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koolaid68
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 | | Subject: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:33 am | |
| yesterday i went thru the process of tearing down my 75 gal. and transferring everything over to my new 180 gal. tank. while moving my lava rocks i found a great surprise. i had Leleupi fry. 6 of them. they were still so young they were black. 1 of them is starting to turn a little yellow. i didnt even know that i had a mating pair. the fry i have placed in a 10 gallon tank till they get some size to them. |
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jenbubs
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Location: va beach
| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:59 am | |
| Yay:) best surprise ever.
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Flippercon
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| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:10 am | |
| Congratulations on the new additions! |
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Ben
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Location: Richmond, VA
| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:04 am | |
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Deb
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| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:24 pm | |
| That's exciting! Good luck with your fry. 
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koolaid68
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Location: Hampton, Va.
| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:41 pm | |
| thanks everybody... so far they are doing pretty good with some other fry that i got my hands on a few weeks earlier from a kool dude that i just met.... _________________  This is the place where fish lovers brain storm, share pics, and talk about fish  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEd9pbj9MGY |
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Donald
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Join date: 2012-05-18
Location: Midlothian, VA
| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:44 pm | |
| You still have them? If so, how are they doing?
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koolaid68
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Location: Hampton, Va.
| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:56 pm | |
| Yes I still have them. 4-6 of them. they stay around the rocks. I have seen 1 Rusty fry and 1 Electric Blue fry too. They are all growing nicely. Thanks for asking.... _________________ This is the place where fish lovers brain storm, share pics, and talk about fish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEd9pbj9MGY |
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bigvince
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Join date: 2012-04-16
Location: south side richmond
| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:38 am | |
| congrats on your fry _________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do  http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoKBax29UJwqyzr6VNGVbBA?feature=mhee |
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koolaid68
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Location: Hampton, Va.
| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:59 pm | |
| Thanks bigvinvce!!! _________________ This is the place where fish lovers brain storm, share pics, and talk about fish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEd9pbj9MGY |
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Liz
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Location: Glen Allen, VA
| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:30 am | |
| That's fabulous!
One thing that affects leleupi color is the substrate and rock surroundings - if it is darker, the fish will be darker, so the babies were just trying to blend into the lava rock. So cool!
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Donald
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Location: Midlothian, VA
| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:52 pm | |
| I read somewhere that they need iodine in their diet/water to prevent goiter. Can anybody verify that?
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Liz
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| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:14 pm | |
| I think there are trace amounts of iodine in Lake Tanganyika. I've never lost a Tang cichlid or treated one for goiter, or any other ailment, for that matter. I think if the tap water is relatively hard, or is made hard by a cichlid buffer mixture, you'd be fine. Iodized salt can be used instead of aquarium salt, but for Tanganyikans only.
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Donald
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| | Subject: Re: Leleupi FRY!!!! Thu Jun 28, 2012 3:22 pm | |
| Thanks. There is a wealth of knowledge on these boards.
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