View Full Version : Red Zebra ok in a 10g for life?
Kobeclone
07-14-2008, 10:07 PM
I was going to do a small red zebra tank. I went to petsmart, and what did I see, a tank FULL of 1/2 inch albino red zebras. I buy 5 of them, come home, and stick them all in my empty 29 gallon until I can buy a 55g for life. 8 hours later, there is only 1 remaining.:WHOA: Can this mean SOB stay isolated in my 10g. I have a 3 inch red zebra that I have solo in a 20g, and I have never had a prob. with water quality....
jhutch
07-14-2008, 10:15 PM
Red Zebras can be nasty but i'm surprised that happened with them being that small and in a species tank. You may need more than that to spread the aggression.
mike dunagan
07-14-2008, 10:27 PM
I wonder if he killed them or something else was the cause... water, fish health, something else...
Dreamsofpeace54
07-14-2008, 10:28 PM
10 gallon is too small. you will stunt his growth. a 20 long would probably be BARE MINIMUM.
jhutch
07-14-2008, 10:41 PM
Yeah I agree. 10 gallon would be ok for a time but not long.
10 gallon is a BIG NO NO for life. It's way too small and it will stunt the growth of the red zebra and they get up to 6 inches. Also stated already, I think you should atleast get a 20 long for it. Atleast it will be happy and have more room for swimming.
Kobeclone
07-15-2008, 11:02 AM
I wonder if he killed them or something else was the cause... water, fish health, something else...
The fish were acclimatized correctly. The fish looked fine physically, but internal parasites are always possible I guess... Water was at 78, ph 7.4, ammonia 0, nitrites 0, and nitrates 15... Because I got them at petsmart, I guess I can get my money back pretty easily though...
10 gallon is too small. you will stunt his growth. a 20 long would probably be BARE MINIMUM.
Yeah I agree. 10 gallon would be ok for a time but not long.
10 gallon is a BIG NO NO for life. It's way too small and it will stunt the growth of the red zebra and they get up to 6 inches. Also stated already, I think you should atleast get a 20 long for it. Atleast it will be happy and have more room for swimming.
Thanks guys... I can put him back in the 29 g by himself I guess...
Pharaoh
07-15-2008, 11:50 AM
Sometimes, the fish from Petsmart just die for no reason. I know I went through quite a few Acei before I has a solid group of three.:irked:
Anywho....you never know what killed them, probably not agression if they were that small.
I vote for keeping him in a 29G and getting him a ccouple of women!:headbang2
CichlidAddict
07-15-2008, 11:52 AM
Yeah, go bigger than 10g for him. Red zebras actually get fairly large after a year or so.
Add some rocks to the 29g and get a female for him.
29 for a while. Use the 10 as a QT for petsmart tankmates.
Pharaoh
07-16-2008, 6:47 AM
29 for a while. Use the 10 as a QT for petsmart tankmates.
Exactly.
navygirl76
07-16-2008, 12:48 PM
i have 4 red zebras in my 180 gallon tank. they are all about 4.5 inches long. i would say a 10 gallon is waaay too small for life. like someone else said, keep that 10gal for a hospital tank.
have you thought of getting a bigger tank, and adding a few more africans?
Kobeclone
07-16-2008, 3:31 PM
i have 4 red zebras in my 180 gallon tank. they are all about 4.5 inches long. i would say a 10 gallon is waaay too small for life. like someone else said, keep that 10gal for a hospital tank.
have you thought of getting a bigger tank, and adding a few more africans?
I don't have anything free but a 29 gallon and a few 10 gallons at the moment. Once I get more zebras-this time from a LFS, even though they are $10 a piece:irked:- I will set up a 75 gallon or 90 gallon. I just ordered fish for my 125 and 210 native tanks.....
navygirl76
07-17-2008, 2:45 PM
well you could order africans (and those red zebras) off of online breeders for less than 10 bucks! thats outrageous! lol.. i bought from a breeder in KY (im in ohio) for i wanna say $4.50 a piece, and they are the "cherry red" variant.. they are beautiful, and i have bought repeatedly with the results being very healthy fish!
Kobeclone
07-17-2008, 3:12 PM
well you could order africans (and those red zebras) off of online breeders for less than 10 bucks! thats outrageous! lol.. i bought from a breeder in KY (im in ohio) for i wanna say $4.50 a piece, and they are the "cherry red" variant.. they are beautiful, and i have bought repeatedly with the results being very healthy fish!
Thanks, I will look around...
29 for a while. Use the 10 as a QT for petsmart tankmates.
I agree, you need a much bigger tank
Did the dead fish look as if they were attacked? Did you see the lone survivor threatening or fighting with them? My guess is that you probably bought some fish on the brink of death...
well you could order africans (and those red zebras) off of online breeders for less than 10 bucks! thats outrageous! lol.. i bought from a breeder in KY (im in ohio) for i wanna say $4.50 a piece, and they are the "cherry red" variant.. they are beautiful, and i have bought repeatedly with the results being very healthy fish!
who did you buy them from? I'm not planning to order, but I'm in ohio as well, so I'm curious for future reference.
Have you been to the Ohio Cichlid Extravaganza in November? I went last year, and it was awesome.. You might want to consider it, even though it's a bit of a drive for you. (It's in northern ohio). There's people selling all kinds of unusual stuff there out of their rooms..