Gannet Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 hi there guys, we got some bumble bee garra's in at work and i cant find any info on them, so any thing you have would be good. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 Yeah they are gorgeous little critters.. look like a algae eater, only striped :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 what size do they get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 After looking around the net I found the odd bit of info on the Garra's, they are a West African Algae Eater.. (not sure on the bumblebee striped species, but other Garra's get to around the 6cm mark) Hope this is of some help :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamestothemax Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 hey i think the ones that are bumble bee gara over here are more commonly known as "panda" gara or "garra flavatra" so if you have a search for that there should be a lot more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted December 30, 2006 Report Share Posted December 30, 2006 Thanks for that God it was so hard finding info on these things, especially when they came in with a common name as usual, (no Sci name attached) :lol: The pic definately looks like what has come in Thanks so much once again.. Mekhaela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfax Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 anyone else have some of these? i now have 2 & just watched one jump up out of the water & cling onto the glass, stayed there for awhile before sliding back down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdspider Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 They are good jumpers. Was very amusing watching my boyfriend's one trying to jump out of his bag when he was being introduced to the tank. They can jump really high! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljtan55 Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 I've got 3 of them, they seem to graze on the algae, but eat pellet food as well. Awesome things quite shy, but they get used to you quite quickly and do play fights. They seem to like the company of each other, even though they bump each other a lot. they're in a low light tank about 25 degrees, ph 6.0 with 2 wild bettas and a borneo sucker, and they seem to be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowfax Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 yeah they are usually hanging around each other & are in a tank with some bn's & neons, they dont seem to like sinking food unless its the spirulina tabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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