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cabouta1
09-19-2005, 12:59 AM
Newest addition to my tanks. Saw it while buying food at LFS and had to have it. How big do these get and what exactly are these. Thanks for any info. Never had any.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/PB.jpg
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/PB21.jpg
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/PB3.jpg
MrfisH
09-19-2005, 1:04 AM
:duh: Should ya really buy something you have no idea about?
DeLgAdO
09-19-2005, 1:06 AM
at least he's eating, i see a full belly in the second pic.
cabouta1
09-19-2005, 1:18 AM
:duh: Should ya really buy something you have no idea about?
Not that I don't know anything about it. I've been learing alot since coming aboard this website, especially from diesel mack. Has gorgeous p-bass tank. Just never kept them or seen anybody around with them thats all. don't get too excited.
sleepyflight
09-19-2005, 1:27 AM
:duh: Should ya really buy something you have no idea about?
And you're an expert?? I guess thats why people come here FOOLIO....cuz we like but aren't sure of what we've done :grinyes:
DIESELMACK
09-19-2005, 1:55 AM
Everyone starts somewhere and nobodys an expert even if they if they read every book available. It seems theres alot of flaming going on for no reason at all....looks healthy to me and has a nice sized tank to start off in...thats saying alot to me right there with such a hard fish to keep.
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Dude if you need any advice or have any problems feel free to mail me anytime :thumbsup: he looks great and a true monster fish that you've got there....good luck.
MrfisH
09-19-2005, 2:27 AM
ok, just the way you word stuff :footinmou
cabouta1
09-19-2005, 2:28 AM
no sweat, no harm no foul
Peanut_Power
09-19-2005, 2:34 AM
YOU IDIOT! GIVE IT TO ME!! :P....awesome pick up bro!! Looks like a orinonsis or whatever....but i suck at IDin them...i just pick up another one today myself...:D great fish!
cabouta1
09-19-2005, 2:41 AM
YOU IDIOT! GIVE IT TO ME!! :P....awesome pick up bro!! Looks like a orinonsis or whatever....but i suck at IDin them...i just pick up another one today myself...:D great fish!
how big is yours, fish i mean. how much did you pay for it.
Peanut_Power
09-19-2005, 3:00 AM
Mine? Its about 7.5", no idea what it is aside that its not a temensis or orino....lol....which narrows it down to ocellaris or mono...pretty sure its ocellaris though. Anyway...it was $46....not too shabby....GREAT condition! Healthy, plump....all around beauty...:D
cabouta1
09-19-2005, 3:21 AM
does it look like the one i got.
Peanut_Power
09-19-2005, 3:31 AM
pretty freakin close...lol...its not showing any bars right now though...stressed from the moving..but it does have three....so very possible...:D
PeacockBass
09-19-2005, 3:32 AM
[QUOTE=DIESELMACK] nobodys an expert even if they if they read every book available. QUOTE]
I Disagree. Einstein wasnt an expert? Jeff Rapps isnt an expert?
Cichla monoculus - 24-28 inches. and they need about as much room as a 4 foot catfish at that size...
feeding live food is best.
Nice looking peacock bass. Let us know if the eyes turn red. Then you defintely have a keeper.
Note: Feeding live food is best for "all fish". Trying to teach it to eat prepared foods is better in the long run. And yes, Einstein is an expert, Jeff Rapps is an expert. I believe Diesel is referring to everyone making mistakes...no room for this harsh correction.
A pair should be good for life in a 8x2x2 tank.
piranha45
09-19-2005, 9:54 AM
An active 2-foot fish in a 8x2 tank seems pretty obscene to me... let alone two of said fish.
DIESELMACK
09-19-2005, 10:06 AM
My point on the whole statement is to be an expert....no matter who you are, you must have hands-on experience......this is why any profession ect has you do an internship or other type of job related experience.....you must start somewhere. And even Einstein worked at that which he mastered....the same with jeff. So the whole point being everyone here had a first fish of some type....either by an impulse buy or by wanting one so bad you just had to have it......everyone makes mistakes...otherwise nobody would learn anything.
