Anyone else keep fish?

SSchmi5519

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I keep cichlids (sick-lids) from Lake Malawi in Africa. I just got my first batch of fry (baby fish) out of one of the females.

They are maternal mouthbrooders (female carries eggs in her mouth until they hatch) and as soon as I could see that they
had hatched I pulled her out, stripped the fry from her mouth, and placed them in the planted tank that the larger tank flows in to.

Anyway, pics are best:

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I have a 29 gallon. Community. Angle fish 3 diff styles, snap turtle (baby) feeder guppies which my turtle wont eat. Eat just eats the food i give him. I have cory catfish, diffrent types. My favorite is the panda cory. Then i have a sun cat, and this one awsome one i got that will shock you aka sting you. Hes very cool looking. Then i have algea eater that is rare. Cant think of the name.
 

Noreaster

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my other expensive hobby
I have 4 tanks running now 75,55,40&29, I keep mostly Central American cichlids, some South Americans, a couple cats, silver dollars & 3 Polypterus
I should have waited on taking pics till tomorrow night after I did water changes & had darkness to get a non glaring pic of the 75 gal.
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SSchmi5519

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Is that a Jack Dempsey or a Texas Cichlid there in the 75?? My buddy has a Jack D, he loves when I take his picture :D

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Mpsoldier

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i have a bata fish name is pork chop I left him in the car for a day after getting him totally forgot i got it lol. I forget to feed him alot but still alive two years later but when i feed him he eats alot. Also my girlfirend went into the bathroom where he stays and said babe the fish is dead i said nope he's just sleeping. Guess people never see fish sleep.:thumb: Oh and his rocks and shells are from Stuart beach in Flordia didnt even hesitate him that it was salt water.
 

x MadMAX DIESEL

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i have a bata fish name is pork chop I left him in the car for a day after getting him totally forgot i got it lol. I forget to feed him alot but still alive two years later but when i feed him he eats alot. Also my girlfirend went into the bathroom where he stays and said babe the fish is dead i said nope he's just sleeping. Guess people never see fish sleep.:thumb: Oh and his rocks and shells are from Stuart beach in Flordia didnt even hesitate him that it was salt water.

Lol

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SSchmi5519

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i have a bata fish name is pork chop I left him in the car for a day after getting him totally forgot i got it lol. I forget to feed him alot but still alive two years later but when i feed him he eats alot. Also my girlfirend went into the bathroom where he stays and said babe the fish is dead i said nope he's just sleeping. Guess people never see fish sleep.:thumb: Oh and his rocks and shells are from Stuart beach in Flordia didnt even hesitate him that it was salt water.

Solid. lol
 

Noreaster

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http://duramaxdiesels.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=554525

Is that a Jack Dempsey or a Texas Cichlid there in the 75?? My buddy has a Jack D, he loves when I take his picture :D
A Jack & 2 Carpintis, the Jack used to look like the one in your pic but gets picked on. Had a big colorful male Jack that got killed by one of my Red Texas hybrids.

Trying to get a pic of my F1 red tiger mota but shes camera shy
 

RKTMech

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The Norco's
I had a 60 about 10 years ago, fair theme, it was a rescue tank for feeder fish, this was the last big boy to die....
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