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Dr Cucumber

Member Since 24 Jan 2004
Offline Last Active Jan 04 2017 07:23 PM

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I'm an aquatic ecologist with over 25 years of fish keeping experience. I am interested in cichlid and planted aquaria, but have a particular passion for African cichlids, expecially Tangs. I like natural 'biotope' type set-ups, and (on a lighter note of course) quickly become nausiated at the sight of plastic mermaids, sunken batleships and any other artificial decorations used to 'decorate' aquariums. :rolleyes:

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#357989 Fs Rainbow Tropheus

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 22 December 2016 - 09:58 PM

Name:Kasanga Red Tropheus (red rainbow)
Size:3cm to 8cm
Number:approx 23
Sex: mixture
Price or a ballpark figure: $400 the lot
Shipping available? No
Photos: on PM request, all nice specimens (see YouTube video link below)
Other comments: urgent sale, want gone before 28th December.

https://www.youtube....h?v=HkYefTfJnH0

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#329276 Aquarium Dog Kennel

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 14 October 2014 - 07:36 AM

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#328801 New Tropheus Project

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 06 October 2014 - 10:05 PM

First mouthfull! !!

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#328242 New Tropheus Project

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 29 September 2014 - 08:54 AM

All good. Don't mind a bit of healthy debate. What's the diff? I thought river and washed sand were the same colour. In any case, my sand is neither: Whitfords beach

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#328024 Favourite Tank?

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 25 September 2014 - 09:29 PM

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#327612 New Tropheus Project

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 19 September 2014 - 08:07 PM

A couple of pics 6 weeks in. All healthy and growing well. So hard to get decent photos though.

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#325413 New Tropheus Project

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 21 August 2014 - 09:25 PM

Loving the succession of algae on the rocks. Green to orange/brown (and in a few weeks time; to dark green). A series of photos showing what's happened in just 8 weeks.

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#324784 New Tropheus Project

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 15 August 2014 - 10:49 PM

Latest photos

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#323752 New Tropheus Project

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 07 August 2014 - 09:59 PM

Fish went in today. 16 red rainbows: 4 large (4-5cm) and 12 smallish (3cm) in an attempt to skew the sex ratio. Absolutely thriving. Coloured up immediately and amazingly enough, some even started courting.

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#323345 New Tropheus Project

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 05 August 2014 - 12:54 PM

Thanks for all your comments. I changed my mind and went for the river sand. A few piccies.

Prior to fill.

Filled. Filter and hesting on. Tang salts added.

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#323281 New Tropheus Project

Posted by Dr Cucumber on 04 August 2014 - 09:03 PM

Embarking on a new project. Have just completed stripping out my 4×2×2 planted tank and will over the next few days convert to a limestone reef set up.

I've also placed an order for 15 × 4cm Tropheus Red Rainbow F1s.

First question. Limestone reef on white sand or black sand? What do you think? I tend to think that white limestone on 'retina burning' white sand can be a bit too much.... More pics to follow over next few days.

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