New Fish At Petsmart!

I grabbed a couple of bolivians last week from petsmart. Gbr and bolivians are $6 in CA, currently roseline barbs are $4.54 they have several fish half price this month. My local stores are also carrying sterbai Cories at $7 each...
 
By the way, Thanks a lot Ruskell! We had my QT tank all ready to get my gouramis today, and we came home with 5 Blolivian rams too. After the fiasco with the apistos I had wanted rams in my 75g instead. I need to post the pics of the gouramis later, I hope I sexed them correctly.

No problem! I figured somebody would want to know & I'm glad you got Bolivians & Gouramis too. Post pics and I'll see if I can sex the Gouramis for you, I've become quite the expert with them as long as they're mature enough to tell. You got Opalines? They can be really mean if your tank isn't big enough. They're for your 75 gallon right? The males are especially striking looking fish.

The three spots too? I thought they were mostly peaceful? The Opaline gouramis haven't looked great around here lately. They had gold ones too, but I like the blues. They are for the 46g, I only wanted 2 really, but was worried about the male chasing the female endlessly. What problems did you have with yours? I will have too many angelfish in the 75g to put them there. Did you see my thread with pics? They aren't the best pictures, but I hope we sexed them right.
 
By the way, Thanks a lot Ruskell! We had my QT tank all ready to get my gouramis today, and we came home with 5 Blolivian rams too. After the fiasco with the apistos I had wanted rams in my 75g instead. I need to post the pics of the gouramis later, I hope I sexed them correctly.

No problem! I figured somebody would want to know & I'm glad you got Bolivians & Gouramis too. Post pics and I'll see if I can sex the Gouramis for you, I've become quite the expert with them as long as they're mature enough to tell. You got Opalines? They can be really mean if your tank isn't big enough. They're for your 75 gallon right? The males are especially striking looking fish.

The three spots too? I thought they were mostly peaceful? The Opaline gouramis haven't looked great around here lately. They had gold ones too, but I like the blues. They are for the 46g, I only wanted 2 really, but was worried about the male chasing the female endlessly. What problems did you have with yours? I will have too many angelfish in the 75g to put them there. Did you see my thread with pics? They aren't the best pictures, but I hope we sexed them right.

They should be okay. A 46 gallon should be more than enough space for them to stake their territory spread their fins out :lol:

With nice big Bolivian Rams like those the Gouramis will probably keep to themselves. The male may chase the females here & there but it shouldn't be a non stop thing.
 
:good: Thanks for the thoughts. :D I'm all hopped up on fish today. It's pathetic that buying new fish is the same for me, as jumping from a plane for some people :lol:
 
That 36 bowfront is on sale this week for $140 ruskull, but the aqueon 29 gallon kit is also on sale but for $80 :p I got mine for $70.

It was $230 last week? I paid $170 for a floor model if I remember correctly........

:angry: That's it! I'm outta here................. :grr:

Ha! I just checked and it's $249.99 on their website :lol:

Oops just noticed it's the kit only doesn't include the stand haha you still got a good deal. If my business does good this year I may get one of those when they go on sale again :hyper:
Just a question, what are the dimensions of your 20 gallon high? I have a stand that is 32"x16" LxW and was thinking maybe I could fit 2 20 highs or 2 15 highs on it possibly. 1 for a gecko, one as a fish tank. That'd be pretty cool.
 
You have bought quality fish from Petsmart? Everytime I look they have one or more dead fish that no employee even notices till I tell them.
 
My petsmart has some very high quality fish actually. The one near me has done pretty good employees (except on Monday's and Wednesday's :grr: ) and the tanks always look good.
 
You have bought quality fish from Petsmart? Everytime I look they have one or more dead fish that no employee even notices till I tell them.


Some of the employees are great at my local PetSmart & PetCo, depends on the day of course. I guess it varies form location to location....................

20 gallon high tanks are approx. 24 inches wide, 16 inches tall & 13 wide. I really wish one of them was a 20 long instead.
 
Hmm ok thanks maybe 2 15 x-highs then they're like 16x12x24 I think
 
We just bought a pair of Bolivians to add to Zach's 20 gallon. They're pretty big too, about 2.5 inches each and I'm fairly sure I got a male & a female. They huddle togther like a couple would & they were the 2 largest fish in the tank. One is noticeably fatter, bigger & less colorful while the other has slightly more pointed dorsal & tail fins.
 
Awesome! I hope you guys love them too. It would be great if you got a male/female :)

We added one more to our group for a nice even 6 today. I hope our male/female ration is good. I put too many caves in so I can't see them all at the same time yet to try and figure them out. Before I move them to a big tank, Ill take out the caves and get a good look. No reason to stress them out for a few days, they are getting some nice color.
 
Well I gave my local store a shot today and it took me under a minute to find a dead fish. Location matters. I'm happy for those of you that have better stores because the prices are cheap.
 
Some of the fish I bought had white spots when I got home, and I had to treat overnight. No spots today so I think we are in the clear. Next week I have a medication coming for my remaining apisto, and it gets mixed in the food...I am planning on giving some to all of my fish in case they were exposed. :\ I want a new store so badly. They have ich in every tank because all of their water runs on the same filter.
 

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