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I dunno coz mine are timid but only by something sudden, they'll come up to the side of the tank Im on, before my female fighter gets jelous and chases them away. But I think all the little cracks and caves around the joint help them be more relaxed. They have little squabbles between themselves too for top hiding places, very interesting fish to watch im very pleased with them.

My New Bolivian Rams named, Sergio and Marco.

lol this guys so full of himself

lol they're a lil stumped by my corys,, about 5 every night they starting going mental, pushing each other around in spawning behavior, last night the rams ended up involved, as a cory tried pushing one along it ended up going along with it lol, Now they roll with the corys.

Ended up with 2 bolivian rams, tried for male and female but I think I got both boys. They are wusses, but nice fish, I wanted these from the first time I saw them. Built a small cavern from rocks for them too, so they seem happy, lots of hiding places for when my female fighter is in a bad mood. Its just getting the food to them without greedy guts eating it all. I had to distract her with flake while I got some crushed novotab down on the other side. Doesnt take long before she catches on tho and chases the rams away to eat everything in site, I dont know how shes gunna drop her eggs like this lol, Ill have to put the entire tank on a famine at this rate lol.

Oh didnt see this, was way down the bottom, thanks again zev. Ill have a place all ready for him on tuesday, Ill figure out how to get him here now, if something pops up before then, then yeah if you can take him with the 400+ guppys (lol) then that would be great.

whats the difference between a bolivian ram and bolivian cichlid or they the same fish?

Well Ill take my time and see whos got what where lol. Thanks for the help peeps

yeah thought as much teehee, tanks just over 40 ltrs. Prolly just a couple of dwrf cichlids then?

what are dwarf cockatoo like if a pair decides to breed? reading about them I cant see that it would pose any problem to any other fish in the tank. Im thinking 2 of those and 2 rams does that sound reasonable?

Ive thought about bolivian rams, just dont know what the fishes temprement is like. Ive heard if they want to breed they can get pretty nasty. Those dwarf cichlids seem pretty nice indeed. In which case would be nice to have say 2 different kinds if that would work out well for the fish too. Ill have to see what Dad thinks too lol, I know when he says buy me some fish hes probably thinking of $3 goldfish or something

Hey Guys. Just something Im wanting to know, Dad wants to buy me a few more fish for my community tank later on this week, I just want to be sure I get the right fish in there. Its just over 40 ltrs so not a huge tank, the calc I used detirmined I need at least another 16 cm of fish in there. 3 Albino corys and 1 female fighter at the moment, I dont know how big corys get these guys are all around 2cm. Now I need to know what fish will be great community fish as well as interactive, either with me (preferred) or with a school of their own kind. My female fighter gives me alot of joy, every time i do something in the tank shes right there hanging out with me looking what im doing. Eats from my hand or bites me when theres nothing on offer lol. So a fish with personality, that can get on well with everyone lol. I love a stunning looking colourful fish as much as anyone but only if its got personaily to boot. My rules are: Fish happy/healthy > Matt happy/healthy lol so no good to be having the most beautiful fish if neither of us are happy. I also have a 90 ltr tank arriving in a few weeks, free from a loving uncle, which will be the community tank then. SO if you guys know some really good ideas on which species I should be thinking about, let me know. Or maybe im dreaming of some kind of frankenfish someone will have to make me on a dark and stormy night with his spinally challenged lab assistant.

haha they sound like fun but yeah they can be a bit annoying when they need some kind of mental stimulation. I used to freeze fruit in ice and get kids toys too like ones to toddlers, the ones with the right shapes through the right wholes used to keep my bird(s) entertained for ages, the ice was best though, put a put of string in before freezing and hang em up, make it a challenge. Careful though I find the smarter they get the "smarter" they get lol. Charlie had all the locks and doors figured out on his cage, and used to pick out the rubber seals from arround window frames.

hey its cool man, its why I posted it, I dont have the money for it anyway but if it was one of those waaay to good to be true foolish to not get kinda things I could have found the money some how (cash converters lol)

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 711330.htm I think it works out to about 160 leters? Seems like a very good deal to me, but is it really?

I want a BN called Jamie Hineman (spelling) from Mythbusters

Thanks everyone and Zev

Oh without question, he must not have been a very healthy fish to begin with Im guessing. Im just hoping his short time with me made him happy in some ways because he made me happy, I just regret not being there, perhaps there was something I could have done or at least made sure he wasnt alone. The corys in the tank are healthy as, they smaller ones have grown so much in the past few days I now cant tell whos who so Im guessing theres nothing bad in the tank, but I did move them to another tank and do a very thorough gravel vac and changed all the water just incase. My female fighter has an oviposter thing showing or what ever it called, is it bad for her not to breed now shes so full of eggs?

yeah he wasnt floating on the surface, sitting in some fern, not till i got closer to say hello I noticed he wasnt moving at all.

I had to go out of town, I came back to a dead male fighter. I dont know what happened, was only him and 3 corys in the tank. Female was in another tank and I had put cardboard in between so they couldnt see each other. Perhaps he still knew she was there and it was enough to stress him? He was fine when i left, at least as far as i could tell.

wow these are beautiful, would love a few myself, developed a thing for albinos since i saw lurch the lungfish at living art.

lol I spent 3 years in auckland before I came back to the bay.

haha you might be right there Caryl No ones calling you a liar man, Im just saying I personally wouldnt do it is all.

I think it was a great idea writting in to them though, I hope there is a good outcome, for Paul and Havoc.

Damn now my girls got Whitespot, fair enough too she has a bit of a rough day yesterday. Only 1 tiny weeny spot right on her bottom tho, already done a water change and slowly brought the temp up from 25 to 26 hes in a tank all by herself at the moment. Ill go and get something to treat it with too, what treatment is most highly recommended, I know the shop keep will have something in mind but since Im going very very local for it Id rather have a brand name in mind before i walk in.