Need help pleasing wife

briandmiles · 09-22-2006, 05:28 PM

I'm hoping that the somewhat racey title will get enough peoples attention and I can get some good ideas to solve a problem of mine (not that problem!). Here is my problem.

I've just redone my tank and confirmed something that I had suspected for about a month now, all of my cherry shrimp are gone. Back in March I bought 2 pair of German Blue Rams and placed them in my HEAVILY planted 29g community tank. Over the course of 3 months, as I expected, the cherry shrimp population really slowed down but I could always spot varying sizes of shrimp in the tank- so they were breeding. During that same 3 months my population of GBR's dropped to 1. Then for the next month or two I saw fewer and fewer shrimp and then none. I have seen the last GBR hunting down and eating shrimp but doubt he could have got them all is such a densly packed tank.

So, my wife really liked the shrimp (and generally hates animals so that's saying a lot) and would like to get rid of the "Bully" as she likes to call the Ram.

Here's the meat of my request for help. I need suggestions for fish, probably 2-3, that I can use as a centerpiece fish in a 29g planted aquarium that would have a hard time eating adult cherry shrimp. Any Ideas?

Thanks in advance

Brian

esarkipato · 09-22-2006, 05:51 PM

how 'bout a school of hatchets? Or African butterflyfish? Notice, I'm suggesting fish that hang out at the top of the tank.

Sorry, every other fish I can think of would easily snack on an adult cherry

tazcrash69 · 09-22-2006, 06:01 PM

instead of a couple of fish, why not a small school of fish as your showcase?
maybe 15 Cardinals, or 10 Rummy nose?

briandmiles · 09-22-2006, 06:43 PM

I should have put into my original post what I've got left in the tank. Currently I've got a school of neon tetras about 11 of them, a growing community of Endlers (the ram doesn't even notice the fry) 2 ottos and one zebra danio. Hope this helps with suggestions.

Brian

cbennett · 09-22-2006, 07:23 PM

i guess you need something that preferably stays to the top, is big enough to be a centerpiece fish but small enough that it won't eat cherries. Here are my suggestions:

1. Badis badis?

2. Threadfin rainbows, furcata rainbows

3. pencilfish

**TAF CAF** · 09-22-2006, 07:31 PM

Well... if your household is anything like mine.......

The answer is simple.... Keep your big tank just like it is...

and set up an awsome little 5 or 10 gal tank for your wife and stock her up with some cherries, and for her birthday, get her a few Crystal Reds.

I have a little set up like that on my night stand, and I love to go to sleep watching the little cherries by the light of a moon glo lamp.

**SuRje1976** · 09-22-2006, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TAF CAF

The answer is simple.... Keep your big tank just like it is...

and set up an awsome little 5 or 10 gal tank for your wife and stock her up with some cherries

Wow - that is hilarious. I just finished doing exactly that for my wife.

**TAF CAF** · 09-22-2006, 08:06 PM

See.... wisdom has spoken! LOL

esarkipato · 09-22-2006, 08:47 PM

Quote:

set up an awsome little 5 or 10 gal tank for your wife and stock her up with some cherries

funny, my wife wants me to dissasemble my new 7g cherry tank that I set up for my own birthday

**TAF CAF** · 09-22-2006, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by esarkipato

funny, my wife wants me to dissasemble my new 7g cherry tank that I set up for my own birthday

Of course... you should have set it up for HER birthday.

LS6 Tommy · 09-25-2006, 08:30 PM

It's a good thing we all seem to be able to hold back on responding to an "open door" title like that...

Tommy

09-22-2006, 05:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
briandmiles Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (17) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 526	Need help pleasing wife I'm hoping that the somewhat racey title will get enough peoples attention and I can get some good ideas to solve a problem of mine (not that problem!). Here is my problem. I've just redone my tank and confirmed something that I had suspected for about a month now, all of my cherry shrimp are gone. Back in March I bought 2 pair of German Blue Rams and placed them in my HEAVILY planted 29g community tank. Over the course of 3 months, as I expected, the cherry shrimp population really slowed down but I could always spot varying sizes of shrimp in the tank- so they were breeding. During that same 3 months my population of GBR's dropped to 1. Then for the next month or two I saw fewer and fewer shrimp and then none. I have seen the last GBR hunting down and eating shrimp but doubt he could have got them all is such a densly packed tank. So, my wife really liked the shrimp (and generally hates animals so that's saying a lot) and would like to get rid of the "Bully" as she likes to call the Ram. Here's the meat of my request for help. I need suggestions for fish, probably 2-3, that I can use as a centerpiece fish in a 29g planted aquarium that would have a hard time eating adult cherry shrimp. Any Ideas? Thanks in advance Brian __________________ Eheim Pimp #134 ALL GONE FOR NOW

