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My zeb tank heaters have been moved for easy access at moment in rainy season mode usually hidden LOL
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nice looking tank,i managed to spy 1 of your zebs in the pic :)

whats the benifit of moving the heater?are you turning the temp down whats your tanks temp mine is 85
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Hi
The benefit of moving the heaters for me was so I could easily reach them to alter the temp for the rainy season the tank is quite big I have to use a step to reach in. At the moment it is at 25oc for rainy season usually it is set at 29oc going to be racking it back up again soon.
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That is a nice big zeb tank :)

(its the rio 240 isnt it?)

over time we might have to move some of ours into the living room tank... just to keep a better eye on them you understand...

(ok ok it'd be so I could show them off)
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i never new what time of year zebs in there own habitat have a rainy seasson can you shed any more light on it,but your tank is nice
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Post by Jamie @ SVAS »

will you breed the zebs in this tank i like the look of the tank but always have been told a bare bottom is best for the zebs.
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Hi
The tank is a juwel rio 400 I have a good working zeb only colony in there they are in our dinning room as it is nearest to the water supply.
I am not sure what time of year the wet season is in their natural habitat I only know it is all year here :lol: :lol:
I just use it as spawning trigger they seem to fall for it. As for a bare bottom tank I think it is a case of what you prefer what I have has worked for me over the past 6 years. I started with one zeb now have over 32 all in the same tank I have bought 12 in over 6 years. Sold some fry and kept.I will keep some from this next spawn and try and hook up with another small breeder and do some swaps with the rest thats if all goes well :wink: its never a sure thing.
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Jo's Zebs wrote:I am not sure what time of year the wet season is in their natural habitat
Well take a look here:

http://www.v-brazil.com/information/geo ... raphs.html
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If we had good weather here in the summer months and spring the seasons would pretty much the same rainy more Jan to March summer should be July, Aug, Sept cool
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