skippy_49nz
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If they're teh same ones I'm thinking of, they grow to about 4ft in length.
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I always like the idea (although I don't always practice it) of several smaller heaters rather than one large one. It gives me peace of mind that if one fails (on or off) the other should prevent disaster before I can save things. Lets just say I'm once bitten...
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Definitely a case of buyer beware. Scoundrels are everywhere!
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found these ugly beasts at western springs in auckland today
skippy_49nz replied to disgustipated's topic in Catfish
I recall seeing one of those floating dead in one of the smaller lakes a few years ago. The koi they believe have been sterilized to avoid having a problem. No idea about the catfish. Years ago there was a ranger who used to walk around the place talking to everyone. He was a friendly old guy and told me they had turtles released in the lake. I have never seen any and he was murdered not long after so I could never find out. It probably would have been 20 years ago now. -
The problem with most catfish is they want to hide away a lot of the time so you might not see them, especially looking from above.
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If you have some softer wood in with them, you had better believe they will eat it. It is a slow process and you may only have to replace it annually.
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I have bred danios and I don't separate them either. Beware of the bollocks people will try to tell you about doing this or that to make them breed...
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It is truely a special kind of person who can ever get a picture of most of these fish!
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This sounds like the typical pleco situation... I know it well.
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Take those which look the most like the smudgespots and breed them with the other one you are getting and the existing one. They will slowly breed out the panda in them and become "pure" again over a few generations.
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Duckweed is a nightmare when it gets into your tanks! Fortunately my angels eat it so I just have one tank growing it and harvest it every day as it multiplies exponentially.
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So crazy geoff, do you have any offspring available? Particularly of the blue fin variety?
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Freudian slip!
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A bucket might do the job.
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That really good going. I hope you can raise the leopard danios up. I would love to see someone breeding zebra and leopard danios. They're great fish to watch zipping around the tank.
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His poor old ticker just couldn't take it huh? Other people don't get it. I've had the same with pets and others think big deal, get another one. Its great that you warned everyone else about the risks.... and lucky you didn't try it yourself! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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ATTN PLECO FANATICS - SERIOUS BREEDERS ONLY - RICH TOO
skippy_49nz replied to Fruju's topic in Catfish
What is "approved" ????? Do they mean to those likely to breed them or able to buy them in packs of 6???? It makes sense to buy a couple and pool them with other owners to get a breeding group. At least that would remove the need to buy them by the dozen to get males/females. -
Large numbers?
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white spotted blue plecos at the goldfish bowl...
skippy_49nz replied to melrick1's topic in Catfish
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Gibby was my first thought, but hey, if you sell it, get greative and call it a giraffe pleco and slap a $200 pricetag on it!
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Just make it say cheese!
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At least fish don't tend to fetch a stick for you so you don't really get as attached. Its still a bugger, but I can accept it a lot easier than when my dogs die.
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I'm such a big pleco fan. I really need more tanks!
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'roid rage...
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No offence to anyone who likes them, but I really hope the longfin BN's don't become as prevalent in the BN genepool as the longfin zebra danios. Both look handicapped and its so hard to get strong healthy shortfin zeb danios now. I can see the same thing happening in the bristlenoses in a few years.