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[madhippoz]

Heheh actually right after I wrote my post to you I called Riverfront and asked them and found out just that. Heheh I'm going straight there after work for half price Goby's! Which is good, I need 5. How were they? Healthy and all? Riverfront is generally excellent in that regard, but you never know

 

[Lai Liu Ha]

actually some of them had their fins nipped, the owner said they were fighting, but a lot of them were doing good

 

[madhippoz]

Heh yah there was definately some fin nipping going on in that tank. I got 5, and its a good thing I only needed 5. The rest were in pretty rough shape as far as fins go. But mine seemed to be ok for the most part.

 

[Lai Liu Ha]

no more shark

my columbian shark jumped out of the tank and died

there was a hole in the lid that was used for the automatic feeder in the summer

 

[madhippoz]

That's a bummer man. How long did you have him? I know I made extra sure to close up any holes on my hood. During the night I can hear them splashing at the top of the water, screwing around. Wouldn't take much for one to slip out and onto the floor.

 

[Lai Liu Ha]

had him maybe for 8 months, yah they really like to splash around, especially if they get spooked lol

 

[adamj]

MORPHEUS - just noticed that you said you've purchased sone iridescent sharks. Be careful with these guys, as they are more sensitive to waterquality and stress than columbians. Also they grow to very large sizes. However, they are only of the only non-agressive sharks out there... good luck

 

[madhippoz]

Yah I find they'll swim around, looking for food or whatever, and then they run into each other nose to nose and spook the hell out of each other, and then water is getting flung all over the place. I'm a little nervous right now, I bought a 10gal tank for my brother, and so I've plunked his AquaClear 150 onto my tank for a week to get his bacteria started in it. But to put it on beside my current Aquaclear Mini I had to pull my hood forward a tad. I've consequently piled food containers and other crap over the gap heheh, don't want any airborne sharks.