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View Poll Results: Which fish do you want to learn about? | |
Zebra pleco
|    | 17 | 30.36% | |
Clown pleco
|    | 2 | 3.57% | |
Rubbernose pleco
|    | 7 | 12.50% | |
Bumblebee catfish
|    | 10 | 17.86% | |
Dwarf cory
|    | 20 | 35.71% |
November 9th, 2007
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| | ID master
| January's Fish of the Month
I am posting this sooner in hopes of people voting and getting a better result than in previous polls. This is mostly a catfish themed poll but I kind of want some of these to win.
Tom
Last edited by Tom; November 9th, 2007 at 10:41 PM.
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November 9th, 2007
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
|  going with Zebra Plecos this time!  | |
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November 9th, 2007
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| | ID master
| I was going to go with the ones that got the least amount of votes, but wanted all catfish instead.
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November 11th, 2007
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| | ID master
| Just over 48 hours and we already have 10 votes. I am guessing no body like the clown pleco?
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November 11th, 2007
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| | ID master
| So here are some pics of my own fish.
The dwarf cory 
The Rubbernose pleco 
The clown Pleco 
The Zebra pleco 
The bumblebee catfish(Thank you CapeKate for the pic, I sent you a PM right after posting this) 
Tom
Last edited by Tom; November 11th, 2007 at 11:25 PM.
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
|  great fish & you know that zebra is my fav.  | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Fish Mentor
| Only 2 votes on what i voted for. I know theres lil chance of it winning! | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Moderator
| Hi Tom
no problem on the photo.  .. I voted for the zebra pleco. That is a beautiful photo of him and I would loooove to know more about them. WOW what great stripes he has.  ~ kate | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Fish Keeper
| i'm dying to know why the zebras are so expensive...makes me mad | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin  i'm dying to know why the zebras are so expensive...makes me mad | When fishies are expensive it's b/c they are hard to reproduce, or hard to catch or find in the wild. | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| Tom where did you find a zebra pleco? Our LFS had the zebra look a likes but not the real thing. Did you order it in? | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by Allie When fishies are expensive it's b/c they are hard to reproduce, or hard to catch or find in the wild. | yeah...but it seems like everybody with money is selling their babies on aquabid...so they cant be that hard to reproduce | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | ID master
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Originally Posted by Allie Tom where did you find a zebra pleco? Our lfs had the zebra look a likes but not the real thing. Did you order it in? | I don't have one, I just got the pic from google.
Tom | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| I believe that L046 Zebra Plecos don't start breeding until they're 4 years old.. breeding isn't quaranteed and the usual things can bring down the number of fry that make it. Combined with the low numbers of them in the wild and captivity, the price is not cheap. I'd still love to get some young ones and raise them to breeding age to work with other breeders in developing many strong bloodlines and a healthy captive population to keep this beautiful fish from going extinct. | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by COBettaCouple I believe that L046 Zebra Plecos don't start breeding until they're 4 years old.. breeding isn't quaranteed and the usual things can bring down the number of fry that make it. Combined with the low numbers of them in the wild and captivity, the price is not cheap. I'd still love to get some young ones and raise them to breeding age to work with other breeders in developing many strong bloodlines and a healthy captive population to keep this beautiful fish from going extinct. | And then sell them back to the community and be able to retire after a few years.
Tom | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| lol, i wish.  But if we do well, in 3 or 4 years we'll have some to sell and hopefully pay for the endeavor as well as projects with other endangered fish but it may be 12-20 years of exchanging stock before i could establish enough bloodlines to have a lot of L046s to sell. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom And then sell them back to the community and be able to retire after a few years.
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by Tom I don't have one, I just got the pic from google.
Tom |  Oh oopsy! I thought it was your pix, lol. | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| yea.. me too. i was jealous!  Quote:
Originally Posted by Allie Oh oopsy! I thought it was your pix, lol. | | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by COBettaCouple I believe that L046 Zebra Plecos don't start breeding until they're 4 years old.. breeding isn't quaranteed and the usual things can bring down the number of fry that make it. Combined with the low numbers of them in the wild and captivity, the price is not cheap. I'd still love to get some young ones and raise them to breeding age to work with other breeders in developing many strong bloodlines and a healthy captive population to keep this beautiful fish from going extinct. | Well that definitely explains that...4 years is a long time to wait for breeding. WOW!
I really wish I had of gotten the ones that look like them. Just as pretty but not as perfect stripes. | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| | ID master
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Originally Posted by Allie Oh oopsy! I thought it was your pix, lol. | Well in that case, I do. lol
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November 12th, 2007
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by COBettaCouple yea.. me too. i was jealous! | I was ready to start driving to Tom's to "cat"nap it. 
I'd be there in about a week lol. | |
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November 12th, 2007
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Allie I was ready to start driving to Tom's to "cat"nap it.
I'd be there in about a week lol. | No, just a few days and then a few days back. lol I only live a few hundered of kms west from you.
Tom | |
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November 12th, 2007
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Originally Posted by Tom No, just a few days and then a few days back. lol I only live a few hundered of kms west from you.
Tom | With my driving skills it'd be a week,lol | |
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November 12th, 2007
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Originally Posted by Allie With my driving skills it'd be a week,lol | Ok, I'll take that.
Tom | |
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November 13th, 2007
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| | Fish Mentor
| Quote:
Originally Posted by COBettaCouple I believe that L046 Zebra Plecos don't start breeding until they're 4 years old.. breeding isn't quaranteed and the usual things can bring down the number of fry that make it. Combined with the low numbers of them in the wild and captivity, the price is not cheap. I'd still love to get some young ones and raise them to breeding age to work with other breeders in developing many strong bloodlines and a healthy captive population to keep this beautiful fish from going extinct.
COBettaCouple lol, i wish. But if we do well, in 3 or 4 years we'll have some to sell and hopefully pay for the endeavor as well as projects with other endangered fish but it may be 12-20 years of exchanging stock before i could establish enough bloodlines to have a lot of L046s to sell. |  Oooh Thats Great, man! I hope you really get to do it!
And dont forget, I'm in line to buy to buy with a discount! | |
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November 13th, 2007
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| | ID master
| That is so cool, the bumblebee catfish is now only one away from the zebra pleco.
Tom | |
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November 13th, 2007
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| lol, the overnight shipping costs would be a killer, though! Quote:
Originally Posted by Sabi Oooh Thats Great, man! I hope you really get to do it!
And dont forget, I'm in line to buy to buy with a discount! | | |
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November 13th, 2007
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| | Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by Tom That is so cool, the bumblebee catfish is now only one away from the zebra pleco.
Tom | Within 3 days there are 16 votes! Isn't it splendid! | |
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November 13th, 2007
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| | Fish Mentor
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Originally Posted by COBettaCouple lol, the overnight shipping costs would be a killer, though! |  Aww then i'll have to come fetch it in plane!  | |
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November 13th, 2007
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| | ID master
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Originally Posted by Sabi Aww then i'll have to come fetch it in plane! | Or get your fish friends of the sea to go and get them for you. lol
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