He needs extremely hard, high pH water, minimum of 8.0 and probably 6-8º of hardness. I keep him closer to 9.0 hardness. On Jun 23, 2008, at 8:05 PM, Bryan Nichols wrote: > Wow Laurel, that's a really cool looking fish! What kind of water > parameters are we looking at for that guy? > > --- On Mon, 6/23/08, Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Laurel Larsen <laurelthequeen@gmail.com> > Subject: [GSAS-Member] Julidochromis Transcriptus needs a home > To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com > > > Date: Monday, June 23, 2008, 7:10 PM > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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