View Full Version : OFF Topic of the Week...Non-discus Fishes
brewmaster15
10-20-2004, 06:29 AM
Hi all,
Normally we try to keep the general section to just Discus related topics... and we have a section dedicated to non-discus banter, but I thought it might be fun to have a non-discus topic of the week here in general.... suggestions for future ones can be Im'd to me and we'll try run them as we can.
For a starter, I picked Non-discus fish.. Fess up everyone, you know most of you keep them...koi?goldfish?bettas, etc..
Lets hear about and see those other fishes...
Thanks,
al
Ardan
10-20-2004, 07:00 AM
Well, I have 3 oscars, a bunch of firemouths, some glowlight tetras, some corydoras paleatus (bred by me :)), some bristlenose plecos from the lfs earlier this yr, and some fancy guppies from Cary at GLD (actually I think Jack does all the work and sales or at least that's how it worked when I was there ;);D)
The pic is of the oscars spawning, but that female has never produced a viable spawn (with 2 different males) The tiger is the male, he is now with a different suspected female, but no spawns yet.
GulfCoastDiscus
10-20-2004, 07:15 AM
That'a an awesome looking Oscar.
I finally got fish that it's not a discus. Thanks to Al. :) These Altums in a 120 planted tank with 100 or so Cardinals, 4 Corys and a pleco.
Dan
GulfCoastDiscus
10-20-2004, 07:18 AM
Here's the tank
Dan
DarkDiscus
10-20-2004, 10:27 AM
All I have is the infamous Bighead - check him out:
http://forum.simplydiscus.com//index.php?board=9;action=display;threadid=8543;sta rt=msg91190#msg91190
Plus his cohort of 3 rainbowfish.
Bighead's hobbies are killing heaters, eating rainbows that he can fit into his mouth and threatening people he doesn't know when they come near his tank.
John
jules
10-20-2004, 10:58 AM
I have some clown loaches and a red betta.
Nice Oscars Ardan. That's what we'll be getting next.
What are you feeding those guys?
Dan: Tank looks good as always.
DD: Bighead is kind of cute. At his age he's allowed to be a "Grumpy old Man" ;)
Carol_Roberts
10-20-2004, 11:15 AM
Here's my frontosa
Carol_Roberts
10-20-2004, 11:17 AM
Calvus and brichardi babies - the specks below the calvus on the right are brichardi freeswimmers with some older fry
Carol_Roberts
10-20-2004, 11:25 AM
African tank. The yellow labs (black top fins) have babies right now in a 29 gallon
GulfCoastDiscus
10-20-2004, 11:36 AM
Nice collections of Africans Carol. :)
I have a couple of logos to post for NADA
Dan
In addition to the bird in my avatar, discus, and the angels that Tad has recently posted pics of, I also keep some African Dwarf Frogs.
Judi
:)
Ardan
10-20-2004, 12:38 PM
Cool Pics everyone!!
Carol, I do like that african tank especially with the fry with the parents amongst the other fish. 8)
John, Bighead seems to have lots of character ;D
Dan, impressive tank 8) :)
Judi, tell about the care and feeding of the frog???
Jules I feed my oscars Hikari Gold med size pellets mostly as they are messy eaters. I also feed them culls from my firemouth hatches.
I use to feed live goldfish, but they developed many internal problems, like hexamita quite often, so pellets = no troubles and they do well.
Ardan,
The frogs are easy!!! They eat CBW and only get fed once or twice a week (yes... you read correctly). Water changes are far and few between. Frogs only excrete waste every few days, so they don't foul the tank as quickly. They are a great pet for kids and frog fanatics!!! Chocked full of personality!!
Judi
:)
Wolf_Mek
10-20-2004, 01:02 PM
Carol, I love your calvus, how big is he/she?
Some of my other Fish (Non Discus tanks).
geffrocks
10-20-2004, 01:22 PM
As I wait for these guys to grow up......
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/geffrocks86/pic2.jpg
I started with guppies 23 years ago and just can't let it go.
Wolf_Mek
10-20-2004, 01:23 PM
Some of mine
Tanganyikans (only those who like their picture taken ;) )
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL284/1945470/3758438/48982632.jpg
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL284/1945470/5419682/70294735.jpg
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL284/1945470/5419682/70294727.jpg
Others:
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL284/1945470/5419682/70294719.jpg
Apisto. staecki
http://pic9.picturetrail.com/VOL284/1945470/3758438/48982680.jpg
Ax, I know how you feel about guppies, their one of my favorite fish ;D.
geffrocks
10-20-2004, 01:23 PM
I decided to get me some of these....(just went free-swimming two days ago!!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/geffrocks86/rambabies025Small.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/geffrocks86/rambabies019Small.jpg
jules
10-20-2004, 01:31 PM
Nice Fish everyone.
Ax - is your Pleco a Sailfin? How big is the tank he's in?
The Guppies are very colourful.
How about a few of these guys? I brought some of these in for a customer of mine. The next fish I really want to invest my time in is the arowana. I have been studying them for about a year now.
Thank you for your comments
No, this one is not, I do have two marble Salefin placos but no pics (my camera in service for another week - BIOS upgrade.) but they are only 5", that pic is from 70GL tank.
