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Post by glenoweth on Mar 22, 2012 8:27:44 GMT -6
Here is some really cool fish i have wanted for some time to breed. I am ordering 6 3m/3f adult WC fish I have been on a waiting list for about a year now for these. IMO one of the coolest tangs out there. I have a 100gal tank that has been set up and waiting for them for over 3 weeks now. cant wait to take pics of these fish!!!! and get some fry, thesy say they are hard to breed ,but whats does that mean? well if i am successfull then i will hardly bealbe to keep them in stock once they breed. wish me luck. Attachments:
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Post by bnoel210 on Mar 22, 2012 8:44:31 GMT -6
Well I have heard of fancey guppies this I would call a fancey shellie lol. Good luck man
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Post by rickl on Mar 23, 2012 9:17:54 GMT -6
Ooh, are these the ones that dig mud tunnels?
-Rick (the armchair aquarist)
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Post by glenoweth on Mar 23, 2012 12:10:59 GMT -6
Ooh, are these the ones that dig mud tunnels? -Rick (the armchair aquarist) That would be them... some of the coolest cichlids i have seen. I dont have mud in my tank but i did put really deep sand with some pvc tunnels in it for them to digg out and breed. There is hardly any of these in the states. very rare, I really hope i can get them to breed. |
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Post by ree123 on Mar 23, 2012 13:54:17 GMT -6
Have you read that the sand idea with buried pvc works, or is this your idea for a trial run ?
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Post by glenoweth on Mar 23, 2012 14:03:45 GMT -6
the info on these is not vast as they are hard to breed. this is from a guy who has had them breed for him, and seems to be gettign good success with the pvc pipe idea. they like really deep tunnels and with out adding mud i am not sure there is another way to pull this off. Maybe beable to pull it off with some rock caves with sand covering them. not sure.
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Post by ree123 on Mar 23, 2012 14:19:54 GMT -6
I would love to hear your breeding ideas and results as they pan out for you.
Very attractive patterened fish, IMO, BTW.
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Post by glenoweth on Mar 28, 2012 13:49:53 GMT -6
ok here are some pics of the tank set up! each cave will be 18" deep. one is made from PVC 2" pipe ,and the other is made out of a rock i found years ago with a hole drilled in the center of it, and some flat long rocks that are round on the inside... each are facing each other , if this starts problems i will simply add a large rock between them.. only thing that suxed is by me placing these new cave in the tank i had a huge sand cloud in the tank agian! so that is why you will see about 5 HOB filters around the top of the tank filled with floss to quickly calm the sand down! before the fish get here on Friday. . pics are of my phone taken today as i was leaving to work... so sorry for the quality. Pic after i made the sand MAD! lol (and yes that is a egg tumbler filled with floss to help lol)  Pic taken today when i got up... over filteration FTW.  The Rock Cave!!! love that rock! wish i could find 8 more.  Here is the PCV pipe cave! i know the sand does not look deep but that is 3" deep sand lol.. Might add more slowly later on i have another 50lb bad ready if needed. |
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Post by glenoweth on Mar 28, 2012 13:51:57 GMT -6
I will add pics of the Fish once i get them in ,
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Post by plecoman on Mar 28, 2012 14:50:41 GMT -6
What type of sand did you use? Great looking set-up!
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Post by glenoweth on Mar 28, 2012 15:28:17 GMT -6
This sand was a mix of 3 bags some left over black sand from Petsmart, some filter sand (home depot) ,and some (lowes) leveling sand.
The play sand is good with a light Rinse where the Leveling sand needs a much better Rinse.
and the black sand from pet stores is nice to just to much money =p
On a side note here is a vid of the type of fish im getting Dang they are so cool...
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Post by plecoman on Mar 28, 2012 19:14:09 GMT -6
That is a beautiful fish!
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Post by bnoel210 on Mar 28, 2012 19:22:02 GMT -6
Very interesting
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Post by glenoweth on Apr 5, 2012 19:41:51 GMT -6
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Post by plecoman on Apr 7, 2012 20:20:17 GMT -6
Very nice! I hope they spawn for you.
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