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Post by Bumblebee on Jan 11, 2006 16:47:08 GMT 10
Here is a place for all your other little darlings. A couple of crowntail bettas I found today for a mere $5 each. the LPS had no idea what they were! (usually $45)   |
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Post by starshine on Jan 11, 2006 18:19:45 GMT 10
Nice! $45??? we get the same thing in SA for between $7-$10 normal price my nan picked up a beautiful turquoise one for $3 the other day.
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Post by Bumblebee on Jan 11, 2006 22:05:17 GMT 10
its only been very recent that they are cheap. several months ago I was going to order some in but they were $45 each, about twice as much for a nice pair. I also picked up a 19.95 pim pictus and a baby ghost-knife fish for $14.95. Usually they are all hideously expensive where I live. prices for more unusual fish have dropped in the last 6 months.
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Post by starshine on Jan 11, 2006 22:32:06 GMT 10
I was looking at ghost Knives today they were $8 I dont know how old they were though
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Post by Bumblebee on Jan 11, 2006 23:11:09 GMT 10
strange how prices of these fish are going down. a few years ago you wouldnt see them for less than $30, the other expensive fish were ones like pictus, hoplo, BGK, Upside down catfish, the prices have dropped on all of them.
I think with black ghosts, anything under 15cm is a juvenile, as they can breed at 15cm, but they get to 40cm eventually and like to eat small fish. will need to get another tank before then, love the little ones though as they follow you around the tank like a puppy when your fixing stuff up inside. ;D
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Post by sammigold on Jan 30, 2006 14:05:32 GMT 10
Here are some pics of my newest additions in quarantine at moment... 3 discus babies and 6 bolivian rams... the smallest discus is about 10cnt piece and the largest 50cnt piece size... Hope you like... One of the rams...  now the babies.... ;D    hope you like  |
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Post by Bumblebee on Jan 30, 2006 21:55:13 GMT 10
Very nice! wish I had a tank to dedicate to fish like discus.
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Post by sammigold on Jan 31, 2006 9:17:39 GMT 10
we didnt until we moved into this house (rented) and it had a 4ft tank under a built in bar..... we knew this was the house for us!! lol
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Post by Bumblebee on Jan 31, 2006 9:45:18 GMT 10
sounds a little like my situation. just need to get a house to heep my fish ;D My (hopefully female) albino bristlenose. One of four. hoping to breed these wonderful fish.  the same (6.5cm) fish next to its Gibbycep tankmate  |
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Post by sammigold on Jan 31, 2006 10:01:29 GMT 10
WoW your gibby is gorgeous..... so is your bristlenose although I am one of those people who is still unsure about whether I like albino fish or not... (having the same prob with albino discus) I cant decide .... but wow your gibby is amazing,.. I hope my little pleco (possible gibby) turns out half as nice..!
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Post by Bumblebee on Jan 31, 2006 10:13:18 GMT 10
thankyou. I love gibbys although they are poop machines and grow too quick. he has gone from 12cm to 22cm in about 3.5 months. their favourite food seems to be 3cm chunks of zuccini that have been microwaved for 60sec so they sink. This guy plus the 8 or so bristlenose go through half a zuccini a night.
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Post by dillen on Jan 31, 2006 10:54:57 GMT 10
Nice fish all round. These are a couple of discus growing up at home. I’ve got an 8 foot tank in storage waiting to find room to bring it home to use as a display tank for the discus. Red Melon  Group  cheers |
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Post by Bumblebee on Jan 31, 2006 11:47:28 GMT 10
wow they are beauties
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Post by sammigold on Feb 1, 2006 13:27:38 GMT 10
Very Very Nice!!!! dillen
bumblebee thanks for the hint re: microwaving zucchini.... I feed mine zuchini too but I always stuck it in raw so it floats and I have to wedge it between rock etc.... M/wave will be the go from now on..
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Post by guppyminx on Feb 1, 2006 14:55:40 GMT 10
To stop the zuchinni/cucumber/whatever floating, get a rock and an elastic band, place the food on the rock and secure it with the elastic band. I use to do this when I had my cichlids.
Cheers
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