I couldn't tell you, but he needs to be kept in extremely hard/high pH water. A pH of 8.0 is minimum. On Jun 23, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Dana Rasmussen wrote: > He looks wonderful. I would love him. How peaceful in a 40 gal > community aquarium is he? > Dana Rasmussen > Seattle > On Jun 23, 2008, at 7:10 PM, Laurel Larsen wrote: > >> I had 2 julidochromis transcriptus in my 29 gallon cube, but the >> bigger of the 2 decided that he wasn't fond of my smaller one. I >> pulled this little guy out of the tank a couple weeks ago with a >> damaged dorsal fin. Since then, he's been living in my 10 gallon >> hospital tank, and he's doing swimmingly(hahahaha). I wanted to be >> sure that he was very healthy before passing him on. I don't know the >> geographical variant, but I'll include some links to photos taken of >> him. He's not fully grown yet, probably 2.5" long. Minimum tank >> size for this fish should be 20 gallons. Julies are rock-dwelling >> fish, so be sure your tank has adequate rockwork. >> >> http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Laurelthequeen/Fish%20Tank/29%20Gallon%20Cube/?action=view¤t=DSCF4934.jpg >> http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Laurelthequeen/Fish%20Tank/29%20Gallon%20Cube/?action=view¤t=DSCF4933.jpg >> >> >> Actually, I don't know if it's a he or a she, I've just been >> referring >> to it as a he, and calling him Julie, so it is probably having a >> gender identity crisis. >> >> I'm available after 6:15 in Mountlake Terrace most nights(except >> tuesday and wednesday this week). I'd love to be able to tear down >> my >> hospital tank sooner rather than later (wink) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GSAS-Member mailing list >> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > > Dana > > > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member