Showing fish

[dogofwar]

Just bag or bucket the fish with plenty of water, leave them in the bag for as little time as possible... And cover the show tank

Cichlids are tough

 

[F8LBITE]

Yeah I was fortunate enough to hear Frank Cowherd's talk on showing fish and his talk really confirmed that even I could do it.

 

[dogofwar]

a key is to not feed them for 2-3 days prior to the show

You don't want them pooping in the show tank or bag

I still do water changes and add a little polyfilter

 

[DiscusnAfricans]

Yeah I was fortunate enough to hear Frank Cowherd's talk on showing fish and his talk really confirmed that even I could do it.

All right Leeroy, its time to turn in our fish show v-cards and play a little "you show me yours, I'll show you mine."

 

[danger_chicken]

I have a great documentary on coelecanth.

 

[dogofwar]

There's an awesome book on it as well ("A Fish Out of Time"). It's quite a story.

Check out this website: http://www.dinofish.com/

There is footage of live ones...

Matt

PS The actual fish going into the 20g is one of the most primitive new world cichlids. Any guesses?

 

[danger_chicken]

"Fish Out of Time" sounds like the name of the Doc. Some of the video's on that site look fimilar too.

 

[Tony]

That website is awesome. Never seen a video of a live coelecanth. The way they move their fins is crazy. Sort of reminds me of propellers on a submarine.

 

[minifoot77]

their fins look like they have a tail section between the body and the fin.... that is wild anybody have a compression chamber to keep one?