09-22-2006, 05:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
esarkipato Planted Tank Infatuated (View User Tanks) PTrader: (28) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: W. Michigan Posts: 1,985	how 'bout a school of hatchets? Or African butterflyfish? Notice, I'm suggesting fish that hang out at the top of the tank. Sorry, every other fish I can think of would easily snack on an adult cherry __________________ -Ernie 29 Gallon Tank: 110W PC Lights, Milwaukee MA957 CO2, Fluorite/Sand Substrate, Checked into E.I. Rehab MY RENA FILSTAR XP3 PIMPS ME! (#67)

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tazcrash69 Scape? What's a scape? (View User Tanks) PTrader: (21) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Hawthorne, NJ Posts: 3,014	instead of a couple of fish, why not a small school of fish as your showcase? maybe 15 Cardinals, or 10 Rummy nose? __________________ Walter Visit my 125 profile and gallery or my 5 gallon low-tech. Proud member of:NJAGC.net --May the floor under your tank always be dry, and your glass clear!!!

09-22-2006, 06:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
briandmiles Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (17) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Temecula, CA Posts: 526	I should have put into my original post what I've got left in the tank. Currently I've got a school of neon tetras about 11 of them, a growing community of Endlers (the ram doesn't even notice the fry) 2 ottos and one zebra danio. Hope this helps with suggestions. Brian __________________ Eheim Pimp #134 ALL GONE FOR NOW

09-22-2006, 07:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
cbennett Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4) Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 783	i guess you need something that preferably stays to the top, is big enough to be a centerpiece fish but small enough that it won't eat cherries. Here are my suggestions: 1. Badis badis? 2. Threadfin rainbows, furcata rainbows 3. pencilfish __________________ 60 gallon planted - Filstar Pimp #38 pressurized CO2 w/ ADA diffuser, 175 watts (10000K/6500K), XP3, 100% ADA Aquasoil Discus; Apisto. trifasciatas; cardinal, three-spot and red phantom tetras; BN plecos; golden, niger and zebra otocinclus 12 gallon eclipse planted Excel, 32 watts (6500K), gravel/laterite mix emerald eye rasbora, jellybean tetras, rasbora maculata, Corydoras habrosus, cherry and CRS shrimp

09-22-2006, 07:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
TAF CAF Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 1,103	Well... if your household is anything like mine....... The answer is simple.... Keep your big tank just like it is... and set up an awsome little 5 or 10 gal tank for your wife and stock her up with some cherries, and for her birthday, get her a few Crystal Reds. I have a little set up like that on my night stand, and I love to go to sleep watching the little cherries by the light of a moon glo lamp. __________________ Something so expensive and addictive HAS to be illegal. I'm just waiting for the police to break down my door and confinscate my fish food. ________www.2000webdesign.com________ Angelfish are NO angels! = What's my sign? I'm an aquarist. 5- 2.5g's, 2- 5g's, 7g, 2- 10g's, 12g, 18g, 3- 20g's, 2- 30g's, 50gHex, 2- 55g's, and about 10- 1g tuppers Colorado Aquarium Society

09-22-2006, 08:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
TAF CAF Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 1,103	See.... wisdom has spoken! LOL __________________ Something so expensive and addictive HAS to be illegal. I'm just waiting for the police to break down my door and confinscate my fish food. ________www.2000webdesign.com________ Angelfish are NO angels! = What's my sign? I'm an aquarist. 5- 2.5g's, 2- 5g's, 7g, 2- 10g's, 12g, 18g, 3- 20g's, 2- 30g's, 50gHex, 2- 55g's, and about 10- 1g tuppers Colorado Aquarium Society

09-25-2006, 08:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
LS6 Tommy Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Denville, NJ Posts: 1,107	It's a good thing we all seem to be able to hold back on responding to an "open door" title like that... Tommy __________________ ><;;;"> <9))>>{ Eheim Pimp #204. 58 gal planted Oceanic Red Turquiose Discus, Japonica shrimp, assorted Blue Eyed Rainbows, Tetras, Hatchets, etc. 10 gal low tech planted Cherry shrimp tank

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