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#98271 Really Neat Tanks!!!!

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 23 July 2008 - 11:25 PM in Photo Album & Photography Discussion

hey found these on the net last night

comment!!!!!

has anyone seen these ones before?

Comment!!!

Cheers

Arron

#98269 Breeding Like Flies :o

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 23 July 2008 - 11:21 PM in Cichlid Discussion

Hey Az thay are spectacular....

the trewase are beautiful....

oh and i'll get some of those mpanga fry next week.... i got first dibs!!!!! 8)

Cheers

Arron

#98106 Synodontis Petricola

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 22 July 2008 - 03:19 PM in Catfish & Loaches

very cool to be able to et photos like that...

looks great tony

Cheers

Arron

#98105 Discus Strains

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 22 July 2008 - 03:10 PM in Cichlid Discussion

the ones i have seen are

checker board
snakeskin
wild hekle
blue turquise ( spelling wrong i know)
and a few others i cant remember!!!

i dont know if these are strains because i dont know what they are but yeah

Arron

#98102 Tank Ideas

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 22 July 2008 - 02:35 PM in Cichlid Discussion

hey kyle...

imo i think for the fry substrate and minimal rock work so that they grow up with out having to hide every time you come near...
i think it can affect how your tank looks further on down the track. im no expert but if the fry grew up hiding all the time wouldnt they hide as adults?

im 99% sure all the spiecies that you mentioned will be fine together as long as you dont qoverstock it too much.

i have all in the same tank (5')

~ labidiochromis caeruleus x12
~ labidiochromis freibergi x2
~ cynotalapia afra 'cobwe' x1
~ pseudotropheus sp. 'long pelvic' x 2
~ pseudotropheus sp. 'salousi' x2
~ dimmidiochromis commpreciceps x2 ( only small at the moment)
~ melanochromis lepidiadaptes x3 (hoping to breed SOON)
~ pseudotropheus kingsizei x3
~ pseudotropheus red top hongi x5
~ Common bristlenose x2

= 34 fish... probly a lil over crowded but they dont seem too mind!!!!!

finaly kyle you get a mbuna tank!!!!!!! they rock

thats my imput, anyone else??.???

Cheers

Arron

#98093 Hiya!!! :)

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 22 July 2008 - 12:56 PM in Introduce Yourself !

G'day Kev

nice to meet you

Cheers

Arron

#98090 Real Tank Busters!

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 22 July 2008 - 12:18 PM in Tank Busters, Exotics, Large Predators and Oddballs

nice effort there jonny..

twist mate i might be getting 3 or 4 but still not a 100% (about 95%)

let me know and gett them all sdhipped at the same time maybe?

i have a small thick plastic pool just over 4m in diamiter and 3/4 m high that i am thinking of changing to a cichlid pool.
had a thought that i might buy some keep a male and female and try to breed them.... would be the most waesome thing to spawn!!!

just out of interest do you have sufficient room for when they get older twist??
ive heard (and seen (video)) that they can get to almost 2.5 feet?? magnificant

Cheers

Arron

#98062 Real Tank Busters!

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 22 July 2008 - 07:42 AM in Tank Busters, Exotics, Large Predators and Oddballs

Hey all,

Has anyone ever kept emperor cichlids?
they d have to be the greatest tank buster!

would anyone keep them if they were on the market?
i certainly would!!! who else?

Cheers

Arron

#97432 August Auction!!!

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 16 July 2008 - 07:41 PM in Off The Wall

hey all,

can anyone point me in the direction of were o pre book lots for the august auction??

Cheers

Arron

#97431 My Fish Room

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 16 July 2008 - 07:37 PM in Photo Album & Photography Discussion

Hey all,

this is a follow up thread to an earlier thread i posted!!!

i have the top three tanks in the two and a half foot sump in.

there are two three footers goinjg in the second shelf.

there is another two fotter going next to the sump as a hospital tank!!!

vetical supports are yet to go in!

I would love to hear all your thoughts and any imput, questions or queries you all have!

( Dont hate, Appriciate )

hope you all like!!

Cheers

Arron

#96929 Gday

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 10 July 2008 - 10:39 PM in Introduce Yourself !

yes just another members input

hello and nice to meet you ..
i agree with what you are saying about the informal meetings and also think that weas a club should work on something because i am a newish member and have met a few of you fellow fish keepers,
but it wood be nice to put some faces to some names...

if anyone else feels the same post it up..

Cheers

Arron

#96928 My Tanks

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 10 July 2008 - 10:28 PM in Tank Busters, Exotics, Large Predators and Oddballs

Hey

nice stuff

very large rnge of fish mate

dont feel discoraged bout the yellow.. when the yellows start breeding they wont stop.... they will breed.

Also i think we have some green terror females i at Midland Pet & Aquarium atm... (i work there)
check with Aquatic dreams!

Cheers

Arron

#96927 New Additions!!! Pics!!!

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 10 July 2008 - 09:55 PM in Photo Album & Photography Discussion

hey phill.

yeah i will post some tomorrow

full tank shots it is

Cheers

Arron

#96926 Melanochromis Lepidiadaptes

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 10 July 2008 - 09:50 PM in Photo Album & Photography Discussion

hey thanks Az... yeah when it happend i will let you know.

i will post when fry are available in classifieds for anyone that is interested in fry from them!!!

might take a lil bit of time

Cheers

Arron

#96816 Melanochromis Lepidiadaptes

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 09 July 2008 - 10:19 PM in Photo Album & Photography Discussion

Hey Jack!

the pics taken on the melenochromis were from a olympus C-750

but i usually use my nikon D-70 with a $1200 700 macro zoom...

takes extremely nice photos.

the olympus isn't the best but it had to do for these ones....

check my other thread... there are photos for my nikon (better camera)

Cheers

Arron

#96804 Green Or Red Terror

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 09 July 2008 - 09:57 PM in Tank Busters, Exotics, Large Predators and Oddballs

QUOTE (golden_dase @ Jul 9 2008, 09:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

HUH?? You like american cichlids but say Malawi is soo much better?

