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Subject: see if this works... 12/17/2011, 2:54 pm

ok my first crack at loading some of whata few people wanted to see...
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this is the marble tank i set up for the stuart maleri peacocks...
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this is a few of the new jewels in it now.
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and this is a big, fat, juicy tetra that i really like. one of two like it, both are 4" or more, i assume thats big for these guys as tey are the largest i have seen in my limited experience anyway. :)

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/17/2011, 3:02 pm

success! at some point the proper fish will grace the marbel tank and will look very sharp indeed i think surfing

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/17/2011, 4:55 pm

White out! I like it even though I am a black on black person. Very nice set up! good

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/17/2011, 8:12 pm

A very nice setup congratz drool

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/17/2011, 9:23 pm

when its full of adult male stuartgranti maleri peacocks it will really be nice. the yellow and blue will stand out so well!

First Lieutenant Posts : 635 Location : Cancun Mexico

Your fat tetra is a red and blue columbian tetra

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/17/2011, 10:20 pm

Awesome!

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/18/2011, 2:02 pm

Check this out, this is the safe fish 1 day apart as you can see from the time stamp! he has tripled the amount of colour overnight! is that normal? I know its a better picture but the change is huge.

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Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/18/2011, 2:15 pm

my typing is horrible... its the "same" fish as the original post above.

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/19/2011, 5:00 am

totally normal . As the fish become acclimated to the tank and become less stressed , they will get their color on ! Also when in the mating mood they explode with color !
Ray

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/20/2011, 12:53 am

Awesome tank see if this works... 265353

I wish my fishies would line up in a row like that and school single file!

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Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/20/2011, 5:19 am

@ Joki9 ,, get a half dozen more rummy noses and you will have a school that moves together !

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/20/2011, 5:27 am

lifeisgood wrote:: @ Joki9 ,, get a half dozen more rummy noses and you will have a school that moves together !

LOL you are so right

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/20/2011, 10:09 am

Awesome! Thanks for the advice see if this works... 265353

Guest

those are nice jewels are you going to breed them??? and how much did you get them for ? around 4 bucks a pop?

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/20/2011, 12:37 pm

Great looking tank! see if this works... 772341

Guest

maybe i'm just new but can someone help me understand these rankings? lol why do i feel like im in the military??!! hhoooo raaahh!

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/20/2011, 3:09 pm

Its basically ranked on amount of posts.

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/20/2011, 3:12 pm

nice pics

Guest

ah ok gotcha. so if i keep posting stuff i'll be a pro ;) lol

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/21/2011, 1:32 pm

Bossman, I got them for $4 a piece at a family owned fish shop by my house. They have everything from peacock bass to sea anemones. They had 6 jewels in a tank so bought the lot of them only realizing after I put them in my tank that all were drab and had a large spot on them except this colorful one in the picture without any spots. This one and a larger one seem to be pairing up and possibly will have babies. It's amazing how they change color in a few seconds time from tan to bright red and then back again! I'm nervous they will become murderous because I have no other tanks or room to move fish around. So babies might be bad. Should I simply swap them for all show males?

Moderator Posts : 980 Location : hollywood FL

nice tank. I also raised Red jewels there found in our local water ways. I have come across several different color strands of African jewels, blue, yellow red, pink, and intense red. a word of advise check your male to female ratio, Large males tend to fight each other and take large areas of territories.

I also keep jewels in my 60g mbuna tank and they seem to be doing great!

Subject: Re: see if this works... 12/21/2011, 3:50 pm

I have no idea what the sexes of these fish are, I just got them 4-5 days ago and they are all identical except the one without spots that is super colorful . Seems like it is a different type of jewel altogether .

Guest

there are different variations of jewels but if you dont want them to become "murderous" i would definately do an all male tank, unless you want babies.. but either way the males could get a litle territorial if they dont have enough room, how big is your tank??

Moderator Posts : 980 Location : hollywood FL

Hemichromis bimaculatus is there scientific name also they can be Anomalochromis thomasi witch looks similar and ppl often confused them.

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