CARY_GLdiscus
10-20-2004, 11:35 PM
;D
CARY_GLdiscus
10-20-2004, 11:35 PM
;)
CARY_GLdiscus
10-20-2004, 11:36 PM
;D
CARY_GLdiscus
10-20-2004, 11:39 PM
And My butterfly collection ;D
April
10-20-2004, 11:48 PM
whoa..cary..butterflies? cool. Cary..your carp have long feathering...
heh Carol..i have frontosas..nice to see a bigger one. mine is the same kind i believe. mine are just babies still. your african tanks are great.
jeff..nice koi.
seeing all these fish makes me want lots more..good goin everyone. lol
GulfCoastDiscus
10-21-2004, 12:18 AM
:)
GulfCoastDiscus
10-21-2004, 12:26 AM
Is this considered non-discus?
susankay1
10-21-2004, 12:34 AM
Got tons of babies from these 2. Would love to make someone a great deal on some. Be forewarned, they eat like pigs. Got some around 1 inch, a bunch between 2-3 inches. All very healthy. Gold Severums
RandalB
10-21-2004, 01:09 AM
The ultimate Yellow fish....
RandalB
10-21-2004, 01:10 AM
Whoa!
lesley
10-21-2004, 04:51 AM
Dan,
she's beautiful.
RandalB, now I want a reef tank!
Lesley
etr63
10-21-2004, 07:58 PM
A pic of my young male Red Empress
Anonapersona
10-22-2004, 05:45 PM
This last week has bee "move all the fish and all the tanks around the house" week for me. I moved the juvnile discus and their filters from the 55 to the 105 gallon, moving the cichlids from the105 to the 55 and 58 gallons, which both had to be moved around. All the canister filters on the 55 and 58 got cleaned, along with all tubing, the gravel was removed and cleaned, all the rocks and fake plants were cleaned.
After all that was done, with new backings on all the tanks to match the discus tank's insulated backing, I decided to clean the rest of the filters. In dong that, I managed to start up the EheimPro2Thermofilter and not have the siphon going correctly. This is the only canister I have that I actually paid for, $250, all the rest were used.
In the morning, I realized something was wrong, and found that I'd apparently burned out the windings on the motor, or at least most of them. Finding this out, of course, took several hours as I switched tubings and inlet tubes and checked and rechecked all connections and parts. This is the same tank that I'd managed to start up the Eheim 2213 on with all valves closed for 3 or 4 hours -- that one recovered somehow.
Meanwhile, 8 cardinals died, leaving 3, and I'm down to 1 serpae tetra of 6 and I'd just added new cories to that tank. So, now the main planted tank is limping along. I really dont know if that qualifies as "keeping" other fish. Right now it looks like I'm mostly killing them.
At the same time, the other planted tank has only 1 apisto and 3 ember tetras. Down from 2 rams, 2 apistos, and 11 ember tetras.
At an aquarium club meeting on Wednesday, a local fish store owner who keeps all his tanks on reconstituted RO water said that the "things" in our water make it hard to keep fish here. Hmm, and I though maybe it was me. So, I think I need a good carbon filter, at the least. Any suggestions?
simply_fishlover
10-22-2004, 11:16 PM
Hey Anona,
It is very normal for cardinal to die after a WC.
RandalB
10-22-2004, 11:33 PM
It is very normal for cardinal to die after a WC.
Says who? I did 75% Water changes on my planted tank 3x per week for 2 years and never lost one. I was keeping them in Chicago Tap water with no treatment too...
RandalB
Wolf_Mek
10-23-2004, 07:34 AM
I kept cardinals in my tap as well.
Discus King... is it normal for glow-lights to die after a water change... cause, you know, those pesky things keep right on living ;).
Tony_S
10-23-2004, 08:44 AM
It is very normal for cardinal to die after a WC.
Complete and utter CRAP! Or...should I say MORE COMPLETE AND UTTER CRAP!! ::)
Tony
Going back to my tree now :-*
Anonapersona
10-23-2004, 11:08 AM
Hey Anona,
It is very normal for cardinal to die after a WC.
Nonsense.
Only if you let a tank get far from tap water values, by letting it go so long that the pH has dropped, the Gh has risen from topping off after evaporation, the KH is dropped from biological processes, and the nitrate is through the roof -- THEN a water change will be dangerous. The difference in GH can cause cellular damage.
But, this had nothing to do with the water change. I ruined a filter, even cleaning it land changing water left enough toxins in the water to hurt the cardinals. It had been 3 weeks since a water change due to my vacation, but even so the water parameters should not have changed much. Temp was OK, dechlorinator was used. I was hoping that the plants would absorb any excess ammonia and nitrates, and the Prime dechlorinator would handle the nitrites, but I was wrong, or at least overnight when the plants were no help the toxins got too high for the cardinals.
Everyone looks OK today. I just need to decide about ordering a new head for the filter -- ouch! Expensive.
RandalB
10-23-2004, 01:24 PM
It was a moment of Madness for me to reply..
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Please Don't Feed The Trolls!
RandalB
simply_fishlover
10-23-2004, 02:45 PM
Here is one of my fish from 300 gallon tank!
Guess what fish this is and function for the tank?
;D
simply_fishlover
10-23-2004, 03:28 PM
Here is another one from 180 gallon tank! ;D
Here is one of my fish from 300 gallon tank!
Guess what fish this is and function for the tank?
;D
Hey ... don't act too smart here, people around here aren't that dumb... here is your precious algae eater...... Now go do the water changes, I could hear those fish scream all the way over here....
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1899&TopCatId=1984
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