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Old Freddy

Anoher old shot from my tank a few years back. Only had this guy for a couple of weeks - he was too aggressive towards my Dempsey pair. so I had to give him the boot - LFS took him back for full store credit. They must have known .... :)

posted by: Frank Donato	(report) Apr 11th, 2008
Views: 187	Rated: (12 votes)

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Juan Damelines	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:06
Cool para, hey how many parachromis can be mix in a 125G?

Frank Donato	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:10
Hmmm Loisellei and Freddy are your best bets, but I think one adult pair will max that tank out fast. If you can get all males, you may be able to keep 3, like Loisellei, Freddy, Mota but I would defer to Alex on that. If you get a pair, things will get ugly :)

Juan Damelines	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:11
yeah i was just wondering man that be awesome a big tank full of parachromis.

Alex Odesit	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:11
only 1 Juan

Alex Odesit	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:15
You can have a pair Juan, or 1 Para mixed with other, but no simmilar species. Mota very agro Dovii very agro and very very.... big

Juan Damelines	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:17
1 man does guys must be really mean ?

Juan Damelines	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:18
ohhh ok thats cool. i was thinking maybe in the near future get a big tank and put few paras in there.

Frank Donato	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:35
Get a Mota! :)

Frank Donato	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:41
Now I miss this guy and want another lol ... need moer tanks! Goodnight everyone.

Juan Damelines	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:41
check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41DPNdNDUd0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-76l_8HXD2M

Roger Hopper	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:43
Goodnight Frank..

Juan Damelines	» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDqzQQUKKsM

***kylie ***

» posted 2008/04/11 - 05:50

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» posted 2008/04/11 - 08:34

THE chuck

» posted 2008/04/11 - 10:45

Tony Idone	» posted 2008/04/11 - 12:26
Frank i bought two crays yesterday and one is still living but the other is gone. He was swimming aroung and settled on a corner spot. My little Jaquar flushed him out and he jumped to the top of the tank and started floating down when the devil took one shot at him and then my Dovii just blasted him and ripped most of his leggs off and then it was a free for all. Everyone chimed in after that

Tony Idone	» posted 2008/04/11 - 12:34
Alex i tried some real plants and my FESTAE ripped the s##t of of them. Note to self no plants. Although the GT'S eat some of them

Dan Noon

» posted 2008/04/11 - 12:41

Alex Odesit	» posted 2008/04/11 - 14:01
Tony, nice rocks and wood will do, our fish are too rough on most plants. But I know some people successfully using real plants with large digging cichlids. But these are huge plants and huge tanks.

Frank Donato	» posted 2008/04/11 - 14:30
Good story Tony - I had a JD pair that would take care of crays in seconds. Those were the days. Last night mine were standing proudly atop the driftwood stump centerpiece, once again claiming dominance over all. Tony, I agree with Alex, though I've also had success with very low plants - like Java Fern, if there are places so that they dont block any cave entrances or get in the way of a dominant fish's territory.

Mark & Kathy Lindamood

» posted 2008/04/11 - 15:43

karrie edwards

» posted 2008/04/11 - 17:48

David 71

» posted 2008/04/11 - 18:56

John Young	» posted 2008/04/12 - 04:08
Java fern attached to drift wood will work

Frank Donato	» posted 2008/04/12 - 04:44
John - I've heard that - I always anchored mine with a rock or something .. but how do you attach it to the driftwood?

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