FINALLy got a Venustus

[spas]

Hey Steve,

I also recommend getting all of the ones you have listed!

I have all of the below and many more rare predator haps in my 265.  For these guys to get along in the long run it is a good idea to overstock to calm the aggression.

Here is a link to my tank:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4z0VGZQyxo


Take Care,
Steve

There's actually a few I'm considering getting from them hopefully after Christmas when I can free up some more funds.

Nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus 5.5"-6" $65
Dimidiochromis compressiceps 4.5" $49
Nimbochromis livingstoni 6" $55

And a Aristochromis christyi but they only have a 3" one of those on hand for $20 at the moment.

[Steve]

You got some great looking haps in there How many total do you have in the 265 in the video? Is your 265 same dimensions as mine 84"x24"x30" ?

[Motorcity7.3]

WOW! jealous,i have been trying to find one forever!!!!

[Steve]

WOW! jealous,i have been trying to find one forever!!!!

Go up to the Aquarium Shop in Royal Oak ASAP then. I was just up there about 4 hours ago and they have another one that is between 6"- 7" with really nice colors and perfect shape fins ($39.99)

[Sean]

The aquarium shop almost always has some nice mature males of something. So does royal tropical, but theyre priced wayyyyyy too high for me. Last time I was in the aquarium shop I picked up some nice albino Bengas and an albino Taiwan reef.

[Steve]

Did you get that albino Taiwan reef pretty recently? Just wondered if it was the one in the top corner tank on the back wall that I was looking at a few times about 4-6 weeks ago. He was a good looking fish 

[Sean]

I got it about a week ago, they had a bunch of 2" juvies i go one that was what they thought was a young male but after getting it home im mot sure that it is. the sunshines were the same size but the one I got is almost definitely male

[Steve]

Ah okay, I saw the juvies too, they were nice looking as well.

[Sean]

I didn't see a big male in there. I originally went in looking for lightbulbs and got sidetracked by those guys. I may go back and pik up a couple more just to ensure I get a male

[Steve]

I didn't see him today when I was there so he may be gone now but they did have a male and female albino Taiwan reef about a month or so ago. The male was around 4".

[Sean]

I wish I had Gone in there sooner then lol. This was the first time I've been in there in a while.

[four_by_ken]

I need to go to The Aquarium Shop when you guys go. 

Whenever I am there, the selection is minimal and what they have is not very impressive.

[Sean]

they had some pretty cool stuff last time. white calvus, albino benga, albino taiwans, big cyrtocara moorii, nice big lemon jake, yellow blaze pair

[Maize-N-Blue-D]

I need to go to The Aquarium Shop when you guys go. 

Whenever I am there, the selection is minimal and what they have is not very impressive.

LOL - I believe they get thier shipments in on Thursdays,  so I try to stop by on Friday...Might want to keep this in mind ...

[Steve]

I need to go to The Aquarium Shop when you guys go. 

Whenever I am there, the selection is minimal and what they have is not very impressive.

LOL - I believe they get thier shipments in on Thursdays,  so I try to stop by on Friday...Might want to keep this in mind ...

Yep Ken you have to either go right after a shipment, or get lucky and stop in right after someone trades in a good fish. They get African shipments about every other week on Thursday evenings and most the locals know it and will be there first thing Friday morning so if you don't get there by early on a Friday after they get a shipment then you will miss seeing at least 50% of what actually came in. Since I only live less than a mile from them I usually stop in at least 2-3 times per week so I am able to snag some of my fish right after someone drops off a trade in/too big a fish etc etc so that works out well for me.

Right now their selection is not as good as usual because the last shipment of Africans which they had come in about 2 weeks ago got stuck at the airport for over 72 hrs due to that big snow storm we had. I stopped in as Mike was unloading the fish and at least 75% of them were dead because they were stuck in the cold storage for 3 days in Chicago.