Hello from Essex, England

Hmmm...what else can I say!
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Hello from Essex, England

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Hello everyone,

My names Chris as you can tell, I've been a devoted fish keep
for just over a years now. I don't owned a Zebra pleco I just
love the look of them. I have a big community tank of 5 Sliver
shark, two striped talking cats, and 5 pleco's of various breeds
And 6 Tetra's.

I found out about the Zebra's by accident really, in my local
Fish shop I bought one for £30 or so I thought. I have just started
to get into fish remember
:roll: When I got home to identify the fish
I had just bought I found out that is wasn't a Zabra it was a Leopard
Frog :oops:... but since that day I have a slight obsession with them like most of you.

Thanks for reading my story if your still reading its a bit long winded I know sorry :lol:

Chris
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Welcome to the site. ;)

If it puts you mind at ease - £30 for a leopard frog isnt bad ;)

Dont you hate it when people try to call all sorts "zebra this" and "zebra that" just to make it sound more expensive!
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Welcome :)
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Welcome ChrisM :)

a striped talking cat ? what's that
Greetings,
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John wrote:Welcome ChrisM :)

a striped talking cat ? what's that
Stripped Raphael ;)

(Platydoras costatus)
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Welcome Chris,

Always good to have another member from round my way lol :D

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The talking cats get there name because, if you get them out of the water, or if there stressed, they start to make the wierdest croaking sound. I found that out when moving a particulary big specimin from tank to tank at work.
Extreamely wierd but very interesting, i suppose they think it may scare away predators if they get attacked.
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smithrc wrote:Welcome to the site. ;)

If it puts you mind at ease - £30 for a leopard frog isnt bad ;)

Dont you hate it when people try to call all sorts "zebra this" and "zebra that" just to make it sound more expensive!
Thank u for the welcome Smithrc,..

Yes I found out that it was roughly that amount anyway :) I just saw
Imperial Zebra Pleco and my eye lit up when I saw how beautiful
the fish was.

Yes I have seen it so much,.. the funnest so far was the chocolate
zebra pleco on ebay a month ago !!!! some people.

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Chocolate zebra (L270) and columbian zebras (L129)
are actually legit common names - named long before the "zebra boom"

We've got a pair of leopard frogs too - very nice fish...
I'd recommend them as a zeb alternative to anyone that dosnt fancy dropping £1000 on a group of the real thing :)
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Talking cat, I haven't personally heard then yet but both of mine are
still pretty young. They are nocturnal and very territorial.

Thanks again for the the warm welcome :D
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