Megalofyia
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I will ask at the LFS what the proper name of this flounder is.
5 1/2 gallon contest! WIN 50 kudos! No purchase necessary
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Scottw68TN
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I just put a picture of it in my gallery. The fake sword will be replaced with some java fern and maybe a little java moss on the rock. You can see a very small yellow apple snail in there now. Theres also about 8 huge MTS snails. They are all bigger than any I have at home! and the petsmart person gave them to me since they are considered a nuisance. Still up in the air about the fish but I'm close I think I'll need to seperate the 50 kudos to about 3 people who first came up with the ones I'll get. I figure 10 kudos per fish. TanK Girl is a sure lock with the ottos.
Up in the air still gouramis / 1 frog because I want him out of my 75 (hides too much) or rams which noone suggested or the bettas (m/f pair).
Up in the air still gouramis / 1 frog because I want him out of my 75 (hides too much) or rams which noone suggested or the bettas (m/f pair).
TankGirl
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Will a 5 be big enough for rams? I have kept 2 in a 10 but that was as small as I have gone. I saw some at the LFS yesterday but they do not even come close to yours! Great pictures in your gallery. 
Scottw68TN
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well you are right and thats why its so hard stocking this thing! I hate to say I can move them later when the hit 3 inches but they are so cool! I may put a mini biowheel on there so filtration wont be a problem and rams don't seem to race around so the size may be ok for them. I just need to evaluate the number of bottom feeders if at all. or completely forgo the rams. Of course gouramis get to about the same size.
TankGirl
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Yeah, I guess you are right there, but I would put only one dwarf gourami in there. Maybe one ram would be okay, too, but I think of them as being so much more sensitive, and might not like getting left alone over the weekends!
Scottw68TN
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They do seem to have more personality than other community fish probably due to being a cichlid. I don't know what to attribute it to. I try not to give the fish human emotions but they due seem to be "socially intelligent" and I guess we have become part of there society and not the other way around.
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ferret
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It has occured to me, in my ponderings of a small tank at work as well...
How are they going to be fed over weekends?
How are they going to be fed over weekends?
Megalofyia
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I would think they would be fine over the weekend.
Scottw68TN
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9.00 automatic feeder from foster and smith.
Terry
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Instead of rams, what about Apistogramma.
TankGirl
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Great suggestion, Terry!
I have a tank at my daughter's elementary school and the fish are fine over the weekend without food. I set this tank up because the assistant principal and principal assured me they worked all summer, except 4-day weeks. So over the summer the fish go without food for three days, and again they seem fine after 2 years. The one thing that bothers me is spring break, when the school is completely closed, but again, no problems thus far. This is a 15-gal with a dwarf gourami, 2 LARGE mystery snails and 3 pygmy cories, so it is lightly stocked. Incidentally, the school was without power for 6 days during the hurricane and had no losses
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Sorry this was so long, but I thought I would give an example that would be similar to a tank set up at work.
I have a tank at my daughter's elementary school and the fish are fine over the weekend without food. I set this tank up because the assistant principal and principal assured me they worked all summer, except 4-day weeks. So over the summer the fish go without food for three days, and again they seem fine after 2 years. The one thing that bothers me is spring break, when the school is completely closed, but again, no problems thus far. This is a 15-gal with a dwarf gourami, 2 LARGE mystery snails and 3 pygmy cories, so it is lightly stocked. Incidentally, the school was without power for 6 days during the hurricane and had no losses
.Sorry this was so long, but I thought I would give an example that would be similar to a tank set up at work.
Terry
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That sounds like a great little set-up TankGirl.
I love Apistogramma, great little cichlid and very colourful. great for a small office aquarium.
I love Apistogramma, great little cichlid and very colourful. great for a small office aquarium.
Scottw68TN
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School me Terry... are they not the same family as Blue ram? (Papiliochromis ramirezi) And about the same size? And which Apistogramma would be smaller than a Ram. Never seen one but love cichlids.
