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tenohfive said:
And what sort of barb is that Toyless? The colouring etc looks like a Pentazona (an underrated fish IMO) but the stripes look too wide?
Rhombo barb, less obvious than a Pentazona. Which I agree *are* very underated. Barbus Rhomboocellatus to give it its correct title.
Edited by Toyless on Thursday 21st April 07:04
fozthedevil said:
dont have a testing kit 
i put him in last week after a few days of the biube tank going clear,
he was fine swimming around very colorful very playful...
then my lovely baby brother hadnt seen me home for a few days so decided to feed him.........just like he would his old gold fish......so a good couple of pinches of flakes, i didnt know till that night, when i said something about how much food was in the tank....
unfortunately it was all behind media, gravel, rocks, air tube, plants and couldnt get to it so its dissolved over the last few days, anyway came in today to find him laying on the bottom of the tank.......so ive done about a 40 % water change hes now either floating at the top, or laying at the bottom, and inbetween hes jerking around as he swims
i put him in last week after a few days of the biube tank going clear,he was fine swimming around very colorful very playful...
then my lovely baby brother hadnt seen me home for a few days so decided to feed him.........just like he would his old gold fish......so a good couple of pinches of flakes, i didnt know till that night, when i said something about how much food was in the tank....
unfortunately it was all behind media, gravel, rocks, air tube, plants and couldnt get to it
so its dissolved over the last few days, anyway came in today to find him laying on the bottom of the tank.......so ive done about a 40 % water change hes now either floating at the top, or laying at the bottom, and inbetween hes jerking around as he swims Edited by fozthedevil on Tuesday 19th April 21:29
how long has this tank been set-up ?
its only been up just over a week, ive given him 3 50% water changes in 2 days ( also fished out all the cack), so.... hes still laying on the bottom hiding under the rocks tho, he will have a few swims round then come bk to the bottom.
bit of lucky i should be able to get some prime tomorrow and see how it goes
bit of lucky i should be able to get some prime tomorrow and see how it goes
y2blade said:
what a handsome chap 
hold long have you had him?
Had him about 2 and a half years, from the same size of the chap you have there - about 9" from nose to tail at a guess.hold long have you had him?
Out of interest, does anyone have any idea of how to move house with an aquarium? Should be interesting trying to shift him (I have a large net and a bucket at the ready!(
Toyo Jm said:
y2blade said:
what a handsome chap
hold long have you had him?
Had him about 2 and a half years, from the same size of the chap you have there - about 9" from nose to tail at a guess.hold long have you had him?
Out of interest, does anyone have any idea of how to move house with an aquarium? Should be interesting trying to shift him (I have a large net and a bucket at the ready!(
once was about 120miles from Kent to N/W Hampshire..then a few local moves
take as much water with you as you can in buckets with lids on and large plastic barrels, I left about 1/4 in the tank too and put the fish in very big dark coloured bucket, all went well.......and don't forget to drive smoothly
Toyo Jm said:
Had him about 2 and a half years, from the same size of the chap you have there - about 9" from nose to tail at a guess.
Out of interest, does anyone have any idea of how to move house with an aquarium? Should be interesting trying to shift him (I have a large net and a bucket at the ready!(
I have done it with a number of marine tanks.Out of interest, does anyone have any idea of how to move house with an aquarium? Should be interesting trying to shift him (I have a large net and a bucket at the ready!(
Have plenty of water. Get numerous Bags from your LFS, rubber bands etc.. How big are the fish? I got a 50G plastic bucket or two and when I got to the new place I transferred the fish into them immediately, along with heaters and powerheads to circulate the water. That gave me time to set up the new tanks and didn't stress the fish out so much.
I did the same as Jas, used 80L plastic bins from B&Q/Homebase and left them in there for a couple of days because it wasn't possible to set the tanks up any sooner than that. That was three tanks. My biggest issue was getting the water up to temp - pick up a few spare heaters from ebay/AC beforehand.
I should have my CA cichlid tank in a reasonable state in the next few days - I've just added a wild Rotkeil Severum (who is an absolute beauty) so when he finds his feet I'll post a few photos. As it stands the stocking consists of a Sajica, Rainbow cichlid, Nicaraguan cichlid (who is an utter cow bag) and the Rottie - and 5 pim pictus. Not sure if I'm going to stick with that stocking - the Nic is making the Rainbows life rather difficult, and given the choice the Nic will go as the Rainbow is a fantastic little character. I may consider an alternative to the Nic (EBJD being my preference) but I'll be doing a small rescape in the next few days so I'll give it a week and see how things are then.
