Foxjxa Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 I'm just wondering what tankmates are suitable for an Albino Sen, if you know of any can you please list them here. I don't want to make any mistakes with my future-little-guy/girl, so any help would really be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted May 25, 2008 Report Share Posted May 25, 2008 Datnoids Oscars Other bichirs Pleco's Arowana's Anything thats not overly aggressive and wont fit it is each others mouth's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Datnoids Oscars Other bichirs Pleco's Arowana's Anything thats not overly aggressive and wont fit it is each others mouth's. Yeah watch the oscars if its a big one and your Bichir is little....hmmm fat worm yum :roll: My Texas, completely ignores my ornate, even when it swims right in front of it, it must just be so different it doesn't seem like a threat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 albinos should get same as regular senegul will be fine with aros dats and oscars if full grown dont put any small plecos with them had a orante eat a clown pleco dont kno how it could get it in its mouth but it did , the clown got stuck and they both died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beblondie Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 LABYRINTH FISHES Ctenopoma .acutirostre-Ctenopoma acutirostre Ctenopoma oxyrhynchus-Ctenopoma oxyrhynchus Ctenopoma kingsleyae-Ctenopoma kingsleyae MISC> Elephantnose-Gnathonemus petersii African butterfly-Pantondon bucholzi African Knifefish-Xenomystus nigri CHARACINS Silver dollar-Metynnis argenteus Distichodus notospilus-Distichodus notospilus Congo tetra-Phenacogrammus interruptus Black-Barred Myleus-Myleus schomburgki Filament tetra-Bryconaethiop microstoma-Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia-15 Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 can we get all that here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted May 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Thanks for all the help guys! I've just found out that I probably won't be getting my bubba albino sen until early August. (It's got a lot of quarantine time to do... oh and it has to be born first!) Which makes me think, seeing as I have the time, I might do a bio-type tank... Ctenopoma acutirostre - I picked up one of those yesterday, YAY! (they have HUGE mouths!) Also, Animates suggested that full-grown (and chubby) Black Line Flying Foxes would be suitable tank mates/cleaner crew... but they're quite thin and I have this horrible image of them being slapped between two buns and being eaten like a hot dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navarre Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 Look around. There are several down here at Redwoods. Good prices as well Albino, normal and another type as well I think Contact them and see if they will ship. LOL will probably still be cheeper than animates..lol HTH Navarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 World of water in Hamilton has had one for months now, give them a bell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted May 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 I was thinking of that, but I'm happy to wait. I've got both Wet Pets and Animates on the case... and surprisingly the latter is offering me the cheapest price! I must learn to be patient as well, no use getting my bubs to find out I have the wrong 'whatever'... plus it will be good to use this time to really grow out my plants/find real African plants and tankmates, etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted May 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 I went into Animates today to ask if there was anyway they could order an Albino Sen from one of their other stores, but apparently no other Animates store in the country has young albino's. So I started asking about what types of African Catfish there were, what was suitable, etc etc.... Decided on getting a Choc talking Catfish. When we went to check on their 'list' if they could order one in for me by next week, right in the middle of the 'list', in nice bold letters was Golden Senegal. After much giggling and not-so-much girlish squealing, it was determined that they are able to order in a 10cm bubba Golden/Platinum (whatever you want to call it) Senegal for me by NEXT WEEK!! :bounce: So, as of next Tuesday, I will have a bubba Golden Sen swimming around my tank! Along with a 6cm Chocolate Talking Catfish and a teeny Whiptail. :roll: Those 'buy 2 get one free' deals are killing me... I am so EXCITED! Ok, now I'm done acting like a little girl... I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 albino senegal apprently grows slower than the others but putting big dats will end up as dinner i think my jardinii destroyed two bichirs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Dats aren't fast growers either, if you started out with smaller dats they would live together for many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted May 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 I won't be getting Dat's, so no worries there! I'm already paranoid my tank won't be big enough for them, I certainly wouldn't put a Dat in anything smaller than.... well smaller than a bigger tank than mine! That probably doesn't make sense. :lol: By the end of next week, the tank's residents will be 1 of each of the following: -Leopard Ctenopoma -Platinum Senegal -Chocolate Talking Catfish -Whiptail Catfish I was trying to make it a tank full of non-cichlid Africans, but I haven't actually checked where the Whiptail comes from... I'm guessing NOT Africa! I think the tank upper/middle regions will look be looking pretty empty too, so I may have to find something to go there. But for now I'm more worried about the lack of plants. We shall see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 wiptail will be south american :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted May 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 wiptail will be south american :lol: Well 3/4 ain't bad! Maybe the whiptail could be the token South American import... or not. Oh well, I tried! At least he goes with my theme of oddball fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Choc talking cats are native to Peru But oh they are so worth keeping, we have two and they are just gorgeous and awesome to grow up from little dots... Oh and congrats on getting your senegal... they are great... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted May 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Choc talking cats are native to Peru I thought they were African. I feel so deprived!! I officially give up on trying to make a bio-type tank! I like my oddball fish... *sniffle* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Not to worry Foxjxa, they are too gorgeous to refuse Your tank will be wicked all the same 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted May 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Yeah, I've seen them talking and vibrating - very very cool fish. 8) Well at least now I can stop fretting over where fish come from, Robin from Animates now thinks I'm insane. Robin: Just get those fish, they're big enough. Me: Nooo, they're not from Africa! Robin: Get cichlids then? Me: Nooo, I don't want cichlids! Time to go hunting for more oddballs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 :lol: :lol: That's the way.... go from wanted African theme (non cichlid) to The Oddball tank... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 odballs are good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 -Platinum Senegal :Where from??!!!?!?!?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 platinum mines in senegal ? platinum means they can charge more than the golden named ones another name for albino ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxjxa Posted May 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 It was listed as Golden, but I was then told they're also called Platinum.... which sounds 'posh'-er so I like saying that! Should I just call it Golden? :oops: Either way it should turn out to be white-bodied with yellowish fins and black eyes. But I won't know for sure 'till Tuesday. I'm not fussed so long as it's healthy and doesn't hate me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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