of activity when they also aren't buried in the substrate. I'm thinking that the "bag water" they came in wasn't ideal for them since they livened up so much after being acclimated and transplanted to the tank.
I plan on ordering a nice large tank in the next few months, and also ordered 2 line sole tonight (will most likely be Hogchokers as well with my luck).
For food, I currently have both frozen baby & adult brine shrimp and Blood worms, as well as freeze dried tubular worms and small pellets. I figure it's best to see what they desire most.
Since I am a newbie, constructive criticism is definitely most welcome. I am keeping the tiny flatfish in Brackish water that's about 6-7grams InstantOcean sea salt per liter, PH between 7 and 8, and temp about 75 Fahrenheit.
I hopefully look forward to a nice long stay here on fishforums.
Thanks everyone!
Here's one of the little guys (or gals) that I received today. Can anyone identify the latin name? Poor photo taken in two different lightings.
Fast forward to now, I am currently living in Oregon and have natural well water as my tap source that is much more flexible to work with. I have three tiny 1 1/2" unidentified freshwater flounder that arrived today (even though I ordered 3 tonguefish). They look like Hogchokers to me, but I may be wrong. Of the 3, One arrived almost DOA but I could see a heartbeat so he's currently resting peacefully under the sand. The other two are as happy as a clam and giving off a decent amount of activity when they also aren't buried in the substrate. I'm thinking that the "bag water" they came in wasn't ideal for them since they livened up so much after being acclimated and transplanted to the tank.
I plan on ordering a nice large tank in the next few months, and also ordered 2 line sole tonight (will most likely be Hogchokers as well with my luck).
For food, I currently have both frozen baby & adult brine shrimp and Blood worms, as well as freeze dried tubular worms and small pellets. I figure it's best to see what they desire most.
Since I am a newbie, constructive criticism is definitely most welcome. I am keeping the tiny flatfish in Brackish water that's about 6-7grams InstantOcean sea salt per liter, PH between 7 and 8, and temp about 75 Fahrenheit.
I hopefully look forward to a nice long stay here on fishforums.
Thanks everyone!
Here's one of the little guys (or gals) that I received today. Can anyone identify the latin name? Poor photo taken in two different lightings.