I should have my CA cichlid tank in a reasonable state in the next few days - I've just added a wild Rotkeil Severum (who is an absolute beauty) so when he finds his feet I'll post a few photos. As it stands the stocking consists of a Sajica, Rainbow cichlid, Nicaraguan cichlid (who is an utter cow bag) and the Rottie - and 5 pim pictus. Not sure if I'm going to stick with that stocking - the Nic is making the Rainbows life rather difficult, and given the choice the Nic will go as the Rainbow is a fantastic little character. I may consider an alternative to the Nic (EBJD being my preference) but I'll be doing a small rescape in the next few days so I'll give it a week and see how things are then.
tenohfive said:
I did the same as Jas, used 80L plastic bins from B&Q/Homebase and left them in there for a couple of days because it wasn't possible to set the tanks up any sooner than that. That was three tanks. My biggest issue was getting the water up to temp - pick up a few spare heaters from ebay/AC beforehand.
I should have my CA cichlid tank in a reasonable state in the next few days - I've just added a wild Rotkeil Severum (who is an absolute beauty) so when he finds his feet I'll post a few photos. As it stands the stocking consists of a Sajica, Rainbow cichlid, Nicaraguan cichlid (who is an utter cow bag) and the Rottie - and 5 pim pictus. Not sure if I'm going to stick with that stocking - the Nic is making the Rainbows life rather difficult, and given the choice the Nic will go as the Rainbow is a fantastic little character. I may consider an alternative to the Nic (EBJD being my preference) but I'll be doing a small rescape in the next few days so I'll give it a week and see how things are then.
I'll look forward to seeing some of your pictures I should have my CA cichlid tank in a reasonable state in the next few days - I've just added a wild Rotkeil Severum (who is an absolute beauty) so when he finds his feet I'll post a few photos. As it stands the stocking consists of a Sajica, Rainbow cichlid, Nicaraguan cichlid (who is an utter cow bag) and the Rottie - and 5 pim pictus. Not sure if I'm going to stick with that stocking - the Nic is making the Rainbows life rather difficult, and given the choice the Nic will go as the Rainbow is a fantastic little character. I may consider an alternative to the Nic (EBJD being my preference) but I'll be doing a small rescape in the next few days so I'll give it a week and see how things are then.
thanks for posting them 
My 3 favourites for no real reason, I have more interesting fish, just something about these few..... The leopard Plec... (rarely comes out of hiding in the day, so hard to get a pic!)
And my South American Cat...(anyone know more about this species? I really like this fish....)
And, although very plain, I like this Bolivian Ram ....
And my South American Cat...(anyone know more about this species? I really like this fish....)
And, although very plain, I like this Bolivian Ram ....
El Capitano said:
My 3 favourites for no real reason, I have more interesting fish, just something about these few..... The leopard Plec... (rarely comes out of hiding in the day, so hard to get a pic!)
And my South American Cat...(anyone know more about this species? I really like this fish....)
And, although very plain, I like this Bolivian Ram ....
that plec is a lovely And my South American Cat...(anyone know more about this species? I really like this fish....)
And, although very plain, I like this Bolivian Ram ....
the south African catfish looks like a synodontis Eupterus (I'm bit of a catfish fan too myself)
nice Ram too
FraserLFA said:
I love those. I have a tiny one at the moment, but he's fantastic to watch.
I must have had mine about 4 years now, and he was tiny when I got him... In the last 9 months he has grown a lot... Starting to get quite big nowy2blade said:
that plec is a lovely
the south African catfish looks like a synodontis Eupterus (I'm bit of a catfish fan too myself)
nice Ram too
Cheers, yup, looks like the same... He is great to watch, spends most of his time swimming around upside down!the south African catfish looks like a synodontis Eupterus (I'm bit of a catfish fan too myself)
nice Ram too
1st tank wth Oscars, Parrots, Convicts & Crayfish
Rope fish in 2nd (community) tank
Anyone know what this type of "shark" is called, I have had a few in the past and have grown quite large.
I've always thought them to be "dolphin shark" but nothing seems to come up in google.
Got a small tank with a few of these little guys in it
Rope fish in 2nd (community) tank
Anyone know what this type of "shark" is called, I have had a few in the past and have grown quite large.
I've always thought them to be "dolphin shark" but nothing seems to come up in google.
Got a small tank with a few of these little guys in it
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