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Mad Duff
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Post by Mad Duff » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:52 am

Just some photos of some of my Emperors :D

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14 loach species bred, which will be next?
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Keith Wolcott
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Post by Keith Wolcott » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:22 am

Your emperors are looking nice. Thanks for posting.
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Post by Bully » Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:49 pm

Drool :D :D :D
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Post by mickthefish » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:00 pm

they still don't do it for me mate, but you have them in great condition.

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Post by Diana » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:06 pm

Those are handsome fish!
What sort of set up are they in? Tank mates?
38 tanks, 2 ponds over 4000 liters of water to keep clean and fresh.

Happy fish keeping!
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Post by piggy4 » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:11 pm

Nice pics Mark , the one in the last pic has got to be a male , it has a longer snout and seems to be sharper in colour ?
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Post by Mad Duff » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:58 pm

Diana wrote:Those are handsome fish!
What sort of set up are they in? Tank mates?
They are in a 7ft - 250 gallon tank with 16 clown loaches, histrionica's, Kubotai's and a few Schistura's. As well as those there are big barbs and rasboras.
piggy4 wrote:Nice pics Mark , the one in the last pic has got to be a male , it has a longer snout and seems to be sharper in colour ?
Yeah definitely the longer nose and at certain times the big fleshy lips do seem to swell and are visibly bigger than normal.
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Mike Ophir
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Post by Mike Ophir » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:50 pm

Awesome Emperors,

I have a group of about 6 that look just like that. Except for one I suspect is an alpha female that is bright golden with jet black markings. Will try to get some photos up this weekend.

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Post by Graeme Robson » Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:47 am

Gorgeous!! 8)
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Post by Doc » Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:54 am

One day I shall own a nice shoal of these.. I swear it. Lovely fish.
So many species of fish yet so little time, space and money to keep them all...
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