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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Any Dither fish?
Well, i am still debating with myself if i can pull off the african tank with the convict. I dont want vulcan to be all by herself, so i assume she could be kept with more fish...
Tank is 35 gallons, TONS of hiding spots (will add more if i do an african tank)
Anything i could use? Something that could be in her tank all it's life would be the best... 
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| 2-3 pictus for the bottom...and 3-4 labs ? | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Ive got a raphael catfish... woops LOL forgot to mention bruce.... Should i still add a pictus?
Maybe add the 3 labs and could i squeeze a zebra in there?  | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| oops forgots about bruce LOL (my daughter does that bruce, helllllllllo bruce impression very well !) you probably wont get away with 3 then ..maybe 2 ..they are crazy fun fish tho...IMO im not sure id mix a bunch of africans in that size tank..id go with one type with vulcana LOL...or you could maybe skip the pictus, get 1m/2f of each lab and red zebs ...you might have to upgrade to a canister filter (assuming you dont have one) but its doable ...can bruce handle the higher pH's? ive not read up on them | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yeah he's done great in my pH. Its 8.6... really high and straight out of the tap too.
So my filter isnt enough? Its got 366 GPH...
One question on the zebras... isnt there like a few color variations of them? Like ive seen blue yellow and orange | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| ive only got reds...scuba's or bb might know more! africans are slobs lol ..so ive had the most success with canisters....but 366gph would be ok with maybe 2 water changes a week if you go with 6 africans , vulcana, and bruce  | |
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November 10th, 2009
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sounds good then... Vulcana is still young, and the new kids would also be her old tank mates
There is this one kind of african though, i cant remember the name....
it looks like this: http://www.aquaticsvcs.com/images/bully.jpg
my LFS has some juvies of them....
Anyway, i hope to be able to get them then, up the WC's to 2 times a week wont be trouble | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony G. 
sounds good then... Vulcana is still young, and the new kids would also be her old tank mates
There is this one kind of african though, i cant remember the name....
it looks like this: http://www.aquaticsvcs.com/images/bully.jpg
my LFS has some juvies of them....
Anyway, i hope to be able to get them then, up the WC's to 2 times a week wont be trouble | socolofi ?
mine are nawty in the 75g ...not sure how they would be in a 35 | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawnie ive only got reds...scuba's or bb might know more! africans are slobs lol ..so ive had the most success with canisters....but 366gph would be ok with maybe 2 water changes a week if you go with 6 africans , vulcana, and bruce | the only colors of zebras I've seen are red, blue (called cobalt blue), and albino. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony G.
sounds good then... Vulcana is still young, and the new kids would also be her old tank mates
There is this one kind of african though, i cant remember the name....
it looks like this: http://www.aquaticsvcs.com/images/bully.jpg
my LFS has some juvies of them....
Anyway, i hope to be able to get them then, up the WC's to 2 times a week wont be trouble | That's an albino zebra if I'm not mistaken. Hope this helps  | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
|  TY BB! Ive seen the red blue but i didnt know it cam in albino ish too... So i might look into those...
EDIT: OMG shawnie i didnt see your post! scolofi's
it has red eyes, and kinda has like redish veritcal stripes but you cant really see them, theyre just kinda translucent its got a blue shimmery kinda look on the white...
this is confusing! Oh, also, shawnie you feed yours lettuce... any other veggies i could try? what kind of lettuce are you using?
Last edited by Tony G.; November 10th, 2009 at 07:42 PM.
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| see im clueless with these beasts LOL !!!
i use either big green leaf lettuce or red leafed lettuce...more of the thicker kind of leaves...nothing else as far as veggies other than my homeaid foods...they tear apart things so bad that a piece of zucchini or something in that nature, wouldnt be big enough without them killing each other...but i put a bunch of other veggies in the homeaid foods... | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| would you mind sharing your recipe with me? LOL i tried one a long time ago... it wasn't a big success... it looked like a huge green vomit jello LOL | |
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November 10th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Tony G. would you mind sharing your recipe with me? LOL i tried one a long time ago... it wasn't a big success... it looked like a huge green vomit jello LOL |  so did mine the first time!!!!!!! and when i put it in the tank, without gelatin/eggwhites, it was mush floating 
pretty much i make it with any veggies ive bought for the week...minus brocolli or corn (broc makes a huge mess and sugar isnt good for them IMO) mix it in a blender with my spirulina flakes, one hard boiled egg, one a day vitamin, kens premium veggie flakes, and 1/4 cup of water....you can either then add same amount of plain gelatin and freeze it in a small ice cube tray , or take the mixture (plug your nose) and pour it into the middle of an egg batter... like the filling in an omelet and cook it like an omelet..then cut into small cubes and freeze it... | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| wow... so you're saying like.. cook it? LOL
LOL this should be fun... now if i can get my mother to let me do it again  | |
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November 10th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Last time Tony cooked, ( driftwood if I remember correctly) wasn't there a fire  | |
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November 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by btate617 Last time Tony cooked, (driftwood if I remember correctly) wasn't there a fire | sooooooo true..stick with the gelatin tony  | |
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November 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Lol!!!!! | |
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November 11th, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by btate617 Last time Tony cooked, (driftwood if I remember correctly) wasn't there a fire | | |
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November 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| just took this for you mr microwave! anything smaller and I have major wars..at least with this size, they can snatch a piece and run! DSC05994.JPG | |
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November 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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LOL im a pretty good cook
just ask BB, she knows what i make for dinner here LOL i tell her whenever i cook
TY shawnie! i hope vulcan likes lettuce like your cons do LOL | |
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