c.leptosoma and L.ocellatus golds
#1
Posted 17 December 2003 - 12:46 AM
would this work or will the leptos get mauled?
cheers
Elliot
#2
Posted 17 December 2003 - 12:48 AM
Id get more leptos though, 15 would be a good sized school, even more if you can do it.
Cheers
Jordan
#3
Posted 17 December 2003 - 01:05 AM
lee
#4
Posted 17 December 2003 - 01:38 AM
So, yes, I think it would work..
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#5
Posted 17 December 2003 - 01:48 AM
i had no idea nigripinnis were compatable with occies. because i was tossing up between leptos and paras. looks like i can get both
thanxs for the speedy replies
also are there any other nice looking cyps that can be aquired in perth?
#6
Posted 17 December 2003 - 01:49 AM
I had P. nigripinnis and gold occies together and the occies left them alone - however the paras ate the occie fry. The tank was considerably smaller than yours is though.
wys
#7
Posted 17 December 2003 - 02:09 AM
im currently in the constuction stages of floating fry nets that can be hooked on the inside of the tank so the occie fry wont be eaten.
do you know if the paras ate the fry while they were still inside the shell or only pick em off after they had been evicted by the mother?
#8
Posted 17 December 2003 - 03:40 AM
wys
#9
Posted 17 December 2003 - 05:32 AM
Its my opinion that 20 occelates (10 pair) in your tank will eventually be very difficult to manage If you choose a strong filtration I'd direct flow to the surface of the tank as my leptos and 'little' occies dont really like a strong current. I'm a little bit at a loss as to 'why so many occies' in one tank. If you were trying to corner/flood the market you would be better off putting them paired into 2 foot tanks. If its just to have a shell dweller tank it severely limits what can be put in particularly as your asking already what you can add to the tank. Best of luck. I'm looking forward to seeing if this works or not
Charlie
#10
Posted 17 December 2003 - 06:42 AM
that 2260 does create one hell of a current, i guess i could adjust it slightly.
so would 2 male and 3 female ocellatus golds be enough to buy a colony of leptosoma and nigripinnis a little further down the track or would i be waiting years for enough cash?
also, i havent found any sites that say how ocellatus go with plants, does their digging uproot them or not too much damage done?
just a couple of pairs would probably be better due to the overflow in fry numbers. (hopefully lol)
ive also checked the price of occelatus golds and they go for like $25 each , so howcome nobodys filthy rich of breeding em seeing they have like 30 babies a time??? :?
thanx
Elliot
#11
Posted 17 December 2003 - 05:58 PM
B. Edited by: Bristle nose catfish at: 12/17/03 10:01 am
#12
Posted 17 December 2003 - 05:59 PM
Also i haven't heard anywhere that plants arent a good option with occies.
Cheers B.
#13
Posted 17 December 2003 - 08:26 PM
thanx for quoting everyone in this thread blake everyone loves mongrel posts and also posting 2 threads in a row is a cheap way of getting your posts up when you could just click edit on your first post .
occies can apparently be grown to full size in a 30 gal whereas yellows need at least a 55 gal and 6-8 months growing time to get some decent size on em. if provided with a complete diet occies will be saleable in 3 months which aint too bad considering the tank size.
also what plants can flourish in sand? am i limited to the species that absorb nutrients from the H20 column or what?
thanx
Elliot
#14
Posted 17 December 2003 - 08:34 PM
#15
Posted 17 December 2003 - 08:54 PM
3 months for occies to grow to sale size.... most shops want them at min 3cm most like 4cm that will take a little while. Yellows will grow much faster if kept in the right conditions
Good Luck with your choice.
#16
Posted 17 December 2003 - 10:09 PM
Cheers
Jordan
#17
Posted 17 December 2003 - 11:56 PM
i was just going with a case that i had earlier with my cousins fish. hes got yellows and their taking what seems like ages to grow from fry, like 4 months and theyre still 1.5 cm. would this slow growth be soley dependent on the fact that he feeds em nothin but flakes??? :?
does anyone know where i can get hold of some utinta?
#18
Posted 18 December 2003 - 04:57 PM
B.
#19
Posted 18 December 2003 - 05:35 PM
#20
Posted 18 December 2003 - 06:41 PM
A typical store may sell 100 yellows for every occie sold.. You'd need to take that into account as it will be very rare for a shop to want 100 occies at a time.. Thats why having a huge occie colony is probably not worth it...
Just pick species that you are interested in - that is probably the better angle to go from... then you can start thinking about breeding and trade ins etc later on...
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