Tank Life

Darxide · Admin / Developer Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 228

He is basically a super-kuhlii !
At the moment he is just under a foot long and lives in the 300L community tank.
I was a bit worried at first as they sometimes pick off neons, but he never seems to bother anything in the tank.

He is not shy either and I can hand-feed him (I'll try and get a vid clip).
He goes banana's for bloodworm but he also eats mussel and when I can find any, frozen beef heart.

I would like to get another so he has a tankmate but they're pretty rare in the LFS where I live and he was the last one.

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Kathryn002 · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:18 am Post subject:

He's erm... lovely. Haha.
Very interesting though. So they slither round the tank in a eel-like way? Laughing

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Darxide · Admin / Developer Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 228

They move like an eel but mostly swim mid-tank. He only really hangs out on the bottom when he is resting, he is a pretty lively chappy.
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Kathryn002 · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject:

Hmmmmm. Very stange. I would just love to see them swimming. Any chance of a video?? Laughing

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Darxide · Admin / Developer Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 228

Yeh np, I will try and get a half decent clip at feeding time later tonight
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Darxide · Admin / Developer Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 228

ok, here we go as promised...

I didnt disturb him too much. He likes to wriggle up the glass - presumably he can see his own reflection or something.

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Rosso · Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:43 am Post subject:

ive not seen these before. are they actually fish? its very unusual looking

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Taz_the_no_tail · Newbie Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 20

how amazing is he!
he seems to like his own reflection too, have you thought about getting another one in there? (not just for breeding) but to see how they act together, like the Kuhlii's and clowns I'd imagine they'd play about with one another!?
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Darxide · Admin / Developer Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 228

yeh I would like another one, the problem is getting hold of one. They never stock them around here... I was very fortunate to get him
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Anonymous · Guest

whats your favourite brand ?

i have been feeding my fish all the while with a brand called vista professional made in japan . but i would like to change to possibly a better .

any suggestions on what you all are using ?

Anonymous · Guest

all i can say is...wth. I think its just a birth defect....like how blood parrots sometimes come out with no tail too?

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I dont think the heart blood parrot born tailless, its mostly their tails were cut off. You seen tailless convicts, flowerhorns, american cichlids and sometimes discus, the chances their tails were removed too. Sure sometimes tailless cichlids were born with no tail from time to time.
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