Fletch Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 What about the other pair of Channoides you had ordered?? Pics please Matt. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 happy birthday Matt!!! enjoy your day and the fruits of your shopping spree XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) Oh my god no way. You don't mean red crap (red back) Manacapuru Angels?? These?? What size and how coloured up? Edited December 28, 2011 by Yan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Thats them Yan, from memory they were mostly slightly larger than 50 cent size but I think there was one or two medium sized ones. Not much red yet but thats them I would email someone for a definate on how big they are. Wayne said they haven't been ordered yet, I got these guys on a bargain. No pics yet, still settling in. I got sooo many shrimp, only took around 5 scoops but have well over 100, I should have checked what I actually caught... tacken the leaves out or something, I also now have tadpoles, water scorpions and cray fish :/ The shrimp are all berried, probabaly from the rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Ergh, I really didn't want to be spending money on fish after my xmas spree... Sorry for the thread hi-jack, lol :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 They really are nice Get them Yan, get them This is Mr. Nibbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrefly Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Happy birthday Matty! Whats the deal with these posh red capped angels? Please explain for us common folk Where on earth are you getting shrimp buffet by the scoop? Sounds like the best kind of shopping spree (Though you can keep the scorpions, pfah) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Thanks Sarah! They are a wild strain of angelfish, They look really pure, I don't know how to explain it haha Mt. Cotton, this little creek near a quarrie, there are areas where the soil has beein washed away and it leaves a mass of roots, they hide under there and you get them by the scoop full If your interested shoot me a pm and I'll tell you the location. No ID on the species, I'll be dropping Dave Wilson an email and will try find someone I can send some samples to get them ID'd. Male: Female Group The stream is freezing, its fed from a mountain so its they are in the chilled tank for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Happy Birthday Mighty Matt I hope you had a great day. You know you are going to have to learn to drive as you dont like the bus LOL its not to hard to learn and I am sure you will do well Cheers Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrefly Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Must've missed this! Love to know where you got them Matt. Have family on Mt. Cotton so I'm in the area fairly often. Doubt I'd end up taking anything home because I couldnt guarantee keeping the cool temperatures - but I'd just love a looksie. Hope they end up being the kind of shrimp able to complete their lifecycle in an aquarium, and not the briney larval stage type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 I don't think the cool temperatures are needed, the stream was very cold but from the few I didn't keep in the chilled tank I experienced similar losses, they are harder to keep than CRS in regards to adapting to changes in water.... Every time the water is changed I loose a few, the F1 generation is much hardier and is more adaptable, I didn't get enough fry though from the first lot before they all died out. Hoping I can breed this lot because I won't collect any again. Will find the location on google maps later tonight, the stream has no name... I have bred them but only from one female and didn't get enough to keep the population growing, the couple that survived are around three months old and almost at 1cm, very slow growers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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