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Here's the end result of my 33 long:
3 Orange Chromides
1 "Silver Dragon" Goby
3 White Cheek Gobies
4 Bumblebee Gobies
1 Knight Goby
1 Flounder
1 "Neon" Goby
I ended up raising the salinity to 1.005-6 and my Chromides finally had a successful batch of eggs! They laid them last Saturday and they hatched on Tuesday.
The fish that seem to love their new tank the most are the bumbles. They are so active and swim everywhere. I had read that they were somewhat territorial, but these guys like to hang out together all the time.
cdawson
11-21-2003, 9:46 PM
Nice! I like the setup, maybe that's what I'll do with my extra 30g =)
Pufferpunk
11-22-2003, 8:40 PM
Sounds like mostly bottom dwellers in there. I like more a variety of different levels of tank occupancies. How about a couple of halfbeaks for the top level? They're pretty cool, too!I'm glad your cromides are happy! :)
PP - 33XLs are only a foot high, they are close to a one-level environment. Great for bottom fish though- wonderful for smaller substrate-breeding cichlids, which the Chromides are. In light brackish the fry are parental slime-feeders, as Discus are in soft acid water. Wonderful parallel development of feeding strategy.
cdawson
11-23-2003, 12:51 PM
Originally posted by Pufferpunk
Sounds like mostly bottom dwellers in there. I like more a variety of different levels of tank occupancies. How about a couple of halfbeaks for the top level? They're pretty cool, too!I'm glad your cromides are happy! :)
I'm not sure on all halfbeaks, as I thought they stayed pretty small until I saw 3 at my local store that were about 7" long!
I don't think I could put anyone else in there that wasn't a bottom dweller. The daddy chromide is so mean to the 3rd chromide(even though he had NEVER ventured anywhere near their babies), I couldn't imagine having anyone else in there for him to chase. The bumbles really don't seem to be all that much "bottom dwelling" right now. They swim everywhere and hover on the sides of the tank or in the bushes. So the bottom belongs to the other gobies and the flounder.
Pufferpunk
11-23-2003, 2:26 PM
Wish I could find a flounder. :cool: How large do they get? Would crushed coral substrate be too rough on them?
Fine aragonite will do nicely. Flounders should get more than 6" if well fed (not always easy with tankmates), and may nip.
Regular crushed coral is too big IME (limited).
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"I'm not sure on all halfbeaks, as I thought they stayed pretty small until I saw 3 at my local store that were about 7" long!"
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Wow, what kind are they?
smossop
11-24-2003, 10:33 AM
I was there yesterday picking up my brand new mono agentus (they're so small compared to the 1yr olds I have), and I asked him. He said he had no idea, he only knew they were halfbeaks because of having their smaller cousins at home. I was going to get them for my mono/scat tank if they could handle a high salinity, but I couldn't find any info whatsoever on a 7" halfbeak.
You could tell right away at first glance they were halfbeaks, but I never found out what exact species they were.
cdawson
11-25-2003, 1:06 AM
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oops I posted that one under my girlfriends account, forgot to log off again! :shake:
Pufferpunk
11-25-2003, 1:40 PM
I've never had a halfbeak larger than 3". There are other halfbeak-type fish like needlefish, etc. My halfbeaks didn't survive high salinity.
cdawson
11-25-2003, 10:15 PM
That's what I thought, I was shocked to see how big they were. I really want to find more info on these guys.