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Adios!! Streak
Adios!! Streak
Aequidens rivulatus
This is the last photograph of streak that I got and the last I can. He died last saturday. It was ALL my fault, that I moved the blood parrot to another less crowded (one White GT only) tank to give this guy more space about a week back.

And that disturbed the balance. The three Jewels never let streak eat, which slipped my notice, since he usually does not eat when I am around. He got weaker, and may also have been stressed out by the ever active jewels.

He recovered well in a quarantine and was mustering himself to swim and eat, but in a sudden burst of speed, like a torpedo, he surged ahead, twisted to a bottom up position and breathed his last. I will never forget him, nor will I forgive myself ever for what I did to my favourite fish. All this, while I was getting ready to get him a 45 gallon tank all for himself. :(

Same afternoon, I found a sick and injured Trimac (which I feel is a low-grad FH and not a true Trimac) in a LFS and brought him home. He is now showing the jewels who the real boss is.

forgive me guys..

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I caught Streak with this "Get off!!" expression and wanted to
share the moment with all...
posted by: Ram Raghavan

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Aug 25th, 2008
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Visitor Comments
joshua weeks » posted 2008/08/18 - 19:55
Mark & Kathy Lindamood » posted 2008/08/18 - 22:55
***kylie *** » posted 2008/08/19 - 03:15
Roger Hopper » posted 2008/08/19 - 03:47
bip_ 4u » posted 2008/08/19 - 10:25
Ram Raghavan » posted 2008/08/19 - 12:10  
Thank you folks!!! He is a big time show-off. Loves posing for the camera... I am planning on a Canon Powershot / Sony Cybershot with good optical zoom and variable shutter speeds just to get some Time Lapse shots of Streak.. Will keep them coming :)
bob hansen » posted 2008/08/19 - 13:11  
very nice shot the tank and show off fish ,do you ever use live plants
Ram Raghavan » posted 2008/08/19 - 13:30  
Thank you Bob.. I don't use live plants since I have only Cichlids. I gave up on live plants thanks to their digging and re-arranging habits :)
Vince Cooper » posted 2008/08/25 - 15:24  
:(
kyle jackson » posted 2008/08/25 - 16:23  
sorry to see you lost this guy. they are really good looking when they get larger.
bip_ 4u » posted 2008/08/25 - 20:54  
Sorry to hear he is gone :(
fourdell kidson » posted 2008/08/25 - 23:55  
sorry to hear
Ram Raghavan » posted 2008/08/26 - 06:20  
Thank you all.. I was so eager to see him grow bigger. I will setup a big tank, and the next time let a GT live all by himself.

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Latest comments:
karrie edwards, 2008-12-03 22:18

that is a beauty..
Sean n Schell B, 2008-12-03 22:16

TY
Sean n Schell B, 2008-12-03 22:11

TY
Sean n Schell B, 2008-12-03 22:11

I HAVE ANOTHER 1 IN A 125.
Sean n Schell B, 2008-12-03 22:09

TY
Sean n Schell B, 2008-12-03 22:08

Red Devil/parrot I think