Man-o-war... Fish?

Shcubasteve · Feb 7, 2011

Hey anyone with an aquarium, check out the Man-o-war fish I got yesterday... the picture is generic ffrom google images, but still, they are the COOLest fish ever! Bright irridescent blue and silver. Get 'em while the 'wars are around.

Added a 2nd pic of the butterfly-like pectoral fins.. too cool

Angry Turtle · Feb 7, 2011

what do they eat?

BigHarryDiver · Feb 7, 2011

Angry Turtle:
what do they eat?

According to my Reef Fish ID software they eat plankton and sometimes also nibble on their host jelly or Man-o-war as they are immune to the stings.

reefman · Feb 7, 2011

BigHarryDiver:
According to my Reef Fish ID software they eat plankton and sometimes also nibble on their host jelly or Man-o-war as they are immune to the stings.

they sure as hell, don't belong in anyone's home aquarium,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

reefman
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Angry Turtle · Feb 7, 2011

Adding to that...Fishbase lists it's diet as the manowar's tentacles and gonads, possibly other softbodied jellyfish and zooplankton. I agree with reefman, this fish is not for the home aquarium.

Nomeus gronovii, Man-of-war fish : fisheries

Shcubasteve, has it eaten anything you have offered so far?

Shcubasteve · Feb 7, 2011

Angry Turtle:
Adding to that...Fishbase lists it's diet as the manowar's tentacles and gonads, possibly other softbodied jellyfish and zooplankton. I agree with reefman, this fish is not for the home aquarium.

Nomeus gronovii, Man-of-war fish : fisheries

Shcubasteve, has it eaten anything you have offered so far?

So far Ive gotten it to eat only thawd mysis shrmp, though it has only been one or two pieces at a time. So far so good!

Angry Turtle · Feb 7, 2011

Shcubasteve:
So far Ive gotten it to eat only thawd mysis shrmp, though it has only been one or two pieces at a time. So far so good!

cool, hopefully he'll start eating more.

Doubler · Feb 7, 2011

This is why I quit keeping Marine Aquariums. There are two many Aquarists and dealers out there that do zero research on species, wind up keeping specialized feeders and inadvertently killing them. It is a beautiful specimen but personally it looks better in the wild eating it's Man of War tentacles.

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