Angry Shark
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@ombomb
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...and since when was a LFS with a small tank packed FULL of highly territorial RTBSs a good guage of how a healthy, unstressed fish looks?
dwarfgourami
Fish Connoisseur
[quote name=''genesis' post='974981' date='Nov 17 2005, 07:38 AM']
uhh, pets @ home has small tanks FULL of sharks
they are all nice to each other too
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IME Pets@home have the most peculiar setups that you really would not want to reproduce in the home.
Partly they get away with it because the fish are in transit, only there for a short time and so stunned by the journey etc that they don't get round to trying to establish territories. Think commuters on a packed train- they don't die from it, but you couldn't expect human beings to thrive under those conditions (or
refrain from murdering each other) for more than a short space of time.
Partly- well, they don't get away with it. Their death rates are horrendous. Some of this is due to stress or stress-induced infections.
uhh, pets @ home has small tanks FULL of sharks
they are all nice to each other too
[/quote]
IME Pets@home have the most peculiar setups that you really would not want to reproduce in the home.
Partly they get away with it because the fish are in transit, only there for a short time and so stunned by the journey etc that they don't get round to trying to establish territories. Think commuters on a packed train- they don't die from it, but you couldn't expect human beings to thrive under those conditions (or
refrain from murdering each other) for more than a short space of time.
Partly- well, they don't get away with it. Their death rates are horrendous. Some of this is due to stress or stress-induced infections.
@ombomb
Fish Gatherer
[quote name=''genesis' post='974981' date='Nov 17 2005, 07:38 AM']
uhh, pets @ home has small tanks FULL of sharks
they are all nice to each other too
[/quote]
If only we all kept our fish as well as Pets@Home eh?
uhh, pets @ home has small tanks FULL of sharks
they are all nice to each other too
[/quote]
If only we all kept our fish as well as Pets@Home eh?
[quote name=''genesis' post='975296' date='Nov 17 2005, 05:02 PM']
could you name some african cichlids?
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LOL....The RTBS isn't aggressive enough for you? Listen, I have an RTBS in with some Labidochromis Careleus and he can hold his own. That's against Cichlids that are probably three times as beefy as he is. The shark needs a very large tank or he needs to go back to the shop. He can't stay where you have him. Period.
could you name some african cichlids?
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LOL....The RTBS isn't aggressive enough for you? Listen, I have an RTBS in with some Labidochromis Careleus and he can hold his own. That's against Cichlids that are probably three times as beefy as he is. The shark needs a very large tank or he needs to go back to the shop. He can't stay where you have him. Period.
[quote name=''genesis' post='975660' date='Nov 17 2005, 08:53 PM']
im getting a 55gal
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Then make sure you have lots of caves. Coconuts work great and are cheap. Cut them in half, clean out the meat then cut a little opening for a door, brush most of the husk off the outside. Boil them for about an hour or two to squeeze out most of the tannins. They sink naturally so just pop em in the tank.
im getting a 55gal
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Then make sure you have lots of caves. Coconuts work great and are cheap. Cut them in half, clean out the meat then cut a little opening for a door, brush most of the husk off the outside. Boil them for about an hour or two to squeeze out most of the tannins. They sink naturally so just pop em in the tank.
kris-b-
Fishaholic
Sorry to go off topic in here but I was just reading through this thread...
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