beets

has anyone else had a fish knock itself out?

i learned last night that a fish can be knocked out. i was turning out lights as i was about to watch a movie and the tv went black as i turned the last light off. the fish got frightened and crashed into the tank and one red empress managed to jump 100mm out of the water through the triangle cut out of the brace in the corner (mostly blocked by fx5 outlet) and fall 1600 to the tiled floor below, i quickly picked it up and put it back in the tank, unfortunately it sank and was gonna become a snack for everyone else so i scooped it out and put it in a 100mm cube and put a air hose in it. 5 min later and still upside down and only a little bit of movement so i gave up waiting and went to start the movie. came back another 5 mins later to check on him and he had escaped that tank too, luckily it was on the main tank and he made it in there. all 8 of my empress are swimming around in the tank happily this morning. morale of the story is dont give up on a sunkin fish as it may be out cold

i agree i have had 8 red empress from fry and 1 male is starting to colour up now

i kept both but then when they started breeding they took up way too much space, so i got rid of them all apart from 1 pink and 1 black. the black 1 grew faster and ruled the tank but has been overtaken and took a recent beating and demotion so i wont put his photo up yet

what is the fish in pic 7 &8?

how old is the male? y would fred not have a hump on his head if he is 4 yrs old?

very nice tank. who is the boss?

really nice fish m8. got any for sale?

Aulonocara Jacobfreibergi

all the haps look the same. none of them are the boss or more colourfull but they are only 3-4 inches. if there is a male would it not have colored up better and be a bit bigger than the females

i have 5 brown haps and 4 butterfly peacocks along with others in my 6 footer and they are starting to try and breed. my question is can they cross? i have had females of each holding but no idea who the daddy is. there is definitely a male peacock and unsure about the haps (how do u sex them?)

cheers godlyevil. got it 3rd time round.

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