kiwiraka
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I recently got a young male to pair with my female GT and now have a female? Jack Dempsey in a grow out tank.
The oscars seem to be the hardest to get photos of, they never stop moving.
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Earthworms are always a good option. Or mealworms if your lfs keeps them in stock.
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What are your parameters? I've found Giant Kokopu go off food quite easily if nitrates creep up. Try some live food.
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How does the fish look? Swollen stomach, stringy poo? Could be internal parasites. But im not good with diseases.
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Just want to say thanks for all the stuff, way more than I expected. Really great friendly and helpful guy!
I look forward to hearing about your next project.
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I've sent you a text.
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9 minutes ago, Silverdollarboy2 said:
Nice looking fish, the Bala Shark looks to be enjoying the big tank!
Good spotting! He's such a relaxed fish, isn't scared of the cichlids at all. The oscars have tried to chase him a couple of times and he doesn't even move, so they just give up. I've ordered two more to give him a bit of a school.
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Some photos of the tank and growth comparison from when I got them to now. (Apologies for the order they're in)
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1 hour ago, Fruju said:
Nice one. Really fat looking female GT
Yes, she doesn't seem to eat that much and is "regular". Just heavy boned
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So far I have 2 Oscars and a female Green Terror. I'm looking at getting a Cuban and a Jack Dempsey.
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@Silverdollarboy2 Still got the natives. Just galaxiids and smelt at the moment.
I was looking at a school of balas or dollars but decided the stocking might be a bit much?
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I've got a GT and two oscars in a 400 litre which will be going in soon. I'm hoping both the Oscars are the same gender. I'm still not sure what else I'll be putting in there. I want to end up with five cichlids to spread the aggression.
I'm open to suggestions
- Silverdollarboy2 and Fruju
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Currently a couple of goldfish until my heaters arrive. Then it's going to house American cichlids.
- firenzenz, Fruju, Silverdollarboy2 and 1 other
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Go whitebaiting, any large river system should have them.
Have you tried coastal streams? Semi-tidal streams seem to be the best for inanga.
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I now have a total of five big ones which will be going into my 2 metre tank in a couple of weeks. They're probably between 15 and 19cm? I'll measure them when I move them.
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At the size the inanga are now, probably. But I've had them with larger inanga before without a problem.
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Bad shots of my tanks and fish.
I've got two 230l tanks hooked up together with my big GKs in one and 8 young inanga, 2 small smelt, 3 small bandeds and 5 bullies in the other.
You can see the GK in the background has a missing eye, was like that when I got it...
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Is that for your GK?
Will look at doing an update with photos this weekend. Slowly getting everything looking nice again.
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About 60-70% diy and the rest is Scoria.
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This tank is a saltwater native at the moment. I actually totally shut down my FW natives.
I really miss them though, so I'm in the process of setting them back up.
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People seem to use this http://aqadvisor.com
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1 hour ago, livingart said:
Nice start to the saltwater set up, Cats eye snails and kina can clean out your rimu.
Thanks
Okay thanks, i won't be getting those then! It's growth has really surprised me! It's trebled in size in the last month!
My American Cichlids
in Cichlids
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All the fish are doing well, the female Green Terror currently has a batch of babies hidden in a cave. Hoping to grow some of them out.
The Jack Dempsey is camera shy so thats the best i could get.