Few New Pics

[CAC]

Well, on sunday, i got some new shrimps from a local fish shop (which had some very cool fish, including a lungfish among other things...). The shrimps cleaned the whole tank, but i woke up on monday, and one of them was dead, and there was tonnes (and i mean tonnes!!) of shrimp poo, and then this morning, i found another dead, so i only have 4 now, and they are all in my 4g, because of pooing problems lol. If anyone can think of a cleaner (not snails...) thats reasonably small and will clean my glass and what ever else, then that would be good... Anyway, heres some pics:

Half banded spiny eel:

Nice shot of one of the yellow tails:

Some shots of the shrimps in the bag acclimitising: (anyone know what i should feed them? Algea wafers etc? Or can i just give them flake once it sinks and bloodworms and stuff?)

Ill take some pics of them in the tank abit later

Thanks, Mikey

 

[Lynz781]

Lovely fishes you got there and from what I can make out I like your tank too.

As for the shrimp they eat anything and everything! They will eat algae wafer, flakes and bloodworms. Great addition to a tank. Do you find yours are shy or do they come out alot?

 

[CAC]

Come out loads, but like i say, they were in there for only two days...
Theres some more pics in one of the posts i made a few days ago, with full tank shots etc.

Thanks, Mikey

 

[14gtr14]

CAC, is this eel for lake Tanganyika? I have been looking for one for my tank and that one looks great! how big does it get?

 

[RadaR]

The Eels are beautiful!
Nice shrimp. I can see a really good female shrimp there.
You got a Lungfish wicked! One of the best person to talk to Lungfish to is Richard Hardwick of Wharf Aquatics. Seriously nice, experienced guy.

 

[CAC]

No radar, i didnt get it lol.
They get like 3 feet, but i was just saying, amazing animal, and it was pretty big aswell.
The eels arent tanganyikan, but they could work....
How would i go about breeding the shrimps?

For more pics of my fish, look here: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=167923&hl=

Thanks, Mikey

 

[RadaR]

Oh right. Sorry i misunderstood.
Contact Mr G to find out how to go about breeding the Amanos. Theyre quite tricky.

 

[CAC]

Thanks radar, ive been reading some of the topics on here and on the net, and it sounds pretty hard, but i may try it, thanks alot.

Mikey

 

[cane76]

those half banded eels are great,mine was so active is yours??it was the first eel i ever had

 

[CAC]

I didnt know you had a half banded!?!?
What size did he/she grow to?

Yeah mines very active, allways swims up and down the glass when i come over to the tank, he much more active than the others...
I cant actually find one of my yellowtails at the moment, so im assumeing hes burried somewhere...
Tomorrow, im going to my LFS to pick up a tank for a planted project, so im hopefully going to get a plec of some sort, but im not sure if they will have any...We'll see.

Thanks, Mikey

 

[cane76]

yeah i had a 5-6"banded eel for about 10 months it was one of the first fish i ever brought,but it never grew.then i got a big fire eel which terrorised it non stop so it had to go

 

[CAC]

Oh right cool, they are great, wish id got two of them to be honest....
I dont think hes gonna get much bigger, but he has grown a little since ive had him, been on a staple diet of bloodworms, with daphnia, brineshrimp etc thrown in, so hes doin good.

Mikey

 

[cane76]

i used to like watching mine try to eat river shrimp it was so small it would just struggle for ages but never give up

 

[CAC]

Wish i could get river shrimp, they dont even sell them where i am...Oh well


Mikey

 

[cane76]

they have much more character than fire eels imho