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  3. new setup seeking advise/critisism

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Hi si_sphinx.

    Personally, Ive never encountered to much aggression at all with my giraffes. I have some "large" ones as well as smaller ones in varying sized tanks and they are quite peaceful. You do however have to watch how big they get in comparisson to their tank mates (food cycle) :)

  4. demasoni breeders

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Hi Slightly Blue Dalmation.

    My wifes breeding these guys at the moment and has fry but they are only 1 cm in length. Shes got quite a few of them.

    Will be a wee bit off before they are ready to go.

    Let me know if youre interested.

  5. info on BROWN HAPS!!!

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Hi Lynn.

    Finally got hold of the guy that I passed the 2 male Haps onto.

    Unfortunately........ :( he had a tank failure some time back and the 2 boys perished along with all the other fish.

    I will ask around and see what I can dig up.

  9. defination of a breeding pair ?

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    People who sell breeding pairs do so because they have bred them almost to death, or they eat their eggs, or they eat their fry or in some other way they are no bloody good. If you want to breed you should buy good quality fish and preferably unrelated. Best to get fish from different sources and pick males and females from different batches. With cichlids you can then put them together and see who fancies who.

    Alanmin4304. Im sorry but cant keep quiet on this one. What you have stated is not always the case. Sometimes fish are not always readilly available or people are getting out of certain species. Hence its pretty unfair to state the breeding pair has been "Bred to death" or are "no bloody good". IMO, a breeding pair should have hatched lived babies hence rules out infertile eggs etc.

  14. Missing fry

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Sure is amazing where they end up! I did some maintenance on one of my external filters a while back and found five happily living in the area between the base and bottom tray! :D

    Felt really guilty cause I hadn't cleaned the filter for 3 months and Hadnt had that breed of adult in the tank for over 2 months!! :oops:

  15. ID Please

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Hi Mike.

    At tis stage Ive got to agree with you. The latest AB that came in about 3 months ago are nowhere as good as the one that you have. Got to admit though that smidleys fish does look like an AB :roll: ! This raises the question though, have the fish been mixed as jacobs and AB's came in at the same time. A collegue of mine also has AB's that came in at the same time as mine but his look quite different already :-?

  18. Airstones with Frontosas

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Hi guys. Does anyone have air stones in their tanks with Frontosa's? Ive just set up a large tank and wanted to "liven it up a bit" with some airstones. Im pretty sure I read that it wasn't recommended but no longer can find the article. Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. thanks

  20. Buying Malawis?

    in Cichlids

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    Jansens Mt Eden is always worth a look as well. Pretty knowledgeable and usually have a decent supply. Like previously mentioned though, there are a few good people up there that always seem to have Malawi's for sale.

  24. Mudskippers

    in Rare and unusual fish

    Posted

    I used to have a couple in a brackish water tank back in Auckland. like previously mentioned though, dont put them with puffers cause they wont last long. Havn't seen much in the way of them lately but holywood fish farm used to get them in. Im pretty sure they were around the $50 mark

  25. Invisable fish

    in Cichlids

    Posted

    Tank mates will definitely give these guys more of a "Comfort level".

    I have a couple of pairs in with my fish and they are always visible and friendly as (could be saftey in numbers). How big are the fish iny our 4 ft tank. If they are around the same size perhaps you should move them back if they were happier or like previously mentioned, add some compatible tank mates.

    Its worth while persevering cause they are great fish with neat personalites. good luck

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