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Offline OCP

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Tiger Pleco
« on: July 08, 2005, 12:39:19 PM »
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2005, 07:55:57 PM »
Ummm, no but it's very nice! :)
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2005, 10:15:45 AM »
Got cornfused.  See it was a Zebra that was being talked about.  Thought I had found a good deal for someone.  I would get one of the Tigers if I had the room.

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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2005, 10:48:28 AM »
Y'OCP it was me.

but it was Zebra I'm lookin into. yes that would be an outstanding deal on a zebra plec, thks for the thought  ;)

and N'OCP, u have no room for another plec right now soldier   :D   

thks again for the heads up on that OCP, appreciate it.
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2005, 05:52:33 AM »
By the way chopper I like the mix you have in your 55gal. O0Others will say itsd overstocked, but we all know it depends on the tempermant of the individual fish.
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2005, 07:54:04 AM »
I'm trying to get rid of my GIANT gol spot if anyone wants it. I could paint it black and white and call it a Zebra if you want it  ;)
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2005, 12:55:49 PM »
Giant?  how big makes one a giant?  just wondering and do you have a pic of that one? 
I'm just being nosy, since I don't think it would make the trip across the pond very well. 

But rumor has it that someone IS in the market for some larger varieties of 'clean up fish' around here. :D
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2005, 01:39:26 PM »
  :-[ sorry my gold spot is 8" and my pleco is huge (i got mixed up). She is 5 years old soon so i will have to get her a present. I will get a pic of both if you like? I have been trying to take pics of my Dovii and jags but the Dovii hate me and the jags hate the camera. My shopvelnose seems to smile for the camera though  ;D
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2005, 09:23:53 AM »
Quote from: mrbigfish on July 11, 2005, 05:52:33 AM
By the way chopper I like the mix you have in your 55gal. O0Others will say itsd overstocked, but we all know it depends on the tempermant of the individual fish.
I'd have to disagree  with you on this one Mrbigfish, he is over stocked. Despite the temperament of the fish, he has too many big guns in there and when you have a situation like that, it can only cause harm in the future, with those big guys all in a 55 gallon. ???
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2005, 08:39:03 AM »
Dan that's why I like Philly folks  O0 we are opiniated  ;D Chopper's probably getting a bigger tank as we speak :)
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2005, 09:01:12 AM »
 ;D  ;D Man I almost went for a 200 but I just do not have the room.  Glad I have a concrete slab so weight on the floor is not an issue.  Pick up the 100 tomorrow and then have to build the stand and get the tank ready for the fish transfer.  30 years ago you would set up a tank and when the temp. and PH were ok you put the fish in.  No waiting for cycles or anything and seldom had a problem.  I have to stop going to the LFS and looking at the fancy Disk they have.  Got the bug bad but that means another tank.  :D
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2005, 09:45:28 AM »
Funny you should mention "just threw the fish in and never had a problem".  When i started in college i knew nothing about fish and the lfs didn't do education unless you asked a specific question.  When you know nothing, you certainly don't know what questions to ask. :-[  I never lost a fish though to an uncycled tank but that's mostly through dumb luck.  When i started i was told to do water changes every week (and back then that was considered overkill if you asked the lfs people) and i always started with a very understocked tank which is rare with newbies.   :o  Funny how things have changed.  For the better admittedly ;) but it is funny how attitudes and what is considered "the right thing to do" can change over time with increased knowledge/understanding of the hobby. 

Back then i was told that you didn't have to clean the tank more than once per month and that undergravel filters were the most efficient filters you could have with the same confidence that would be expressed today if we said do weekly water changes and stay away from UGF for cichlids. :D 
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2005, 10:03:59 AM »
Yea Joe it is like learning all over agin.  The more I read and spend time on the internet I wonder how I ever successfully raised and bred a lot of fish when I was young.  Never did water changes.  Didn't know about it.  Had minimal filtration because that was all that was available.  Like they say, ignorance is bliss.  :P  Seemed the biggest problems you could have was over feeding, Ick and a heater screwing up and boiling your tank.  Need to know a lot more now but then there is a much larger variety of fish available and each comes with a set of requirements for happiness.

It's fun learning again. ;) 
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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2005, 10:07:53 AM »
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Back then i was told that you didn't have to clean the tank more than once per month and that undergravel filters were the most efficient filters

I too remember those days.  1992 to be exact.  :)  Funny how much things change in a decade.
um.  er.  I mean, I'm too young to remember when anyone would have suggested such a strange thing.  :(

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Re: Tiger Pleco
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2005, 10:11:29 AM »
 :)  :)  :)  I was talking about the beginning of the 70's when I got back from Nam.  Lady I don't think you were around then  ;D
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