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DMD123

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Stopped by Pet Works in Olympia and it looked like the tanks were all in recovery and stock was pretty lame. I bought a pleco cave to see if it will encourage breeding and the possibility of raising out a bigger batch of fry. Will see if it makes a difference.

Still have been thinking about getting a different type of bn pleco to breed, but I want fry that are in demand and worth a little more than regular ones. Seems long fin super reds are one of the good ones with some around 1 1/2” selling for $58 each. Not my favorite but might consider this…
 

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After I put in the new pleco cave I noticed the male pleco has already got a batch of eggs in the awkward area of the driftwood where he had eggs before. he is busy fanning the eggs and we will see if anything comes about. Would the Cory cats be one of the prime predators to the babies? If this is the case I might consider moving them out.
 

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After I put in the new pleco cave I noticed the male pleco has already got a batch of eggs in the awkward area of the driftwood where he had eggs before. he is busy fanning the eggs and we will see if anything comes about. Would the Cory cats be one of the prime predators to the babies? If this is the case I might consider moving them out.
No, angels or other cichlids would be. Catfish too.
 

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No, angels or other cichlids would be. Catfish too.
I removed the two hoplo cats which were at least 3 1/2" and very hungry fish. I have the one angel and gourami but they seem to avoid the bottom of the tank. Most of the Monk tetras stay towards the top except for a weird oddball that will not school and hides under the plants in the lower part of the tank. I see it dart out to eat falling food, never really seen it go after the smaller plecos but you never know. just trying to get a successful spawn... well more successful than four, lol. I forgot about the green phantom pleco, it might eggs/fry on opportunity. I need to move that one out to the the 65B anyway.
 

fishguy1978

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I removed the two hoplo cats which were at least 3 1/2" and very hungry fish. I have the one angel and gourami but they seem to avoid the bottom of the tank. Most of the Monk tetras stay towards the top except for a weird oddball that will not school and hides under the plants in the lower part of the tank. I see it dart out to eat falling food, never really seen it go after the smaller plecos but you never know. just trying to get a successful spawn... well more successful than four, lol. I forgot about the green phantom pleco, it might eggs/fry on opportunity. I need to move that one out to the the 65B anyway.
Plecos won’t prey on the young. The angel and gourami will for sure.
Monks are known for going off into isolation but then they get called hermits :rofl
 

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Believe my male bn pleco has been caring for eggs in his little cubby in the driftwood. He has wedged himself in there so good that I just cant see what is going on, lol. I hope the next time he tries using the pleco cave I got for him.

As summer finishes up and Im in the house more for winter, Im still seriously considering trying my hand at a different type of bn pleco. I really like the blue eye, lemon variety. Just trying to find something not too common that I could have breed for fun and might be worth a couple bucks on the fry. Anyone ever successfully raise the 'medusa' types (L034)? This is another that I kind of am interested in.
 

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Little guy getting to be a little mini-beast
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At this stage the bocourti almost looks like a baby pearsei. Hopefully it starts to color up soon. Pretty sure this one is male by its build, the other two have a much slimmer build.
 

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Saturday morning water changes. Got the garage fishroom done this morning. Nice clean tanks.
 

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Not mine. Keeper is from Singapore. Thought @sir_keith would appreciate the xeno’s in a 600g.
 

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Not mine. Keeper is from Singapore. Thought @sir_keith would appreciate the xeno’s in a 600g.
Going along with the post from @fishguy1978, the picture of the tank.
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Love that background! So realistic!
 

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Not mine. Keeper is from Singapore. Thought @sir_keith would appreciate the xeno’s in a 600g.
Going along with the post from @fishguy1978, the picture of the tank.
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Love that background! So realistic!

Actually, I was the one who suggested those fishes...

This is his first Tanganyikan tank, and if you go to this thread on the Cichlid Forum (https://www.cichlid-forum.com/threads/advice-setting-up-a-600gal-tanga-comm.462967/, currently 108 posts and counting), you will see that I've spent quite a bit of time trying to give him good advice. So far, so good.

I feel a bit of a connection here, as my girlfriend grew up in Singapore, and I recognized the Singapore flag on his posts (CF automatically assigns you a flag based on your location, whether you like it or not)...

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fishguy1978

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Actually, I was the one who suggested those fishes...

This is his first Tanganyikan tank, and if you go to this thread on the Cichlid Forum (https://www.cichlid-forum.com/threads/advice-setting-up-a-600gal-tanga-comm.462967/, currently 108 posts and counting), you will see that I've spent quite a bit of time trying to give him good advice. So far, so good.

