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sonicbob82

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yellow and black parrot fish and a jack dempsey. they swim all over the tank together. they locked lips for a few minutes when i first put the parrot in the tank, and now they are best friends.

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cool beans . . . they look young; how big are they? and what size tank?
 
both about 3" it's a 29 gallon tank. i've only had the parrot for a few days. i talked the pet store down from $22.98 for him to $11.98!! they've had him for about 2 months and nobody bought him so i made the offer and they took it...it's a chain store too...Pet Supplies Plus. the dempsey i got at walmart of all places about 4 months ago...he's doubled in size since and actually he belongs to my roommate who doesn't have a tank to put him at the moment. it think i'm just gonna buy him from my roommate.
 
sonicbob82;3310685; said:
yellow and black parrot fish and a jack dempsey. they swim all over the tank together. they locked lips for a few minutes when i first put the parrot in the tank, and now they are best friends.
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Just FYI those black marks on your parrot fish are bruises. Nothing to be really be concerned about. Comes with the territory.
 
i don't think they are bruises. i actually think they are markings on him. they've been on him from the day the store got him. and i don't think the tail would be bruised, but i'm no expert so please let me know if i'm wrong. i'm gonna put them in a 75 when i move in about a year and a half. i currently have a 55 in my bedroom that has small breed fish in it that i could probably do a swap if they get too big for the 29.
 
i really don't want them to grow too fast though so that's why they are still in the 29.
 
sonicbob82;3311514; said:
i really don't want them to grow too fast though so that's why they are still in the 29.
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OK, but they're gonna grow whether you want 'em to or not; IMO, you're better off planning for that growth than trying to stunt them . . . you might be using that 55G sooner than you think :)
 
yeah, that's kinda what i was thinking. i'm just really worried about the PH shift. the 29 is at 7.8 and the 55 is at 7.0. i dunno, we'll see i guess. i just dropped 3 really nice pieces of slate in the 55. the snails and pleco seem to be loving it!! so i just don't know. maybe i'll trade up...lol. get rid of the 29 and go for another 55 or something. it's just that i live in a mobile home for now and don't know if anywhere else in this place can support a 55 other than where i currently have mine.
 
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