Splendid Dotty Back!!! Awesome fish

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I just picked up a Splendid Dotty Back this past weekend along with a Tri color Hawian Cleaner Wrasse. I got both for a great price I was a little worried about the Dotty back going after my ornamental shrimp so far so good. The tri color is doing great I'vedone some research and the Hawaian Wrasses have a better survival rate then the standard ones. Thanks to the guys at Coral Corral in Tampa FL. Will post some pics soon
 

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Awesome, good luck with the new additions!!!! Splendid dottybacks are gorgeous. They are a gamble with shrimp. Mine decided to go psycho on my shrimp after I had the dottyback for a year. Now, the dottyback dictates what can go in my tank. How can something so small be so vicious?
 
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Awesome, good luck with the new additions!!!! Splendid dottybacks are gorgeous. They are a gamble with shrimp. Mine decided to go psycho on my shrimp after I had the dottyback for a year. Now, the dottyback dictates what can go in my tank. How can something so small be so vicious?


Thanks Seahorsekeeper!!!! Yeah I took in consideration that Splendids tend to be shrimp hunters but I figured with the volume of my tank I've got a fighting chance. I myself can't understand how something so small and beautiful can be a minature aquatic pitbull lol.
 
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Also one more question. What would be a good seahorse to start out with and would a biocube 14 be aok place to keep them in ? I was planning on planting some mangroves and some other plants to play in what do you think?
 

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