Thanks for all the advice so far...

BTW, are clown loaches compatible with the Terrors? What about silver dollars?

some people like one and not the other.

i like americans, dont get me wrong they are great fish and i have kept and breed a few

but i prefer malawi... its not a bad thing to prefer one over the other..

for example (and not looking for a debate) i think holdens are better than fords. but like both... but then Lancer would beat them both! hahah lol

anyhow i would like to know how your tank goes and maybe some pics down the track!

Cheers

Arron

#96789 Green Or Red Terror

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 09 July 2008 - 09:03 PM in Tank Busters, Exotics, Large Predators and Oddballs

i guess you could try them both together?? might work might not.. im not to sure i haven't kept them enough...

red devils, convicts will breed like rabbits ???

i like the american cichlids (malawi is SOO much better)

Cheers

Arron

#96787 Melanochromis Lepidiadaptes

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 09 July 2008 - 08:56 PM in Photo Album & Photography Discussion

Hey all,

my latest addition to the malawi crew!!!

Melanochromis lepidiadaptes. two female one male....

has anyone got, kept, breed these guys?

i would love to hear about it if you have!!!!

this is a pics taken from google....

and these are some pics of mine.

they are an aewsome fish and so full of life... making a great inprovement to my tank!!!

Cheers

Arron

#96778 Hey All,

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 09 July 2008 - 08:12 PM in Introduce Yourself !

Hey all,

My name is Arron!

I'm 18 in october and loving life!!

Addicted to fish and have beeen bitten by the multiple tank bug. I have 7 tanks and love Malawi as well as many others.

Newest fish addition are three Melanochromis lepidiadaptes. One male, two female.

Finishing year twelve this year and hope to go into aquaculture, marine biology and hopefully one day own and run my own aquarium store.

Want to travel and am saving to go to Malawi some time next year!!!

I have many hobbies including scuba, fishing, fishkeeping, Watersports (wakeboarding), Soacialising etc!

Thats it for me guys! hope to meet more of you!

Cheers

Arron

#96768 New Additions!!! Pics!!!

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 09 July 2008 - 07:31 PM in Photo Album & Photography Discussion

Hey all,

These are just a few new additions to my 5' malawi tank!!

Enjoy My Fish!!!

Cynotalapia Afra Cobwe!

Pseudotropheus Sp. Long Pelvic!

Cynotalapia Freibergi!

Pseudotropheus Kingsizei!

Common Bristlenose!

Also have Aquired some Melanochromis lepidiadaptes. One male Two female and hopefully breeding soon!
Pics up real soon!!! *photos added* new topic*

All fish Purchased At Midland Pet & Aquarium!!!

Cheers

Arron

#96085 A Different Expirience!!!

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 02 July 2008 - 10:12 AM in Cichlid Discussion

hey all,

i recently purchased some new additions to my malawi 5'er:

~Pseudotropheus sp. long pelvic (2 of)
~Pseudotropheus kingsizei (3 of)
~Labidiochromis freibergi (2 of)
and
~Cynotalapia Sp. afra Cobwe
All beautiful fish...
the Afra took my interest imediately because of its colouring at such a small size, he is just under 4.5 cm(ish)...
The day after putting him in the tank, i noticed him dancing with alot of the other dominant fish in my tank. it was facinating to watch him go head to head with my dominant Electric yellow ( about 8 cm) nearlly twice his size and win!!! he also had a run in with the red emporess male but he wasnt worried and just moved on.. his colours were fantastic and now he owns just under 1/5 of the end of my 5' malawi tank!! it was awesome to watch

i am going to post some pics tonight so you all can see the colours that i am talking about!!!

ps. thanks for the fish Az!!!

Cheers

Arron

#95393 Video Of Dovii

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 25 June 2008 - 03:47 PM in Tank Busters, Exotics, Large Predators and Oddballs

Re: Bigz

how big do they get to breed
have yours breed yet?

Cheers

Arron

#95372 Www.blakeproud.com Is Now Live!

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 25 June 2008 - 10:23 AM in Off The Wall

looks sweet man.. you studying photography aren't you...
also love photography... nikon d 70!!!

lol

Cheers

Arron

#95371 South West Carpet Python :d

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 25 June 2008 - 10:15 AM in Off The Wall

hey all,

I used to keep 2 stimsons, a darling carpet and a south west carpet python!!

stimi's were quite small one was 72cm and the othe about 90cm...

darling carpet was magnificant with his goldy green tapestry markings

south west i didnt keep for lon as he was 1.6m long and couldnt house him. but he was kindly donated to a friend of mine who holds a cat. 5 and keeps a death adder in an enclosure in his room... not a big fan
i just like the ones that cant kill you right!! but to each his own

all snakes were wild caught (lol) with suficent licences, mind you, and unfortunately i dont keep them any more!!

thats it for mee

Cheers

Arron

#95370 New Fish Pics!!!

Posted by *S*T*A*R*S* on 25 June 2008 - 09:54 AM in Photo Album & Photography Discussion

yep they sure have grown and i managed to get a few nice pics of the domiant male with some colour in him...
they have changed my whole tank and helped my fish come out instead of hiding do much.
good to have a confident fish species in your tank and mine are the red emporess....!!!!!

yeah scat does produce a nice bloodline and they aren't even fully grown and already breeding and colouring up a treat!!!

Cheers

Arron

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