Beach slaters as pets

Collection:
    To have slaters be your friends, just go to the sea. All you need is SPEED. Follow only one at each time. Run after two and catch neither.

Housing:
    Prepare a water tank. It could be shallow, but better be wide. Give clean sea water up to 2 cm in depth for air-conditioning. You can get sea water at pet shop. Since they cannot stay underwater for long, supply rocks or pieces of china for their resting sites and for their privacy!
    The sea water should be replaced at least once a week.

Meals:
    They eat almost everything you eat. I bet they like Japanese foods. Try some and find out by yourself. I treat them with dried tiny fishes (very Japanese!) and sea weeds. Wash away leftovers before rotten.

Marriage & childbirth:
    If you find copulation, Don't disturb! Gently introduce them into a small quiet room (plastic case, lunch box, etc.), so that they can keep on dating. After they finished, put the groom back to the colony and leave the bride alone to raise babies. Newborn babies are really cute!  Contact Dr. H. Yamagishi (Univ. of Tsukuba) if you wanna know about their heartbeat mechanism...

Warning:
    If you wanna stay awake, do NOT look into their eyes!



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