Several Pseudochromidae?

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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StringerBell wrote:

In general, if I get fish advertised as tank-raised, does this
significantly
reduce the need to quarantine?

IMO, yes. Tank-raised fish will not be carrying parasites.

Great-----my plan of attack has just become more defined.

I've always had problems with Pseudochomies when I had more then one. I
always found a floater.. I'm down to just one. I went back to my LFS where I
was informed, they dont always get along with each other...
"StringerBell" wrote in message
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"George Patterson" wrote in message
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StringerBell wrote:

In general, if I get fish advertised as tank-raised, does this
significantly
reduce the need to quarantine?

IMO, yes. Tank-raised fish will not be carrying parasites.

Great-----my plan of attack has just become more defined.

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
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I've always had problems with Pseudochomies when I had more then one. I
always found a floater

Really? How big is your tank? What types of Pseudochomies have you had
together?

I have a 75 gal and all were Purple.. they did not work and play well
together..I bought 3 of them and I'm down to one..

"Peter Pan" wrote in message
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I have a 75 gal and all were Purple.. they did not work and play well
together..I bought 3 of them and I'm down to one..

I have a 65. I was thinking of trying 3 different types of Pseudochromis.
Their are a few really cool ones. A few tank-raised ones are available,which
is attractive to me.
I found a bunch of nice ones at good prices here. Some of them seem a
little mellower than others. The Neon one looks amazing---but it sounds like
they are pretty nasty.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=38

The site I mentioned is not so cheap. I guess I must have somehow viewed an
older page of theirs on the internet. All the Pseudochromis were
$28.00----but now the site says $45 :(

the cheapest Purple Fridmani I can find now is $32 at Marine Depot.

http://marinedepotlive.stores.yahoo....dottyback.html

StringerBell wrote:
The site I mentioned is not so cheap. I guess I must have somehow viewed an
older page of theirs on the internet. All the Pseudochromis were
$28.00----but now the site says $45 :(

Well, that's another good argument for buying just one. :-)
The Pseudochromis porphyreus is still only $13, but it's not tank raised.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

StringerBell wrote:

the cheapest Purple Fridmani I can find now is $32 at Marine Depot.

Try http://tinylink.com/?KYS6AcuPMr

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Nope don't do it. They fight each other to the death, even
if they are different kinds.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



StringerBell wrote on 9/13/2006 11:03 PM:
"Peter Pan" wrote in message
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I have a 75 gal and all were Purple.. they did not work and play well
together..I bought 3 of them and I'm down to one..

I have a 65. I was thinking of trying 3 different types of Pseudochromis.
Their are a few really cool ones. A few tank-raised ones are available,which
is attractive to me.
I found a bunch of nice ones at good prices here. Some of them seem a
little mellower than others. The Neon one looks amazing---but it sounds like
they are pretty nasty.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=38

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Nope don't do it. They fight each other to the death, even if they are
different kinds.

How 'bout blue chromis, green chromis, or red firefish? I've seen reports that
these school well.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.