My African Cichlids

[xxxKevinxxx™]

Just buy the Zoo Jay, but really cool fish man.

[Jack Specific]

straightedgex said:

Just buy the Zoo Jay, but really cool fish man.

Here's my two Dwarf Hamsters. The first one is a Siberian Male and the second one is a Roborovski Female. They each have their own cages. I adopted them. The female was actually adopted once by someone else and then brought back. She was said to be too paranoid which she *was* but now since she's been with me she's a lot less timid. The male was brought back because he was vicious, hence his name 'Nipper'. He's also much better now. I can actually pet him somewhat. He did get me once though.


Nipper


Honey

JS

[Greg Weinstein]

If I ever have an aquarium, it's going to consist of luminescent green jellyfish, and that's about it.

[Jack Specific]

buffboettcher said:

If I ever have an aquarium, it's going to consist of luminescent green jellyfish, and that's about it.

Or you can get GloFish. Certain colors of Glofish are derived from the gene of Jellyfish (other colors from the gene of sea coral).

Js

[Ian from 616Entertainment.]

I think we may be the WF members with the most pets, Jack. I'm a huge animal lover as well, and I have plenty of pets myself. 4 scorpions, Babalu (my dog), Mischief (ferret), Morpheus (snake), jesus. I plan on getting some new turtles, I had them when I was younger. They're just a handful to take care of, since they begin to smell every other day.

I like yo fishies.

[Joe Delta]

beautiful fish. Have you thought about getting clown loachs fish?

*fixed*

[King Shocker the Monumentous]

So I assume Mayor Nutter lifted that ban on small rodents in the Wohlfeld household?

[S]

wwegijoe said:

beautiful fish. Have you thought about getting clown fish?

Jacks is freshwater (i think), Clowns can only survive in salt water.

Just wondering Jack, do you know how big red tail sharks grow to? because the local fish shop said 10cm, but mine is atleast 14cm (awaits the obvious penis joke). Also doesn't your tank get alot of algae with just shrimp... or do you have a plec?

i'll also have to get some pics of my tropical tank aswell as my dads when i get my camera back

[Jack Specific]

thefishcalledbob said:

wwegijoe said:

beautiful fish. Have you thought about getting clown fish?

Jacks is freshwater (i think), Clowns can only survive in salt water.

Just wondering Jack, do you know how big red tail sharks grow to? because the local fish shop said 10cm, but mine is atleast 14cm (awaits the obvious penis joke). Also doesn't your tank get alot of algae with just shrimp... or do you have a plec?

i'll also have to get some pics of my tropical tank aswell as my dads when i get my camera back

I was just going to reply that about clown fish. I've heard that Red Tail sharks can get up to 7 inches. The shrimp I have is a 'Filter' feeder. Meaning that he has no claws but instead has 'Fans' that spread out and filter tiny food particles from the water then he puts the particles in his mouth. Generally they will stand on something directly in front of current (from filters, air-bubbles, etc). Sometimes they will fan the gravel too. They do nothing for algae at all. I actually started with a pleco but the cichlids killed it or it just died, you never can tell but I would not chance another one. Actually though, African Cichlids are primarily algae eaters which is why most of their diet must consist of greens such as spiralina algae, seaweed, spinich, zucchini, peas, kelp, etc. Mine do a great job keeping the rockwork and plants clean. They don't do much on the glass though. I just do that with my magnet cleaner or glass scraper.

JS

[thematthardyjr]

Nice fish. I'll have to post pics of my fish one day(including Discus, Angels, Bettas, Spotted Climbing Perches, Rams, Gobie, etc...) I don't have any African Chiclids though... just South American.

[thematthardyjr]

theswanton623 said:

I think we may be the WF members with the most pets, Jack. I'm a huge animal lover as well, and I have plenty of pets myself. 4 scorpions, Babalu (my dog), Mischief (ferret), Morpheus (snake), jesus. I plan on getting some new turtles, I had them when I was younger. They're just a handful to take care of, since they begin to smell every other day.

I like yo fishies.

I have approx. 60 fish, 2 dogs, and a hamster. I would have a few rabbits, and more hamsters if my parents let me.

