Bioluminescent Marine Life

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In the link Jose provide, there is a bat fish from the Carribean. But it only eat live food, so it may be hard to maintain. AZgardens.com has it. Another option I know is the red tide algae. Instruction for growing bioluminescent algae are here. http://www.instructables.com/id/Grow-Your-Own-Bioluminescent-Algae/. You need Macro Algae Grow which to me probably some form of fertilizers. You can buy the algae at http://empco.org/edu/. You can grow it separately, but I don't think it will work in your main display tank because you would probably have to pollute your main tank with the fertilizer/Macro Algae Grow and kill your corals or it may be too difficult to main enough density of the algae to see the glowing effect, plus the algae will probably get skimmed off or eaten or die off due to insufficient food source. That's my thought, but if any one have successful experience growing these bioluminescent algae on their display tank and can see the light show when the fish swimming around, please let me know. I also wonder where to buy a bioluminescent jelly fish?
 
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i've been seeing lots of LFS with flashlight fish... they have them missmarked as black chromis... LOL...


they are hard to keep alive, but they have cheeks that glow and help them see in the dark... pretty interesting fish...

btw, i've seen them on live aquaria...
 
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