Gav Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 well was a little bit stoked last night. came home to find my duboisi have bred for the first time ever. not sure i have been doing the right thing for this to happen. i think they have had 2 or 3 water changes so far this year, and are in a totally bare 4x18x18 with only an aquaclear 500 on it for filtration. didnt realise that was all, i thought i had a canister going as well, but seems this was unplugged without me realising heh. all are in good health and shape so havent been doing much other than feed em NLS. funny thing is i tried for ages with other colonies of tropheus in the past and have had nothing but grief. i did regimental water changes, super filtered them, set the tank up nice and all they did was die through aggression, sickness or mistakes on my part. sometimes i just dont "get" fishkeeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Guess you were over thinking it before hey? Shows the humble AC series are underrated though doesn't it? How many duboisis you have in there? By totally bare, you mean not even any substrate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 no substrate, rocks, anything. bare tank. i had rocks at one stage and they smashed each other, so took it all back out, nevere bothered replacing it cos they were happy. there is 20 something in there, all about 6-8 cm or so i guess. maybe some a little larger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Well done Gav. I have nothing useful to add but that needed to be said . I have not kept Tropheus yet but I will start with dubosi so I will watch this thread with interest. cheers rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoliroMan Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 MUST BE THE NLS!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy2422 Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hey, nice work Sounds like some of my tanks haha. I am thinking of getten some T's, not sure what type as yet, thinking maybe duboisi as they seem the easiest to keep. How would they go in one of those 1000 ltr tubs in my fish room post? If i just chucked 25 in there? Would they breed alright and would any fry survive? Thanks guys, if you dont want me to ask stuff in your post just say and ill make a new one Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trofius Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 I wouldnt put them in a plastic tub, after all why spends hundreds on fish and not be able to see them, not to mention not being able to see how they are going! GAv it just goes to show that no method is perfect or the only way etc, whatever works for YOUR fish is best!, personaly i prefer them to feel at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropheusQueen Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Excellent work here's to many more mouthfuls Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrdog Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Hey Gav, I guess this is in line with the theory that they like to be left alone and not mucked around with, this may be an extreme example though . Good luck with the little guys mate . Jamie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy2422 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I wouldnt put them in a plastic tub, after all why spends hundreds on fish and not be able to see them, not to mention not being able to see how they are going! I was thinking of putting them in there for awhile and letting them grow up then putting them in a tank in my room when i get the money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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