cichlids outdoors over summer
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 04:19 PM
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 04:38 PM
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 05:00 PM
Wouldnt mind giving it a try..
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 05:01 PM
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 07:17 PM
I now keep Americans in there and they can survive all year round, have got Texas, brasilienses, Jack Dempseys in there. Also many corys can surivive year around in a pond, had a pair of Julies in there for a few years, gave them to a friend a few months ago, alot of people dont realise that many corys come from cold streams.
Pic of my pond last year, its a bit buggered ATM, its getting revamped this summer with a new pump and filter:
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 07:48 PM
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 08:28 PM
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 09:21 PM
I mean it's hard enough to find a spoonbill in the wild but the first one I see is one in my backyard eating my goldfish...
how the world works lol....
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Posted 30 October 2007 - 09:42 PM
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 06:15 AM
Would love to throw my colony of Dimi.comps in a pond for spawning and growth.
Might go up to pond shop on the weekend.... :wink:
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 09:16 AM
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 09:39 AM
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 09:51 AM
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 03:50 PM
I was lent some big 250L black tubs & in the dark the colours were truly incredible. eg Juli. Dickfeldi - I have never seen them so richly coloured with the deepest blue highlights to their fins & gill covers. Haven't ever seen anything as strong in an indoor aquarium. Some may have achieved it obviously I've just never seen anything like it.
Strongly recommend you try it, you'll be amazed. & is especially good for fry you're geting ready to sell, I found growth rates 25-50% faster in the large - 1000+L - pond(water changes are still a vital part of that though IME).
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Posted 26 November 2007 - 01:14 PM
I have grown fry much faster in tanks than the growth rate in my pond but this is mainly due to the pond getting less frequent feeding than my tank raised babies. Having kept various cichlids from Malawis to south and central american cichlids in my pond I think there is no difference in keeping them in a tank as long as the tank is an appropriate size for the fish being kept and is well maintained with good water quality.
For example if you take a gibbi out of a scabby 4 foot tank and throw it in a big pond it is only natural that you will get a growth rate improvement, but if you took that same gibbi and threw it into a well maintained 8 foot tank with good food supply you will get the same great result as throwing it into a big pond. Apart from water quality growth rate is related simply to food supply, I have a few gibbies I bought at the same size, 2 are in a 10 foot tank and the third one is in a 2 foot tank, the one in the 2 foot tank is nearly twice the size of the ones in the 10 footer, simply because the one in the 2 footer gets more food as he has less competition during feeding and is able to find and get to the food easier in a small tank.
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