Anyone buying McCulloch's from Live Aquaria
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It's a clown I've always liked but thought I'd never get a chance to own. If I was in the USA I would have snapped up a couple but as it is I'm waiting on my LFS who does bring in some rare and expensive fish to try and get a two for me. How do you plan to house yours ? ie dedicated species tank with E.quadricolour or with other fish etc ? Have yours arrived yet ? Any pictures ?
skoolz
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They should arrive on tuesday, SO excited! Below are the pictures of them I saved from LA, we'll post more when they get settled in.
When we saw on the sneak peak from divers den that they were putting some up for sale, we manned our computers and kept refreshing the site until they popped up, that alone was an exciting afternoon!
The smaller one is 1.25 inches and they other is 1.5 inches. The other ones available were 1 3/8" and 1 5/8". It will be exciting to see these little guys grow up, they will be losing stripes as they go and turning from the yellow to gray/blue in the lips and the tail will turn to white. they are supposed to have striking white when they mature.
We have two 20 gallon quarantine tanks and they will be housed in them for two to three weeks. We plan on removing the divider between the two tanks so they can get used to seeing each other but won't be able to start any tiffs.
From there we will be putting them in a 240 gallon system with a 200 gallon sump. We will introduce them to the new tank together and see how they do. We want to keep them seperate from our other 12-20g tank breeder system since they are precious and need a bit more space due to their size at maturity. Also, they need the temp a little cooler than our other breeding clowns, Mcc's like 78 degrees or so and the other clowns like it in the low 80's.
We read Mr. Blue's thread about how he collected the originals and paired them up etc and are devouring as much information about them as we can. Later, we will divide the 240 tank into thirds for three special pairs of breeders. We are going to use PVC with plastic mesh on each side so the pairs won't be disturbed by each other yet retain the necessary water flow.
We will have anemones in there, we are hoping to propogate them as well. McCulloch's natural nems are bubble tip, and they will have plenty of them to choose from! Also, we might have to add more juveniles to keep them company as this helps to calm them a bit until they pair up, we'll just be taking it one day at a time :spin2:
We have read that they are pretty spunky fellas, so I'm sure that until we get them paired up it will be challenging and there will be stories to tell and many questions to ask! Any help and suggestions offered will be appreciated! There's not too many people with them yet, so we're going to be bumbling in the dark a bit but we will be learning A LOT! Maybe I'll start a thread of our journey :spin1:
Thanks for your interest and if you learn any good tidbits about them feel free to chime in! I think we'll all be raising them together LOL!
When we saw on the sneak peak from divers den that they were putting some up for sale, we manned our computers and kept refreshing the site until they popped up, that alone was an exciting afternoon!
The smaller one is 1.25 inches and they other is 1.5 inches. The other ones available were 1 3/8" and 1 5/8". It will be exciting to see these little guys grow up, they will be losing stripes as they go and turning from the yellow to gray/blue in the lips and the tail will turn to white. they are supposed to have striking white when they mature.
We have two 20 gallon quarantine tanks and they will be housed in them for two to three weeks. We plan on removing the divider between the two tanks so they can get used to seeing each other but won't be able to start any tiffs.
From there we will be putting them in a 240 gallon system with a 200 gallon sump. We will introduce them to the new tank together and see how they do. We want to keep them seperate from our other 12-20g tank breeder system since they are precious and need a bit more space due to their size at maturity. Also, they need the temp a little cooler than our other breeding clowns, Mcc's like 78 degrees or so and the other clowns like it in the low 80's.
We read Mr. Blue's thread about how he collected the originals and paired them up etc and are devouring as much information about them as we can. Later, we will divide the 240 tank into thirds for three special pairs of breeders. We are going to use PVC with plastic mesh on each side so the pairs won't be disturbed by each other yet retain the necessary water flow.
We will have anemones in there, we are hoping to propogate them as well. McCulloch's natural nems are bubble tip, and they will have plenty of them to choose from! Also, we might have to add more juveniles to keep them company as this helps to calm them a bit until they pair up, we'll just be taking it one day at a time :spin2:
We have read that they are pretty spunky fellas, so I'm sure that until we get them paired up it will be challenging and there will be stories to tell and many questions to ask! Any help and suggestions offered will be appreciated! There's not too many people with them yet, so we're going to be bumbling in the dark a bit but we will be learning A LOT! Maybe I'll start a thread of our journey :spin1:
Thanks for your interest and if you learn any good tidbits about them feel free to chime in! I think we'll all be raising them together LOL!
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skoolz
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Thank you for the tips and keep them coming!!!
Yes, thanks. I've pointed him in the right direction and he's made an inquiry. I and he are now just waiting for a response. As ORA seem to have a reciprocal arrangement with LA and LA are retailers I'm not sure how my LFS is going to try and work this but a reply from LA will be a start.
skoolz
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I lost the cord that goes from my camera to my computer so I ordered another. Unfortunately it seems to be on the slowest boat from china LOL. As soon as it arrives I'll post the pictures I took of them.
We initially had them in seperate QT tanks but they could see each other. We then decided to put them in the same tank after an hour (we thought they might antagonize each other more thru the glass). They are actually doing great! I had heard the horror stories of trying to get them to accept each other but I think since they are tiny and not wild caught adults they are more civil.
The bigger one chases the smaller occasionally and nipped a bit at his pelvic fin the first day but other than that so far so good! His little fin was a bit ragged but it has already repaired. They are aggressive eaters though I must say, kinda piranha like LOL. They do swim better than perc and ocellaris clowns, they are quite zippy. They are really cute too!
We initially had them in seperate QT tanks but they could see each other. We then decided to put them in the same tank after an hour (we thought they might antagonize each other more thru the glass). They are actually doing great! I had heard the horror stories of trying to get them to accept each other but I think since they are tiny and not wild caught adults they are more civil.
The bigger one chases the smaller occasionally and nipped a bit at his pelvic fin the first day but other than that so far so good! His little fin was a bit ragged but it has already repaired. They are aggressive eaters though I must say, kinda piranha like LOL. They do swim better than perc and ocellaris clowns, they are quite zippy. They are really cute too!
Nicholas41
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Live aquaria has an ORA tank raised one for sale in the divers den! First one I've ever seen for sale personally. Good looking clown!
TampaCoral
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Well what happened? Dies to know how it is going!
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