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augustaranger
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07.02.2010, 03:08 Would Like to Trade Pennywort for Endlers |
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I've been wanting Endlers for a long time. I have an over abundance of (Brazilian?) pennywort that I would love to trade for a few Endlers. The pennywort is healthy and snail free. It is overrunning my tank. It's a great floating plant. My fish love it.
I'll take any type of pure Endler in trade. I really hope someone can help me out. Thanks!
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susankat
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08.02.2010, 08:00 (No subject) |
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I would send you some but we have snow coming in again, and don't like to ship during this kind of cold weather.
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augustaranger
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09.02.2010, 18:05 (No subject) |
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A guy in Cheekatawga (?) NY on aquariacentral is sending me 4 endlers. Hopefully they will be full blooded. Maybe we can do something when the weather warms up. Thanks!!!
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susankat
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09.02.2010, 20:30 (No subject) |
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How about springtime I go ahead and send you about 10 of them, Should give you a good start and you know mine are pure.
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augustaranger
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10.02.2010, 13:40 (No subject) |
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Sounds great. I really appreciate the offer. I do have a question though. As I have never raised livebearers, how do you deal with population explosion? I think someone on here told me that you can safely keep 100 endlers in a 10g, but what happens long term as the population continues to go up?
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Robert
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10.02.2010, 16:04 (No subject) |
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As soon as they filled the tank, you will notice you see just very few fry.
Reducing the population, they will start to fill up again.
Best Wishes, Robert.
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augustaranger
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10.02.2010, 18:23 (No subject) |
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You mean the colony will regulate it's size according to the size of the tank? Are there any problems associated with doing this? I use oversize filters and perform regular partial water water changes anyway.
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Robert
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10.02.2010, 18:54 (No subject) |
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Yes,I have noticed that several times.
As far i can remember it was also susankat who noticed the same, few years ago.
Best Wishes, Robert.
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dimitri
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10.02.2010, 22:05 (No subject) |
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The fish are a little bit more stressed and show signs of age more rapidly. But they reproduce well and are 'generally' healthy. Most fry get eaten, so you have a bigger adult population.
I prefer to keep the population not too high though. Makes the fish look more vivid. Colors show better, etc..
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manticora
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11.02.2010, 08:41 (No subject) |
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My answer to this question: My Channa pulchra dem love Endlers too....
Knut
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augustaranger
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12.02.2010, 19:17 (No subject) |
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Any more thoughts on endlers populating based on the size of the tank?
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susankat
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12.02.2010, 21:45 (No subject) |
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What usually happens is a lot of the fry get eaten or the older fish start dying. Best is to thin them out yourself either by giving them away or using them as feeders for larger fish. Unless you have spare tanks to move them to.
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