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April 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| am I .........
A black skirt tetra? DSC02499.jpg DSC02502.JPG
got 4 of these lil guys/gals with the jellies yesterday | 
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April 7th, 2009
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| Yes in deedie they are!  | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Yes you certainly are a black skirt tetra  | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| ty everyone!!
never kept tetras and had to be sure...seems they are an ok community fish? I have them with guppies and platies...ok for now? | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Yep they are great community fish , how big is the one in the second pic?, it looks really young | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| all four are the same size...about 1 1/2 to 2 inches....when i got them yesterday, they were pure white and had not a clue what they were...I left them be overnight (my other gups and plats were not happy) with the lights off and no feeding..then today they looked like this LOL | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| They are more nippers with each other, then other fish once they establish their territories which they guard like crazy. But they can be testy, nasty little fish. I had them before but I am obsessed with having a peaceful tank set up. I was glad to see them go.  | |
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April 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by capekate  They are more nippers with each other, then other fish once they establish their territories which they guard like crazy. But they can be testy, nasty little fish. I had them before but I am obsessed with having a peaceful tank set up. I was glad to see them go. | oh great!  just what i need about now  | |
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April 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Shawnie oh great! just what i need about now | lol.... I knowwww....  But it was still a very nice thing you did in rescuing the fish Shawnie. | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| yes indeed! lol, you should have your hands full with them  | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by agabr123 yes indeed! lol, you should have your hands full with them | they want to come live with auntie alex!!!! they just told me | |
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April 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Shawnie they want to come live with auntie alex!!!! they just told me | lol, well if you can hang onto them until i get my 29 set up (probably this summer) then maybe they can come over here for a permanent vacation | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| That looks a lot like a black widow...
Are they the same kind of fish? | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Yep, they are the same kind of fish | |
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April 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by agabr123 lol, well if you can hang onto them until i get my 29 set up (probably this summer) then maybe they can come over here for a permanent vacation | guess that would depend on their bahavoir right ? | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| I have heard of black skirts being nasty, but I never ever had any problems with mine. I guess it just depends on the fish....... | |
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April 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Shawnie guess that would depend on their bahavoir right ? | definitely, and if they're naughty they're going straight back to mom! | |
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April 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by agabr123 definitely, and if they're naughty they're going straight back to mom! | ah like I use to say about my human kids, as i do my fish kids,
SORRY I dont have a return policy..its for keeps  | |
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April 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by Shawnie ah like I use to say about my human kids, as i do my fish kids,
SORRY I dont have a return policy..its for keeps |  well i guess they better behave then! | |
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April 7th, 2009
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| I have had five in a 55g for about a year and they do just fine. This is the catch all tank(If it needs to come out of a tank there's always room in the catch all 55g
There are 3 angels, 2 kerri danios, two serpae tetras,3 fishing minnows(well they were pretty ) 1 tiger barb(he was being a brat at work). The Black Skirts (black Widow) are huge now and very active but not a problem.
Carol | 
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