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fishman
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Tuesday,
August 28, 2001 - 01:17 pm
ok so oscars and cichlids are not a good idea for a ten gallon tank.
are there any fish that are as good looking as the cichlids and
oscars? I have gotten bored of the same old neon, molly, and danio.
THANKS FOR THE HELP
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Rose
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Tuesday,
August 28, 2001 - 02:46 pm
You could try a pair of Kribs and a algae eater in the 10g. I have
that set up but my tank has live plants in it too. It works out
well. I haven't had any problems with this set up. Make sure
you have lots of places for them to hide if they decide to. They
love slate in the tank. Thats where they will lay eggs most of the
time. Rose
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joycedonley
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Tuesday,
August 28, 2001 - 04:12 pm
I personally think bettas are really beautiful fish and perfect
for a 10 gallon. They just don't do well with tankmates! Kick
has many bettas and can give you great advice on them if you are
interested.
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fishman
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Tuesday,
August 28, 2001 - 07:19 pm
What are kribs? I dont believe I have ever seen them before. are
they cool looking fish? are they friendly? and how hard are the
bettas? would they die like in a week or what? thanks again
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joycedonley
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Wednesday,
August 29, 2001 - 07:48 am
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9239/Egglayers/Kribensis.html
for a picture of KRIB. The site also agrees with my recommendation
of 20 gallons. Rose has been keeping fish a long time and maybe
that experience helps with going with a smaller tank. For a beginner
that is currently having a little bad luck with your other tank
I would suggest sticking with an easier fish for now. Kribensis
or pelvicachromis pulcher are also really a brackish fish and do
better with salt added to the water. If you have a pair and they
do attempt to breed they will not be friendly little fish to any
others that happen to be around.
Bettas are pretty neat in that they can breathe air, so if your
tank water isn't perfect at least they can get some air. They
will flair at a mirror reflection of themself as they are fighting
fish. The males will fight each other to death. That's really
why you can only have one. Also they will kill a female that isn't
ready to breed, so try to get advice from Kick on them. By the way
the come in purples, blue, red...all kinds of gorgeous colors!
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katie
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Thursday,
August 30, 2001 - 06:43 am
Hi-I have a five gallon, and I didn't have good luck with many
fishes-because i always tried to put too many in or fishes that
weren't compatible...So take the advise about what kinds to
put in...I have a betta and some neons-although i am hearing glowlight
tetras are easier to keep...My betta just loves having all that
room. He is a beautiful blue. maybe you can buy lighting that will
help with the vivid colors..cardinal tetras are brighter than neons..I
have one other thing to mention...can't believe no one mentioned
it-did you cycle you tank before? I am really lucky i didn't
loose my fish-i didn't know anything about it till recently.
but i had my betta in there and didn't add the neons till much
latter....good luck -shop around because you will find many things
and have to make a decision about who ends up in the tank. ONce
they are in there if you are taking care of them-you are limmited
to do much else.
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fishman
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Thursday,
August 30, 2001 - 12:39 pm
Hey katie what do you mean by cycling my tank?
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fishman
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Thursday,
August 30, 2001 - 12:44 pm
How often do the kribs lay eggs? and how many should I buy so they
pair off?
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joycedonley
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Thursday,
August 30, 2001 - 01:32 pm
Fishman read the genesis article on Badmans main board. Katie means
it takes approxomately 30 days for a tank to establish enough good
bacteria to breakdown your ammonia from food and fish waste.High
levels of ammonia are toxic to fish and can kill them. I suggested
you use a 20 gallon for krib. If you put territorial cichlid in
a small tank you do run the risk of them beating each other up.
Your choice, but if any difficulties with torn fins etc come up
I guess you will have to deal with it. I think if you risk adding
more than a pair for sure you will have some major problems.(besides
you should have less than approx. 10 inches of adult fish in a 10gallon
tank and more than 2 krib will be over that) We can only advise
on this message board...can't make anybody follow the advice.
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joycedonley
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Thursday,
August 30, 2001 - 01:36 pm
Good catch Katie. Fishman posted under fish disease for his other
tank. Maybe that tank was also not cycled in the first place. Cichlid
are also not a good choice to cycle a tank.
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fishman
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Friday,
August 31, 2001 - 06:53 am
I use feeder guppies when I first start a tank for the reason of
bacteria. I have a gourami in the 20 gallon. would the krib beat
it up?
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joycedonley
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Friday,
August 31, 2001 - 07:09 am
If they try to breed they will probably beat up all but a armored
catfish.(If you just have one female krib probably not?)
Everything I have read on them says they get very protective of
their fry and will attack any smaller fish around. Do some further
research on breeding them also...they usually just have offspring
of one sex from what I have read. Supposedly the more acid water
will promote a predominace of females. Also the male fry are stronger
and have a tendancy to survive the female fry. Some LFS stores may
not want one sex if you try to sell and you may end up with a whole
lot of krib.
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