Scarletmonuka Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hey guys. I live down by Invercargill and am relatively new to fish. I have a 140 Litre African tank with 2 Male White Convicts, 3 Electric Yellow (two males one female i belive), One male Electric Blue, and one Male Red Nyassae Peacock. All ranging from 3 - 6 cm. In there with them i have one 8 or so cm GAE and 3 Juvie GBN. Soon they will be up graded to a 200 Litre. Never really thought to much about fish till i met the love of my life. and i haven't looked back since. fasinating creatures. Will eventually get bigger and better but with the arrival of our first born (born a week ago today) we are putting that on hold for a bit. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 welcome to fish world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted August 31, 2012 Report Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hello and welcome Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Welcome and enjoy your time here in between looking after bubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 & Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 gidday and welcome to the addicts circle Interesting mix of fish, don't let the purists put you off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Hello and welcome Ian Cheers Jamie. Finally found my way here :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 gidday and welcome to the addicts circle Interesting mix of fish, don't let the purists put you off Yes i have been told that the Fryier could kill the Peacock when they get bigger. though with no female peacocks to fight over i'm hoping its not the case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 how big are the convicts??, and how did you sex them??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 how big are the convicts??, and how did you sex them??? 6 and 5 cms. both of them have lumps on the forehead. the bigger of the two's one is way more previlant. I've got him listed on trademe as he's super aggressive and just chases all the others around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 :slfg: the joy of convicts for every one else... heres the pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 :slfg: the joy of convicts for every one else... heres the pic Yes its the one in the middle... the spotted one is to unique to ever get rid of i reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 i'd really love to have a tank of just electric blues and electric yellows but getting hold of them down here is really hard.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 very nice, I normally sex them by looking at the dorsal fin, male longer an more pointed (in regulars, females have more belly colour) possibly spotted one may be female hence the disturbance (better pic would help) BTW nice tank layout for what we can see, any chance of a full tank pic???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 I was gonna wait till i had the 200 litre set up to do pics but yeah as soon as we are on broadband speed again in a couple days time i'll take some photo's and put them up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup42 Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Just Joined here myself ....my kids got me into it.....i see you are already thinking of upgrades too. Good luck with it when the times right its very exciting I recon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 1, 2012 Report Share Posted September 1, 2012 Hi and welcome! You have a new baby? Boy? Girl? First?...lol Take care, Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 Hi and welcome! You have a new baby? Boy? Girl? First?...lol Take care, Caper Yeah its our first.. a wee baby girl just over a week old. came in at 5lb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2012 very nice, I normally sex them by looking at the dorsal fin, male longer an more pointed (in regulars, females have more belly colour) possibly spotted one may be female hence the disturbance (better pic would help) BTW nice tank layout for what we can see, any chance of a full tank pic???? Hey there you go i subitted some pics in members tanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 nice did it provide you with a good enough pic to tell weather i was right about sexing them or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted September 5, 2012 Report Share Posted September 5, 2012 not 100% but im leaning towards female, harder to tell in whites as they tend to not show as much colour as regulars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted September 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2012 it has not shown any signs of the orange that they have when they female. but that might explain why it looks so damn fat... but why would it have developed the forehead lump then lost it when the bigger one got his? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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