[Hulkamaniac]

thefishcalledbob said:

wwegijoe said:

beautiful fish. Have you thought about getting clown fish?

Jacks is freshwater (i think), Clowns can only survive in salt water.

Just wondering Jack, do you know how big red tail sharks grow to? because the local fish shop said 10cm, but mine is atleast 14cm (awaits the obvious penis joke). Also doesn't your tank get alot of algae with just shrimp... or do you have a plec?

i'll also have to get some pics of my tropical tank aswell as my dads when i get my camera back

There is a red tail shark (aka red tail catfish) at my local zoo that's about 4 feet long. They will get that long unless they die first.

Also, you don't need a pleco for algae control. It's not a good idea to buy a fish solely for algae control. With proper lighting and water changes you shouldn't have any problems with algae.

For Jack - the crushed coral really isn't all that necessary if you don't want to use it. As long as you keep the water changed and the chemistry constant it's not a big deal. This assumes that your water chemistry isn't really extreme (i.e. really hard or really soft).

[Phoenix Nitro]

I've always had a fascination with the awesomeness of zebra fish. Those would make cool wallpapers on your desktop.

[S]

gar said:

thefishcalledbob said:

Jacks is freshwater (i think), Clowns can only survive in salt water.

Just wondering Jack, do you know how big red tail sharks grow to? because the local fish shop said 10cm, but mine is atleast 14cm (awaits the obvious penis joke). Also doesn't your tank get alot of algae with just shrimp... or do you have a plec?

i'll also have to get some pics of my tropical tank aswell as my dads when i get my camera back

There is a red tail shark (aka red tail catfish) at my local zoo that's about 4 feet long. They will get that long unless they die first.

Also, you don't need a pleco for algae control. It's not a good idea to buy a fish solely for algae control. With proper lighting and water changes you shouldn't have any problems with algae.

For Jack - the crushed coral really isn't all that necessary if you don't want to use it. As long as you keep the water changed and the chemistry constant it's not a big deal. This assumes that your water chemistry isn't really extreme (i.e. really hard or really soft).

But a zoo tank is much bigger surely, i know fish doen't realy grow to their surroundings, but i wouldn't of thought they'd get that big in a home tank, and the plec i have i didn't buy for algae control, i also use a glass magnet, but he does help alot.

Thinking about it, i guess you could get clown loach as a sort of clownfish substitute

And i should have known about that shrimp, i have one, i just didn't look closely at your ones 'hands'

[Hulkamaniac]

thefishcalledbob said:

gar said:

There is a red tail shark (aka red tail catfish) at my local zoo that's about 4 feet long. They will get that long unless they die first.

Also, you don't need a pleco for algae control. It's not a good idea to buy a fish solely for algae control. With proper lighting and water changes you shouldn't have any problems with algae.

For Jack - the crushed coral really isn't all that necessary if you don't want to use it. As long as you keep the water changed and the chemistry constant it's not a big deal. This assumes that your water chemistry isn't really extreme (i.e. really hard or really soft).

But a zoo tank is much bigger surely, i know fish doen't realy grow to their surroundings, but i wouldn't of thought they'd get that big in a home tank, and the plec i have i didn't buy for algae control, i also use a glass magnet, but he does help alot.

Thinking about it, i guess you could get clown loach as a sort of clownfish substitute

And i should have known about that shrimp, i have one, i just didn't look closely at your ones 'hands'

The zoo tank is more like an indoor pond so it's obviously much bigger. The size of a fish is controlled by their genetics like any other animal. You can put a St Bernard puppy in a poodle sized dog run and it'll be fine for a short while. Eventually it'll grow too big for the dog run and it's health will suffer and sooner or later it's probably going to die much earlier than it normally would. Fish are basically the same way.

Also, clown loaches would be a bad fit for Jack's tank. The african's he's got are far too aggressive (clown loaches are passive fish) and they get way too big for that tank (8-12 inches). Also, they need to be kept in schools of 3-4 fish.

[S]

gar said:

thefishcalledbob said:

But a zoo tank is much bigger surely, i know fish doen't realy grow to their surroundings, but i wouldn't of thought they'd get that big in a home tank, and the plec i have i didn't buy for algae control, i also use a glass magnet, but he does help alot.