As for the "Bloodeye" or red colored eye....dont put your money on it that its automatically an ocellaris.....many cichla get bloodeye depending on mood,feeding,ect... but ocellaris do indeed keep the red coloration more consistantly.....I currently have two specific tems that keep red eye coloration 24/7 and young orinocos that have red eyes pretty consistantly.
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In all.....I just think we need to help out here instead of persecuting somebody :thumbsup:
DIESELMACK
09-19-2005, 10:11 AM
As for longterm tank size......at least a 3-4ft width for turning with 8ft+ length...or better an indoor pond.................just an opinion.
MossOnGrass
09-19-2005, 1:03 PM
this is what he will look like when adult a true monster ! he is in a 240 and the tank doesnt look quite big enough
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/patrick5874/Picture035.jpg
toxicfish
09-19-2005, 1:41 PM
[QUOTE=cabouta1]Newest addition to my tanks. Saw it while buying food at LFS and had to have it. How big do these get and what exactly are these. Thanks for any info. Never had any.
. That bass you got is an Ocellaris
seighten
09-19-2005, 10:38 PM
hey, just a thought... how noneya have called out the boneheads at the lfs for "doling out" such potential monsters to just anybody... huh, huh??
joeytoe
09-19-2005, 11:37 PM
He looks good, Nice score on your part, I wish I could find them up here. :thumbsup:
piranha45
09-19-2005, 11:43 PM
hey, just a thought... how noneya have called out the boneheads at the lfs for "doling out" such potential monsters to just anybody... huh, huh??
because they are a business, they are there to make money. Isn't that sort of obvious? :screwy:
Ripdevil
09-20-2005, 12:05 AM
first someone said that jeff isnt an expert, and then someone said he is. whether he is or no. jeff told me that a temensis will rarely get more then 18 inches in home aquaria, is this b.c people rarely provide them with the right conditions or that it just wont grow that big?
cabouta1
09-20-2005, 1:18 AM
He looks good, Nice score on your part, I wish I could find them up here. :thumbsup:
the nice part is I got him for $6.00. I thought it was a deal.
haywood
09-23-2005, 1:28 AM
i think one peacock bass in an 8' x 2' x 2' tank would be alright, obviously it wouldnt be perfect, but with good filtration he would have a better life than most of the peacocks that get sold at the pet store end up with
cabouta1
09-23-2005, 1:32 AM
man , just when i thought i landed a beauty, i think he came down with a fungus right on the mouth. i assume that is what is on his mouth. i can't seem to get a good pic. diesel said they are very suceptible to disease early on. he was right a few days after I got him and this developed. none of the tankmates seem to have anything wrong with them only the p-bass. looking to separate, but with the storm coming i am not going to bother with it. too much going on and depending on the outcome of the storm, maybe i won't have any fish afterward.
Nate_N_Nicole
09-23-2005, 1:54 AM
Whats the temp of your tank? I would keep it at about 85 degrees while you are treating.... Just might help with stress... Peacocks love warm water, especially when there young!!!
GOOD LUCK!!! HE'S A BEAUT!!!!
man , just when i thought i landed a beauty, i think he came down with a fungus right on the mouth. i assume that is what is on his mouth. i can't seem to get a good pic. diesel said they are very suceptible to disease early on. he was right a few days after I got him and this developed. none of the tankmates seem to have anything wrong with them only the p-bass. looking to separate, but with the storm coming i am not going to bother with it. too much going on and depending on the outcome of the storm, maybe i won't have any fish afterward.
Yeah mine had ich awhile back, then they had cloud eye. But all fixed now and there back to 100%
Newest addition to my tanks. Saw it while buying food at LFS and had to have it. How big do these get and what exactly are these. Thanks for any info. Never had any.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/PB.jpg
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/PB21.jpg
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/PB3.jpg
When it gets bigger it's going to eat that conct. :ROFL:
cabouta1
09-23-2005, 10:08 PM
When it gets bigger it's going to eat that conct. :ROFL:
amazingly now, the convict terrorizes the living daylights out of it. I think maybe thats why it has developed some kind of disease or something on the mouth. will try to post a pic, if I can get a good quality one.
Nice looking peacock bass. Let us know if the eyes turn red. Then you defintely have a keeper.
Whats it mean when the eyes are red?
mjuniorc
11-06-2007, 6:38 PM
looks good... any updates??