Hi,
I'm trying to balance my tanks out and would like to make room to move some fish. I'm not looking to sell these, just want them to go to a good home with someone who wants to keep this species. Please don't ask for them if you are just going to resell them, etc.
I have a group of 5 Platytaeniodus sp. "red tail sheller", which are a CARES species from lake Victoria. They were formerly designated as Haplochromis I believe. I'm pretty sure it is 3 males and 2 females and the larger female has held at least once although I didn't strip them so any fry have disappeared. The second fish I think is a female may turn out to be a male, since it is smaller and is a bit harder to tell for sure with these since the females do have some color in their fins, etc. They are moluscovores in nature, but eat just about anything. I also toss any snails that build up in other tanks in and they disappear. Right now they are in a 40 breeder and there is a good bit of squabbling, but no outright mayhem and murder. These are from Christine, so you may be able to talk to her about buying some more females.
One lone Black Calvus about 1" long. Gender unknown. This is only available after the shellers are gone.
One Corydoras Leapardus. This was in a mixed group of Cories that came in and is a neat fish. Sort of like a C. Trilineatus, but long snouted. I'm 86.3% sure of the ID, but with Cories without a type locality, who knows. I've decided he (or she) is a likely egg eater if I keep it with any of my groups, so it needs to find a new loving home.
I also have a couple of pond plants, including some baby tropical water lilies, some medium dwarf white waterlilies (I'll just pull a tuber out of the pond for you to plant) from my Hermine mother plant, a couple of pickerel rush and one rare pygmy water lily called Robertsonia that should be red but has never flowered for me most likely since it doesn't have enough sun since it only gets 3-4 hours in my pond.
And if you are interested, I am also reducing the number of potted fruit trees (you can put them in the ground if you want) including smaller fig trees and some native plums and possibly a pomegranate. The pomegranate would have to stay in a pot and be stored in a unheated garage or other while dormant.
I'm really hoping someone interested in any of the above is also planning to go to the barbecue so I can send along some stuff I was saving for other folks. I'm in Arlington, VA and unable to travel to drop any of this off, so you will need to come here.
I'm trying to balance my tanks out and would like to make room to move some fish. I'm not looking to sell these, just want them to go to a good home with someone who wants to keep this species. Please don't ask for them if you are just going to resell them, etc.
I have a group of 5 Platytaeniodus sp. "red tail sheller", which are a CARES species from lake Victoria. They were formerly designated as Haplochromis I believe. I'm pretty sure it is 3 males and 2 females and the larger female has held at least once although I didn't strip them so any fry have disappeared. The second fish I think is a female may turn out to be a male, since it is smaller and is a bit harder to tell for sure with these since the females do have some color in their fins, etc. They are moluscovores in nature, but eat just about anything. I also toss any snails that build up in other tanks in and they disappear. Right now they are in a 40 breeder and there is a good bit of squabbling, but no outright mayhem and murder. These are from Christine, so you may be able to talk to her about buying some more females.
One lone Black Calvus about 1" long. Gender unknown. This is only available after the shellers are gone.
One Corydoras Leapardus. This was in a mixed group of Cories that came in and is a neat fish. Sort of like a C. Trilineatus, but long snouted. I'm 86.3% sure of the ID, but with Cories without a type locality, who knows. I've decided he (or she) is a likely egg eater if I keep it with any of my groups, so it needs to find a new loving home.
I also have a couple of pond plants, including some baby tropical water lilies, some medium dwarf white waterlilies (I'll just pull a tuber out of the pond for you to plant) from my Hermine mother plant, a couple of pickerel rush and one rare pygmy water lily called Robertsonia that should be red but has never flowered for me most likely since it doesn't have enough sun since it only gets 3-4 hours in my pond.
And if you are interested, I am also reducing the number of potted fruit trees (you can put them in the ground if you want) including smaller fig trees and some native plums and possibly a pomegranate. The pomegranate would have to stay in a pot and be stored in a unheated garage or other while dormant.
I'm really hoping someone interested in any of the above is also planning to go to the barbecue so I can send along some stuff I was saving for other folks. I'm in Arlington, VA and unable to travel to drop any of this off, so you will need to come here.
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