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"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 08/27/2015 at 20:55 • Filed to: None

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A while ago, I went way off-topic and shared a picture of my cuddly baby, a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Well, I found the gar a lovely new home, and then set about cleaning, refurbishing, and restocking my bedside tank. It’s now essentially full with a wide variety of freshwater fish.

A pair of German Blue Rams,

A Gold Angelfish,

A pair of Zebra Angelfish,

An African Spotted Leaf Fish,

Three Sunburst Platties,

A school of Neon Tetras,

And a Weather Dojo loach. Plus a pair of fish whose species I can't remember. None of these are my pictures.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 21:00

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Be careful, these things are like rabbits; They have lots of babies and eat their young

macanamera > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 08/27/2015 at 21:02

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RABBITS EAT THEIR YOUNG?!?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > macanamera 08/27/2015 at 21:03

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You didnt know that?

Brickman > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 21:04

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Neat. I used to have 2 zebra angel fish, black mollys (multiplied like crazy), neon tetras and a red betta fish :)

TheHondaBro > macanamera 08/27/2015 at 21:09

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Cats sometimes eat their young.

TheRealBicycleBuck > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 21:11

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The water conditions these fish prefer vary quite a bit. The rams and angels will like the water quite a bit softer than some of the others. The Rams aren’t very social and may not like having the others around. If you managed to get a male and female angel and they decide to breed, they will kill everything else in the aquarium. I lost some really nice fish due to some breeding angels.

Just like people, fish from different regions use different body language to communicate. When the others don’t recognize one fish’s territory signaling, there’s going to be a fight. Because of this, I always try to keep my aquariums region, or at least continent-specific.

Good luck with yours!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/27/2015 at 21:14

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Amazingly, I’ve had no territory/fighting issues so far. I was concerned about the fact that these fish would never meet in the wild, but the store that I sold it from (a local aquarium-only store, not a big box store) assured be that all of them would be fine a) together, and b) in the water I have, since I brought them a sample for testing. As for the angels, they are all female I believe.

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 21:14

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Ahhh you’re reminding me of how much I enjoyed having a fish tank when I was a child. We used to have the most bizarre combination of fish I have ever seen. And somehow they all became chums and lived together. When we tried introducing new fish later on they had formed some sort of mob-mentality to hunt down the new fish. We had: Blood parrot cichlids, flower horn cichlids, south american arowanas....and a goldfish. All in one tank and they were chill with each other.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC 08/27/2015 at 21:21

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Arowanas....now there’s a fish I’d love to be able to keep someday.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 21:21

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Where are the invertebrates? I love invertebrates.

Too bad you have some aggressive fish, because Amano shrimp are absolutely fabulous, but kind of timid and small...

(From en.wp)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 08/27/2015 at 21:22

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I had an electric blue crayfish for a while, and some apple snails. That was years ago.

AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 21:25

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It’s so cool to watch them swim around the tank. They’re actually really easy to care for honestly. You just need a large enough tank so they don’t get cramped and end up with curved backs and fish feed that floats so they don’t get the droopy eyes. Also a lid since they’re jumpers. Or you could go the mealworm/feeder fish route and watch them. We used to let them have live meal worms once in a blue moon. Really cool to see them go after live food.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 21:27

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I’m envious of your crayfish. The closest I’ve had was a pretty large freshwater prawn. Sadly, they’re far too aggressive for me to keep with my current menagerie.

I’m also fond of my nerite snail...

I guess I'm just really into detrivores.

TheRealBicycleBuck > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 21:40

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Again, good luck. I worked in a mom-and-pop store for several years and we wouldn’t have put that combo together. The owners of the shop started it because they started breeding angels and couldn’t get rid of all the stock they produced. Even the local distributors weren’t interested. They would only buy from their standard suppliers.

I learned way too much about the fish business working at that store.

By the way, it’s almost impossible to tell male and female angels apart until they are close to breeding. There is very little sexual dimorphism. The best way to tell is when the females are nearly ready to lay eggs. Their abdomen swells considerably and the vent takes on a different shape than the males.

It’s neat to watch angels care for the eggs and the fry. They aren’t like tetras which eat their young if given the chance.

When I was in college, I brought home a ten gallon aquarium full of angel fry so I could care for them over the Christmas break. They made it all the way back to the dorm. Then I broke the bottom out of the aquarium trying to put it on the stand. Disaster. I was surprised that a few lived through the ordeal. I never moved an aquarium with water in it again.

PatBateman > TheHondaBro 08/27/2015 at 21:47

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“Awe, look! Fluffy is cleaning off her baby with her tongue. That’s wonderful. Although Fluffy is kind of being a little rough with the kitten now. Easy there, Fluff OH MY GOD WHAT THE F*CK ARE YOU DOING FLUFFY BAD FLUFFY BAAD FLUFFY OH MY GOD THE HUMANITY I THINK IM GOING TO BE SI BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!”

scoob > macanamera 08/27/2015 at 21:53

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Welp, I don’t like rabbits anymore... fooling us with their cuteness... evil creatures...

Shark-Attack > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 22:12

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I love leaf fish. FYI if you want to research them they’re actually called leopard ctenopomas. Those neons are toast though.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > TheRealBicycleBuck 08/27/2015 at 22:39

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Thanks for the advice. Fortunately I have a backup empty tank just in case things go awry. It’s not really big enough for angels though, so I really hope nothing goes wrong...

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Shark-Attack 08/27/2015 at 22:40

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I hope not...

Shark-Attack > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/27/2015 at 22:45

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Well all fish have different personalities, but leopards can and probably will literally inhale fish up to a third of their size. Watch them for a while and see if one yawns.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Shark-Attack 08/27/2015 at 23:07

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All I can hope is that regular feeding makes him less likely to. If not, the neon tetras were only a buck apiece, so it could be worse I suppose.

Twinpowermeansoneturbo > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/28/2015 at 00:08

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I have a 60 gallon African Cichlid tank in my room. I’ve had it about a year now, and have finally achieved a good equilibrium with it. Fish are wonderful pets, but it's hard work maintaining the tank.