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[cichlid hunter]

Surely paying $50 for one of these must be wild caught?

[Tucunare]

sorry there actually 3-4cm. i cant give pics as i can only give you the info i get from my supplier in vic. not wild caughts either but they are german bred

[STEVEGREEN]

if your supplier can sex them i'd like 4 pairs , providing the are nice quality , i'm prepared to pay $50 each if they are nice , but as stated am not interested in washed out bent spines crooked mouthed examples.

so if you and your supplier are confident i will be happy with them , please order me 4 pairs.

Cheers
Steve Green
0417 638 004

[daci]

m not interested in washed out bent spines crooked mouthed

steve green...you're the man...i like shooting straight people! what's your tangs collection mate? btw great car!

michael

[STEVEGREEN]

no point beating round the bush , dont want either of us to be dissapointed.

ive always been about the quality of the fish not how many species you can bang out of your tanks.

tang collection is fairly small but all i have room for
Benthochromis tricoti ( my all time favourite )
C. foae "magara" ( stunning graceful fish )
A . Calvus (black)
C . letosoma ( purley for dithers - maybe replace with nigrippinis soon )
C . Pleurospilus ( not a big fan , too agro )
X .sp "ndole bay" ( growing on me )

and some cukoo's

the tricoti are wild caught but only have four , trying to get some more and if i can get some E . melanogenys i'll get ride of the X. sp "ndole bay"

then i'll be back where i was when i left the hobby 4 odd years ago.

haha yeah the ute's cool.

Cheers
Steve Green

[cichlid4lyf]

im still looking for these.
i after 1m2f.

[Kimbo]

Morley aquariums has a few in.

[Mr_docfish]

Surely paying $50 for one of these must be wild caught?

Well the problem with this species is that AQIS have a minimum size of 5cm on them for importation purposes..... kinda excludes the females really, unless you get lucky and the AQIS person (who should be able to distinguish one fish from another) might let some 4cm ones slide in.... have had similar fish confiscated at the airport in the years due to being one or two cm under size....
So in general, you can assume that all occies at less than 4cm would have been bred here... and 90% of the time, it would have been bred from German imports or a male German with a local (once German Import) female.....
Keep in mind, that even if the fish are German imports (often bred in the Chech republic) they are still often inbred and can carry some disfigurement or pass some on... the Germans are not always perfect... look at me .... but it is the best we can get... if they get passed by AQIS.

[cichlid hunter]

Well the problem with this species is that AQIS have a minimum size of 5cm on them for importation purposes..... kinda excludes the females really, unless you get lucky and the AQIS person (who should be able to distinguish one fish from another) might let some 4cm ones slide in.... have had similar fish confiscated at the airport in the years due to being one or two cm under size....
So in general, you can assume that all occies at less than 4cm would have been bred here... and 90% of the time, it would have been bred from German imports or a male German with a local (once German Import) female.....
Keep in mind, that even if the fish are German imports (often bred in the Chech republic) they are still often inbred and can carry some disfigurement or pass some on... the Germans are not always perfect... look at me .... but it is the best we can get... if they get passed by AQIS.

Cheers

[maddies]

Please add me in for some gold occies

Cheers
Geraldine

[cichlid4lyf]

i went out and baught 3 gold occies from aquatic tropical fish.
they look pretty good with no diformities.

thansk

[daci]

i went out and baught 3 gold occies from aquatic tropical fish.
they look pretty good with no diformities.

how do you feel now young phillip? moving into tangs burns your pocket big time heh! great little fishes with lots of GUT aren't they!

get your shells from costplus + keep your water hard (a lot harder than malawi) should do the trick...and don't forget to let me know if you have any fries.....

michael

[cichlid4lyf]

yeh. im really liking shellies so far, so i think i will stick with them.
the occies are about 4cm. he did me a deal. 3 for $100.

phillip

[STEVEGREEN]

good stuff phillip , i ended up going another way , occies will have to wait

would love to see some photos when you get a chance.

Cheers
Steve Green