Dana Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I love these guys, as my father kept them. They just feel like home. The LFS told me when purchasing, that i'd be lucky to get more than 8 months from a young fish. Is this correct? I ask as after the recent tank issues (as per my previous threads), I've found that Red has lost his colour. His blue is non existent and his red is very dull. This is him 4 months ago. Red by danaj2009, on Flickr Now, this is him. Poor boy has been through ammonia poisoning, now apparent phosphate issues, and never really recovered from the temporary home I set up while gutting the tank. WP_000950 by danaj2009, on Flickr WP_000936 (2) by danaj2009, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted December 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Interesting that you can see the initial onset of bba in the first photo...that java didn't last long.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I got 12 and 20 months for my two original males, the 2 girls are around 8 - 12 months and the new male is at 8 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I've got a nice healthy boy in a shop tank that is about 10 months old, they probably only keel over due to the fact they are normally given to beginners with seriously undersized tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 I've got a nice healthy boy in a shop tank that is about 10 months old, they probably only keel over due to the fact they are normally given to beginners with seriously undersized tanks. +1 I agree completely with you dude. I had a couple that were over a year old before they kicked the bucket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted December 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2012 What would you classed as undersized? I have 4, along with 6 loaches, 4 glass cats and a B/Nose in a 215 ltr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted December 18, 2012 Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 undersized = 50L or less, you have very nice sized home for yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomsam1001 Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 +1 I agree completely with you dude. I had a couple that were over a year old before they kicked the bucket. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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