Posts : 29 Join date : 2008-04-20 Age : 37 Location : Brisbane,Australia
Subject: OB(Orange blotched) Zebra Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:28 pm
Ok,firstly i want to expelle the wives tale that OB fish don't breed,it's complete rubbish.They breed fine,sometimes prolifically.It is true that OB fish are hybrids,but they are found in the wild and if it wasn't suppose to happen it wouldn't have.Our OB's live in our 5 foot x 2 x2.5 community tank.
khaki
Posts : 84 Join date : 2008-04-19 Age : 32 Location : Westminster CA
Well i suppose it would look nice with black pebbles, but we wanted to go for a more natural look. Besides they draw enough attention chasing each other around the tank like little monsters lol
These are one of my fav fish.U can can add black stones with a darker background and add a few plastic plants.That way the colour of the fish will be more vibrant and the plastic plants will not hamper your ph level.
This video will help you set up the tank.
Breninoz
Posts : 29 Join date : 2008-04-20 Age : 37 Location : Brisbane,Australia
Yeah,we are thinking of putting plastic plants in that tank.They will most likely be destroyed though because our africans live in with the jack dempsey's , and she seems to like to wreck things,but then again we are thinking of swapping it all around and putting : 3 polleni,3 frontosa,4 juvi frontosa,2 jack dempseys in the one tank,its a very large tank,180 gallons or so.
So the OB's may end up in a species/breeding tank of their own soon.
MaLawi MaD
Posts : 4 Join date : 2008-05-05 Age : 32 Location : United Kingdom
Subject: Re: OB(Orange blotched) Zebra Tue May 06, 2008 6:34 am
I have a breeding trio of these and after a while the male turns an ice white colour with pinky blotches/stripes beautiful fish.. This is mine:
MaLawi MaD
Posts : 4 Join date : 2008-05-05 Age : 32 Location : United Kingdom
Subject: Re: OB(Orange blotched) Zebra Tue May 06, 2008 6:37 am
MaLawi MaD wrote:
I have a breeding trio of these and after a while the male turns an ice white colour with pinky blotches/stripes beautiful fish.. This is mine: Male:
Female:
ddyerfamily
Posts : 69 Join date : 2008-04-19 Age : 49 Location : Ohio,U.S.A.
Subject: Re: OB(Orange blotched) Zebra Tue May 06, 2008 9:18 am
Now those are some beautiful fish.
Very interesting colors and patterns.
Makes me want some
MaLawi MaD
Posts : 4 Join date : 2008-05-05 Age : 32 Location : United Kingdom
Subject: Re: OB(Orange blotched) Zebra Wed May 07, 2008 10:42 am
ddyerfamily wrote:
Now those are some beautiful fish.
Very interesting colors and patterns.
Makes me want some
Thanks they are beautiful fish
Breninoz
Posts : 29 Join date : 2008-04-20 Age : 37 Location : Brisbane,Australia
Subject: Re: OB(Orange blotched) Zebra Fri May 09, 2008 6:46 am
yeah ,our dom male has the icy shine.
they aren't in the main tank anymore, we moved houses so they went into a breeding tank of their own.
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