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[the pulpican man]

i think some of them have been selective bred for their colouration and then sold as super green... and cost more money i expect.. haha thats marketing these days for you..

[tranced]

as well as the colour difference, carpintis seems to have worming on the face while cyanoguttatus lacks this... they are found in different areas, so they might be colour morphs of the same species that have evolved... or completely different species... i dont think anyone knows this for sure

[drukqs2369]

i just added an extremely awesome fish into my american community tank but unfortunately forum policy is i am not aloud to share that with you

but he's getting along really well so far, so lets hope everything stays good

[drukqs2369]

just iphone pics so they're not the best quality & all fish are hiding cause i just messed with all the rocks trying to fish out my bigger synspillum cause it was beefing with my new FH





that rainbow shark is the longest fish i've ever kept & he's lived in tanks with 35cm dovii & massive jags & is still kicking ass in this tank

i will never get over how awesome my tank is, no pics can truely do it justice. i just hope i can maintain balance for some time

[the pulpican man]

looks great man!! aslong as you grow them up and dont chuck anymore fish in once the orders sorted out, you should be right its how i've managed to keep mine good and my rule is.. if something goes on a rampage. get it out of there, thats how i've done it and mine are all happy as!

just one thing.. i've noticed your just using a cannister filter, chuck a powerful internal in there!! i have a 1000lph canister and a 2400lph internal and they love the current

goodluck mate,

[drukqs2369]

yeah i'm actually about to buy a lot more powerful canister filter that pumps a lot more water around, the one i have now (aqua one) is pretty poxy when it comes to water flow.

i added in a bay snook today but i wont be adding any more fish for a while

only slight beefs are with my blue acara & my biggest dempsey, they seem to lock mouth every now & then but it's cool

[the pulpican man]

Probably just trying to sort out whos boss haha

hows the Fh doing with everything?

[drukqs2369]

going great aye, has had no beef with any fish besides the synspillum shortly after i put him in but i took the synspillum straight out n took him to city barn haha

they can be hell narky fish one pretty much smashed a hell good looking oscar down to this



i love synspillums but they've got real sharp little teeth & if they're bigger than most fish in the tank they can ruin your fav fish

however the oscar healed up in about 2 weeks perfectly fine.. except he lost that eye.

fh just cruises around doing his own thing. reminds me of the one i had before & the bigger he grew the cooler he got & he never battled any fish no matter how small.. trouble was he wasn't the best to look at.

it'd be great to be able to post a pic of my new one. very proud of this little guy.

[pec]

Glad you're happy with it mate

[drukqs2369]

yeah man i'm stoked actually, he's pretty cool

i'm looking to set up another tank & try breed JDs, see what i can make out of some good looking blue genes & my electric blue JDs.. could be hard & there's not a lot of info out their that i've found but i'm gonna give it a go hey

[mambo]

drunkqs how big is that oscar of yours and how long you had him?

[drukqs2369]

nah he healed up real nicely & i got rid of him aye

got a new oscar now, just a baby but real nice looking

[Bowdy]

So what's the stock list these days.

[drukqs2369]

just added a bay snook & all the other fish ate my little oscar... poor thing

i have no idea what he was fighting with but over a couple of days he just looked really hurt

silly oscars don't know when to back down

really want to add a red scat. dude in classifieds selling 2 but i think i was too late...

[Bowdy]

Do you have room to add anything else?
Seams to be a shit load in there hehe

[drukqs2369]

at this size they're alright i guess, i'll just take stuff out if it gets too much so i wouldn't worry

[Neddy]

Hey can someone tel me what the fish is in the third picture in the first post, cheers.

[Bowdy]

green terror...

[Neddy]

Cheers.I've heard they are quite aggressive, would they be ok with electric yellows?

[drukqs2369]

they're not that aggressive.. but i wouldnt put them with yelllows

you'd be better off getting rid of the yellows.. they're more of feeder fish anyway

get yourself a couple of green terrors, super green texas, jack dempsey, bay snook and go from there