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Re: [GSAS-Member] Sad and Hot week
Trish:
As a beneficiary of Laurel's efforts to research and track down pure Mbuna I
heartily agree with her comments on Acei and Saulosi. I am raising a second
batch of Saulosi now in the sump (with a batch of Melanochromis
Cyanorhabdos(Maingano)).
-Paul
On Sat, 1 Aug 2009, Laurel Larsen wrote:
> Trish -
> I wish you luck finding high quality labs, it seems that they've
> been so interbred and hybridized with other species that you may end
> up with weird little guys. Acei are great looking fish IMO and very
> friendly. With the 125 you could get some of the larger mbuna and do a
> really impressive tank, acei, labs and callainos would be a beautiful
> tank. Or if you wanted to have larger populations of fewer species,
> you could drop the labs and go with Saulosi, the females are bright
> yellow and the males color up to powder blue with black stripes. They
> also stay small (3ish inches) so they would contrast nicely in size
> with larger fish.
>
> $.02
>
> -Laurel
>
> On Aug 1, 2009, at 7:21 AM, Trish wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone-
>>
>> Hope everyone survived the hot week we had....now it looks like
>> things are going to get back to normal...
>>
>> Well I was gone from MOnday to Thursday afternoon, to come home to
>> a 125 gal 12 dead Trophues Duboisi......they all died, along with 1
>> large Clown Loach, and 1 small Clown Loach, and my 2 Birstlenose are
>> gone too. It just got hot for them. My dream fish gone, and were at
>> the stage of starting to breed......I could have just cried!
>>
>> So now what to put in their. Someone had mentioned about the Albino
>> Bristle nose......I live in Enumclaw, so its a bit of a drive.....I
>> do have a 20 gal tank to trade, but thats about it....I am thinking
>> of Colbalt Blue Zebras and Yellow Labs, a nice combination, and my
>> next favorite fish, next to the Trohpues.....and hardy....
>>
>> Also am toying with the idea of selling my 90 gallon, and 30
>> gallon....is anyone interested???
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Trish
>>
>>
>>
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