I feel a bit of a connection here, as my girlfriend grew up in Singapore, and I recognized the Singapore flag on his posts (CF automatically assigns you a flag based on your location, whether you like it or not)...

I’m not on CF much if at all anymore. Glad to hear you are the one directing him.
 

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With multiple tanks going it has allowed me to keep species that required their own tanks like my hairy puffer and my red wolf fish. While this has been fun, I have been getting tired of some of these 'solo' inhabitants, well not 100% solo in the sense that some have a pleco tankmate.

The fish right now that just do not merit a tank to themselves?
My red wolf, does nothing but hide in a log decoration. Do I remove the log and rescape the tank so I can see it more? Will the fish then become skittish? I have even thought of moving him into the 300, but unsure as to his aggressive nature if it will be an issue. Not sure what to do with him... his 65B tank looks absolutely barren.

My other fish that I question having a tank to itself is my Trimac. This fish is an F1 but in every way acts like a wild caught fish. Not very interactive, very leery, not even food based in interactions, in fact barely eats and has not shown the growth I would expect from this type of cichlid. Very boring fish, not what I expected at all.

My other 'solo' fish like the hairy puffer and oscar are awesome. Very outgoing and food driven so they interact and are active with me in the room. In fact both of these are wild caught fishes but you wouldnt know it by the way they act.

So I am questioning my stocking choices for these two tanks and am considering other options. Either a different solo fish, or possibly a 'community' set up with something like a severum as a main focus fish and surround it with smaller inhabitants.

Just getting bored with a couple of these fish, sharing my frustration with the group. If you guys have any suggestions for what you would do with a 90 gallon or 65B as to fishes, please feel free to comment.
 

fishguy1978

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With multiple tanks going it has allowed me to keep species that required their own tanks like my hairy puffer and my red wolf fish. While this has been fun, I have been getting tired of some of these 'solo' inhabitants, well not 100% solo in the sense that some have a pleco tankmate.

The fish right now that just do not merit a tank to themselves?
My red wolf, does nothing but hide in a log decoration. Do I remove the log and rescape the tank so I can see it more? Will the fish then become skittish? I have even thought of moving him into the 300, but unsure as to his aggressive nature if it will be an issue. Not sure what to do with him... his 65B tank looks absolutely barren.

My other fish that I question having a tank to itself is my Trimac. This fish is an F1 but in every way acts like a wild caught fish. Not very interactive, very leery, not even food based in interactions, in fact barely eats and has not shown the growth I would expect from this type of cichlid. Very boring fish, not what I expected at all.

My other 'solo' fish like the hairy puffer and oscar are awesome. Very outgoing and food driven so they interact and are active with me in the room. In fact both of these are wild caught fishes but you wouldnt know it by the way they act.

So I am questioning my stocking choices for these two tanks and am considering other options. Either a different solo fish, or possibly a 'community' set up with something like a severum as a main focus fish and surround it with smaller inhabitants.

Just getting bored with a couple of these fish, sharing my frustration with the group. If you guys have any suggestions for what you would do with a 90 gallon or 65B as to fishes, please feel free to comment.
You could do a school of dwarf puffers in one of those tanks :cool:
 

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You could do a school of dwarf puffers in one of those tanks :cool:
I had not considered these. I like the pea puffers but Im more a fan of the Carinotetraodon irrubesco or red-eyed puffer instead. Of course for me the ultimate would be a group of Tetraodon schoutedeni or the spotted Congo puffer but at $200+ a fish, this would be one expensive little school. I wish there was a nice active, freshwater puff, kind of like a Fahaka that would only stay about 10" max...
 

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In my solo fish endeavors I had kept a red tiger mota female that I got from @lloyd378. She was fun but I really had wanted a male. I would consider a fish from the parachromis family like a Jaguar but that would be a bit too big of a fish for a 90g. They can hit 14" from what Ive read, whereas the others stay aroung12".
 

fishguy1978

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I had not considered these. I like the pea puffers but Im more a fan of the Carinotetraodon irrubesco or red-eyed puffer instead. Of course for me the ultimate would be a group of Tetraodon schoutedeni or the spotted Congo puffer but at $200+ a fish, this would be one expensive little school. I wish there was a nice active, freshwater puff, kind of like a Fahaka that would only stay about 10" max...
You could do dwarf Amazon puffs as they are more reasonably priced :D
 

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You could do dwarf Amazon puffs as they are more reasonably priced :D
Those are very awesome looking but known tooth issue fish. Very common to have to catch them and manually cut/file down teeth. They dont keep the teeth in check with just diet alone. I think the Avocado puffer can be done as groups and are not known to have tooth issues. But these are super aggressive, dont think I could do any other fish with them.
 
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