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I think that is a good idea as well. Make sure to pass along your info to Red Deer's local pet stores and Olds because they rarely take in surrendered fish and are responsible for alot of needless flushing of babies and healthly adults that outgrown their tanks...I am sure of it!!!

hello everyone!

some of you may know me on here already but let me introduce myself officially. My name is Amy and I am from Red Deer. I am a fish addict... HA!

over the last couple years i have personally rescued many fish that were unwanted or were not being taken care of properly. Candice and I have seen a need for a fish rescue for a while but have decided that this is a good time as any to start one officially. Currently we are working with a animal rescue, who is helping us set up our rescue organization an providing what limited space she can spare. Our goal is to rescue and rehome fish that are being abused or are unwanted or are a "problem" fish (beating up the prize gouramis).

We are just getting equipment together right now (between us we have a number of unused tanks), setting up and cycling the empty tanks. we are looking for donations of tanks, heaters, filters, lights, substrate (no we dont care what color... clown puke axcepted :smokey: )air bubblers, fish food, and medications. When we rescue a fish we may have to pay for the fish so we are asking that if you are to adopt a fish you make a minimum donation of 10$ or donate some eqipment you are not using as long as it is acceptable.

We think this is a need due to the plethora of fish that are "flushed" or destroyed because there is no other option. I will be in charge of Red Deer and Area, and also Calgary. we cant take a bunch of fish just yet but we want to put our selves out there and see what type of response there is in our local fish communities. we know it is going to be alot of work but there is always people looking for a fish that some one doesnt want. so instead of buying a baby fish why not rescue a fish that is a little larger then what you would get at a LFS.

we will be setting up a proper e-mail address and paypal account under our chosen name (when we choose one) so if you want to make a donation online you can.

Thank you for putting up with my rambling.

Amy

forgot to mention water conditioner gunna need alot of that. Prime prefered.

I just posted a pic in the 'member tank' link in photography... fish are alittle blurry but you can see the color range

Pretty diverse! I bet it looks awesome though!

Only 5 months .... Great Job, alot of thought and work went into your planted tank for sure. Here is my tank. I am still trying to be a better photographer,lol. PS... this is a way better way for people to see the members tanks (all in one link), my suggestion is that if you want to comment on the pics you must include a photo of your tank when you do so,that way... it still stays all pics.

This is my new to me 60 gal tank bin up for about 5 months now hope you like it

I am always trying to keep it all male mixed mbunas and peacocks(various sizes for appeal) ( I am very picky trying to find the very best coloration and overall look of them too)... I did recently have another accident with a female ob peacock holding but the dad is a stunner so its ok i guess,lol As for the list, I love my fish so I will be happy to share what I think makes a colorful tank and would love to share many pics, but I really am bad at getting a clear pic (I have tryed over and over)

mbunas:

2 cobalt blue

2 red zebra

2 electric yellow

2 lab. travs (both dark blues) + one ob female

1 brownish red fulleborni

1 juvenille demonsai (kept one baby from an earlier accident to see the results and then gave parents to mom)

1 kenyi

peacocks/others:

3 dolphins

1 6 strip front

2 ruby reds

5 albinos (two obs (dark pink and yellow), other colors ( yellow and nude)

3 obs, one red, one yellow + the female

1 female girrafe venustus (great color less aggression)

1 sunshine orange

1 sunshine yellow

1 red empress

1 yellow regal

1 blue regal

1 strawberry ob hybred

1 strawberry

plus a few other really nice males that I haven't been able to identify.

looks beautiful, love the low lighting natural look!

What all occupies the tank?

Thank-you again for delivering the ob on your way up to Edmonton today... very nice healthy fish (great addition to my tank!)

Jodi

I just remembered there is a picture of the O.B.'s brother in one of Jorgs photo sites. They have a nice reddish body with a blue face over the bloching pattern. I wasn't able to get a new picture sorry.

Sounds good, I would love a pic when you get the chance. I can not add a front that big to my tank as my mom's is that size and goes after anything smaller in his territory so I want to keep my tank peaceful. I'll waite to hear from you then. Have a great night.

Yes I still have the peacock male but no photo. I'll ask my friend to take a picture next time he is over.

I'm going to post the last of my fronts today or tomorrow - been selling them to make room. Sorry I don't have any males of any kind that small - smallest would be a wild caught mpimbwe about 7".

Hello.

Do you still have the 'one strawberry ob' off your african list that is pinned? If so, can you pm me a photo... I have one of that type already and love it. I am also looking for a "really nice" around 4" male front?

This is an open thread for posting such things as questions, hold list requests, can I find a specific fish requests, etc.

