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23-09-2013, 07:42 PM | #1 |
Dragon
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Taking up Tanganyikan again!
Hi guys, I'm back to keeping my favourite fishes >> Tanganyikan cichlids!
A little intro about myself as 99.99% doesn't know me..... started keeping guppies, mollies, bettas, etc since 40 years ago. Started keeping fishes seriously since 20+ years ago and bought my first Golden arowana then which costs me $1200 as well as custom build my first 5ft X 2ft X 2ft tank at $1600 which was something to be proud of then as during that time, having a 5ft tank was NOT common. Shortly after that I expanded my fish keeping collections by getting few more 4ft tanks and a few smaller tanks as well.....that's when I was intrigued by tanganyikan fishes and my priorities changed from arowanas to tanganyikan. Have kept tanganyikan for more than 10 years since then.....and then had to forgo this hobby 6 years+ ago as I have to leave Singapore to Australia. So I sold off all of my tanks (except the 5ft) and all of my fishes to hobbyists as well as fish shops. Now I'm back in Singapore for good and have decided to start back my hobby in April this year and that's to keep tanganyikan fishes! Visited many lfs before that but was disappointed to see most doesn't sell tanganyikan! Luckily, thru some hobbyists (mainly Tangs_rule & ECtan) here, I've managed to secure some tangs and widen my tangs network again! Sorry to have 'bored' readers here, but I was kinda hoping to locate some lost contacts too from the days of my tangs keeping. Way back then, knew quite a few good tangs keepers from Petfrd forum website (my nick is also Brichardi) as well as from CF (Jason's time). Drop me a line guys! Thanks for reading, sincerely Raymond |
25-09-2013, 07:28 PM | #2 |
Dragon
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Since I started back on tangs in April this year, my collection atm are >>
01) 3 leulupis 02) 8 brichardis 03) 8 comps 04) 8 calvus 05) 5 fronts 06) 4 buscheris 07) 2 julies 08) 3 cyprichromis 09) 3 bevis 10) 4 multis 11) 5 cynus 12) 8 macrops 13) 1 xeno 14) 3 temporalis 15) 3 daffoldils 16) 4 tanganicodus irsacae 17) 5 tropheus 18) 5 nigripinnis 19) 1 featherfin Non-tangs are >> 01) 5 clown loches 02) 12 sterbei corys 03) 7 angelfishes 04) 2 gold nuggets plecos 05) 20 white cloud minnows 06) 01 salvini 07) 02 flying foxes 08) guppies Would love to add more altos/lamps/julies or any other so called smaller tangs. Big tangs like furcifers/foais/tricotis/etc have to be shelved until there are plans for a 6 footer tank in future. |
25-09-2013, 08:19 PM | #3 |
Dragon
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can drop by to nks, look for ric
ask him about his shipments |
25-09-2013, 09:06 PM | #4 |
Arofanatic
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Wow...amazing collection! Where did u get ur multies from?? Been searching high and low for lfs selling but cant find any...
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26-09-2013, 12:46 AM | #5 |
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That is quite a list!
Keep it up and more haha
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26-09-2013, 08:35 PM | #6 | ||
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Sure to get more, thanks. Quote:
Thanks guys! Sadly, I'm very poor with such technicality "taking/loading" photos. All of my time spent is related to my fishes. One fine day I will goggle up and maybe learn how to then. Some of the fishes are from him actually. |
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29-09-2013, 07:06 PM | #7 |
Dragon
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Spawning angelfishes
Totally unprepared for these, expected but still not sure what to do next. My tank of non-tanga which consists of 12 cory sterbei/11 white cloud minnows/2 gold nugget plecos/1 flying fox/7 angelfishes became a love nest for a pair of angelfishes. This is their first spawn since I bought 8 juveniles 4 months ago. Last 2 days I saw them repeatedly cleaning my couple of bogwoods and only last night I went to a lfs and bought myself a spawning A-shaped slate, and 1 hrs ago I cam back home and saw so many eggs on the slate.
Now I am in a dilemma........... decision time......what am I supposed to do with them. Any good suggestions? I have so many tanks but none of them are available. My thoughts are either >> 1) Remove the slate with eggs and hatch them separately; or 2) Ignore them totally and lose some hundreds living things soon. |
30-09-2013, 09:32 PM | #8 |
Dragon
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I have decided to separate the 'eggs' and artificially hatch them (without the parents). Should know outcome tomorrow or next day.
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09-10-2013, 02:14 PM | #9 |
Dragon
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Callochromis macrops
My macrops are always spawning but they can't seem to hold their eggs. Longest one was holding for 7 days but gave up. Shame as they need to hold it for 3 weeks to then spit out the fries. Most likely reasons for them not holding is 1) community tank - co-existing with other species 2) not enough females to distract the 3 horny males; Hence my next project is to try out different methods: 1) Let it hold for 5~7 days and then strip them or 2) move the holding females to a tank of their own.
My current project is >> 2) I've separated 2 holding females to a tank of their own and see how many days they can hold the eggs. 3 weeks is a long time but let's wait and see how it goes. Wish me luck! |
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Dragon
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Callochromis macrops
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