Re: Females in a community?

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:20 pm

BNs vary in price alot. Theres one shop i got to that sells them at £5 for ones 2-3" where as another shop sells them at 1" for £8. £10 does sound on the expensive side though.
Was the catfish one of these?
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If it was it will grow as tall as you. They can get over 6' long.

by **Nataliey** on Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:21 pm

Time-Out wrote:Sounds expensive for BNs. I got my two adults for £2 each.

REALLY...thats a lot cheaper than the ones i saw today!!

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:42 pm

Time-Out wrote:Sounds expensive for BNs. I got my two adults for £2 each.

£2 each

Was it from a shop or a breeder? Wish i could find them at that much. Im not complaining though because they cost more around here it means i get £2.49 for 1" bn fry

by **Nataliey** on Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:23 pm

kizno1 wrote:BNs vary in price alot. Theres one shop i got to that sells them at £5 for ones 2-3" where as another shop sells them at 1" for £8. £10 does sound on the expensive side though.
Was the catfish one of these?
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If it was it will grow as tall as you. They can get over 6' long.

Dont think so it looked more silver and thinner than that one it might have been though...i just remember it was a catfish! lol!

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:35 pm

Nataliey wrote:
kizno1 wrote:BNs vary in price alot. Theres one shop i got to that sells them at £5 for ones 2-3" where as another shop sells them at 1" for £8. £10 does sound on the expensive side though.
Was the catfish one of these?
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If it was it will grow as tall as you. They can get over 6' long.

Dont think so it looked more silver and thinner than that one it might have been though...i just remember it was a catfish! lol!

Fair enough. If you see anything with that sort of shape stay clear of them the hole of that family of fish will get over 1meter.

by **Nataliey** on Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:37 pm

Oh okay, thank you...dont think i would get one just liked the shimmery silver colour...into looking for a BN.

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:42 pm

fair enough. Are you just going for 1BN or do you think you will get a pair? It might be worth looking for a breeder because if there £10 each you might be able to find a breeder that sells them for alot cheaper so if you buy a few it would work out alot cheaper. Plus if you buy a few and grow them up if there quite expensive near you you might be able to get a good price for selling them.

by **kizno1** on Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:15 pm

You could try and go for a Asian biotope

with things like
bottom dwellers
Acrochordonichthys rugosus
Pseudomystus siamensi
Hara jerdoni
Mystus bimaculatus
Pangio kuhlii (Kuhli Loach)

mid dwellers
Harlequin rasbora
glowlight rasbora
copper rasbora
well any rasbora
cherry barbs
gold barbs
rosy barbs
barbs can be a little weird sometimes some can be nippy but others are fine.

Theres quite a few more but there all i can think of.

by **kizno1** on Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:39 pm

I just noticed this
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If you want to make the tank a little more interesting you could try it but instead of the gourami use bettas. And a lid or they will jump.

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** on Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:03 pm

I have a 40g with 6 female bettas, a pair of Rainbow Fish, Red Phantom & Xray Tetras, Peacock gobies and loads of cories. All seem to get along fine Very Happy