Sounds good, I would love a pic when you get the chance. I can not add a front that big to my tank as my mom's is that size and goes after anything smaller in his territory so I want to keep my tank peaceful. I'll waite to hear from you then. Have a great night.

Yes I still have the peacock male but no photo. I'll ask my friend to take a picture next time he is over.

I'm going to post the last of my fronts today or tomorrow - been selling them to make room. Sorry I don't have any males of any kind that small - smallest would be a wild caught mpimbwe about 7".

Hello.

Do you still have the 'one strawberry ob' off your african list that is pinned? If so, can you pm me a photo... I have one of that type already and love it. I am also looking for a "really nice" around 4" male front?

This is an open thread for posting such things as questions, hold list requests, can I find a specific fish requests, etc.

Hello.

Do you still have the 'one strawberry ob' off your african list that is pinned? If so, can you pm me a photo... I have one of that type already and love it. I am also looking for a "really nice" around 4" male front?

This is an open thread for posting such things as questions, hold list requests, can I find a specific fish requests, etc.

I had fun picking out that wood from a huge box in Big Al's Calgary.... it is terranium wood not drift wood sold for $23 a piece, and I weighted in down by screwing suction cups from the bath isle in the dollar store to the bottoms (that only took about a month to be saturated enough to remove the cups)! I added dollar store plastic plants to the ends of the back branches to make them look like trees (they already have a wire in them so I just wrapped them around the branch). Big Al's in Edmonton will carry the same stock wood.

Very nice those are some awesome lookin pieces of wood. I'm jealous :P

Do you know what kind of wood that is?

Just upgraded from my old 60gal. Bought this 120 from a really nice member from Calgary. My fish are as happy as me... I got to redecorate and they all love the extra space to swim around in! Hope you all like my tank design!

I agree with overstocking to achieve multi level swimmers! I have mbunas, peacocks and a hap (all male for best color). They swim top to bottom and my hidding spots are at either end of the tank so that I can see them all in the middle!

I don't want to add sting to your wound either, but I have bought fish from Calgary and drove around for hours with them in a piecespet store thermal bag with no chemicals and then returned home making it over 4hours back to Innisfail with nothing extra except asking them to reduce the water and fill the bag with alot of oxygen ratio about 3/8 water/air? I do not buy large fish either. It is aweful having no great pet stores in Central Alberta too! Sorry for your loss.

Hello all! Does anyone know the time frame I am looking at the keep my driftwood wet and to stop floating? I have rocks holding it down as of yesurday.

Hahaa... I clean my own too, but if I had the funds to install a huge wall tank I would leave it up to professionals because I already hate reaching way down into the tank with my whole arm to clean the gravel.

I don't think too many ppl here have their tanks cleaned by pros. If they do they have too much money. And ifs that's the case than they should give me some. Haha

Thank-you. I am definatly a fan of this tank design and the bowfront... although I would choose a custom built in wall aquarium any day if the cost of having them professionly cleaned wasn't soo high per month,lol.

Nice Tank!, Love the shape!

I am not ever looking at getting babies in my tank soo I am all for hybreds if they are beautiful... so next time you get fry from your peacock female, grow them out and I will buy one of the males when they color up,lol!

You never know it could even be a hybrid unless you know for sure from the breeder. You say you want an all male tank which is cool. I have one (90gal) except 1 female red peacock. Everything was fine for over a year but then last weekend whendoing some cleaning I noticed a baby swimming around ......now I know who the mother is , but not the father........I am hoping it is the sunburstpeacock. Since then i have seen 3 total. Even though they are hybrids they might be nice. One little girl and the party begins ....go figure.

Thank-you, that helps alittle as I am going for a male only tank, just want to know the name...look them up and avoid the females if they have different colorings.

idk, but it's male

New member... I live in Innisfail. I hate driving all the way to Calgary and Edmonton for unique and good looking africans. My tank is all male and I love a variety of color which is why the pet stores in Red Deer drive me crazy with all the same common cichlids and if something new comes in they are fry size due to a no trade in policy? Love to meet the central alberta cichlid lovers.

I have no idea which one this is... the color to the eye is a fair tangerine?

Hi Doug.

I used to buy fish from you (me and my mother when we lived in Maple Ridge. We are both in Innisfail, AB now... but still love cichlids and remember your beautiful octagon full of parrots! Neat to see people from BC I have met on here as well. Jodi

Im from the Coquitlam area, right be side our biggest shopping center lol. Im like you have travel BC from one end to the other and only once made a trip to Calgary beautiful City I like all the room there !

I have recently upgraded my starter 25gal bowfront to this one for my all-male mixed mbuna/peacocks (very happy fish now!) I have had different fish over the years, but love these guys the best for color and variety.