Thinking about it, i guess you could get clown loach as a sort of clownfish substitute

And i should have known about that shrimp, i have one, i just didn't look closely at your ones 'hands'

The zoo tank is more like an indoor pond so it's obviously much bigger. The size of a fish is controlled by their genetics like any other animal. You can put a St Bernard puppy in a poodle sized dog run and it'll be fine for a short while. Eventually it'll grow too big for the dog run and it's health will suffer and sooner or later it's probably going to die much earlier than it normally would. Fish are basically the same way.

Also, clown loaches would be a bad fit for Jack's tank. The african's he's got are far too aggressive (clown loaches are passive fish) and they get way too big for that tank (8-12 inches). Also, they need to be kept in schools of 3-4 fish.

All the sites and places i've been on say they won't grown over 7" so i'm guesing either the fish sold for tanks are a sort of dwarf version that is just called a red tailed shark for short, or the one at the zoo is a slightly different 'breed'

The clown loach i had were right bastards, they were pure evil... (ps, got some images of my dads tank lower down)

[Joe Delta]

thefishcalledbob said:

wwegijoe said:

beautiful fish. Have you thought about getting clown fish?

Jacks is freshwater (i think), Clowns can only survive in salt water.

Just wondering Jack, do you know how big red tail sharks grow to? because the local fish shop said 10cm, but mine is atleast 14cm (awaits the obvious penis joke). Also doesn't your tank get alot of algae with just shrimp... or do you have a plec?

i'll also have to get some pics of my tropical tank aswell as my dads when i get my camera back

my bad, i meant clown loach, i was in hurry yesterday lol.

[Jack Specific]

gar said:

thefishcalledbob said:

Jacks is freshwater (i think), Clowns can only survive in salt water.

Just wondering Jack, do you know how big red tail sharks grow to? because the local fish shop said 10cm, but mine is atleast 14cm (awaits the obvious penis joke). Also doesn't your tank get alot of algae with just shrimp... or do you have a plec?

i'll also have to get some pics of my tropical tank aswell as my dads when i get my camera back

There is a red tail shark (aka red tail catfish) at my local zoo that's about 4 feet long. They will get that long unless they die first.

Also, you don't need a pleco for algae control. It's not a good idea to buy a fish solely for algae control. With proper lighting and water changes you shouldn't have any problems with algae.

For Jack - the crushed coral really isn't all that necessary if you don't want to use it. As long as you keep the water changed and the chemistry constant it's not a big deal. This assumes that your water chemistry isn't really extreme (i.e. really hard or really soft).

A buffer IS necessary for the Africans. For some reason my PH got so acidic so I gradually raised it up and got it to 7.6. Since they are tank raised they are not used to the 8.5 to 11.0 range that the lake has so it's not necessary for it to be that extreme.

I have never heard of a Red Tail shark getting that large. The so called 'Iridescent Sharks' get that large though.

JS

[DTP.]

Cute hamsters, the one in the first pic looks like my dad's hamster.

[Jack Specific]

gar said:

thefishcalledbob said:

But a zoo tank is much bigger surely, i know fish doen't realy grow to their surroundings, but i wouldn't of thought they'd get that big in a home tank, and the plec i have i didn't buy for algae control, i also use a glass magnet, but he does help alot.

Thinking about it, i guess you could get clown loach as a sort of clownfish substitute

And i should have known about that shrimp, i have one, i just didn't look closely at your ones 'hands'

The zoo tank is more like an indoor pond so it's obviously much bigger. The size of a fish is controlled by their genetics like any other animal. You can put a St Bernard puppy in a poodle sized dog run and it'll be fine for a short while. Eventually it'll grow too big for the dog run and it's health will suffer and sooner or later it's probably going to die much earlier than it normally would. Fish are basically the same way.

Also, clown loaches would be a bad fit for Jack's tank. The african's he's got are far too aggressive (clown loaches are passive fish) and they get way too big for that tank (8-12 inches). Also, they need to be kept in schools of 3-4 fish.

I have a Synidontis African catfish who does a great job vacuuming up. He also doesn't take any crap from his fish mates.

JS