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hi i am loki from southern ontario

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:36 pm
by loki
:angel: hi I am a new person to this site. I live in Southern Ontario Canada. I was pleasantly surprised to come across this site. I have been keeping fish for the last 10 years without any serious problems. I do not have any plecos at this time but would like to get info on LO46 as possible future fish. Perhaps also try to breed them but before I can even consider that I can see I will require a lot of species info. This is my first forum. I am new to computers, so please be patient with me.

Re: hi i am loki from southern ontario

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:09 pm
by TwoTankAmin
Welcome to the site- this is a great place to learn about zebras. You might want to start by reading the articles in the Species Info and Breeding areas.

Re: hi i am loki from southern ontario

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:47 am
by Joby
Lots of great information and helpful people on here, welcome :)

Re: hi i am loki from southern ontario

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:10 am
by John
Welcome loki :)

fellow Canuck

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:23 am
by Tankfull Tropicals
loki wrote::angel: hi I am a new person to this site. I live in Southern Ontario Canada. I was pleasantly surprised to come across this site. I have been keeping fish for the last 10 years without any serious problems. I do not have any plecos at this time but would like to get info on LO46 as possible future fish. Perhaps also try to breed them but before I can even consider that I can see I will require a lot of species info. This is my first forum. I am new to computers, so please be patient with me.
Howdy Loki; I'm a fellow Canuck on Vancouver Island. I'm only 2 days old here too but welcome. I was fortunate enough to be able to purchase 7 young wild L046 Zebras about a yr ago as well as 4 other groups of nice Plecos. They were TOO exspensive to get up here with customs and duty and all but out of 24 fish I only lost 1 Wood eatting Panaque. I hope to start breeding 5 or 6 species. I was forced to retire early due to a brain tumor. Got it removed finaly but I can no longer work so needed a bigger fish project to keep me focused. I also am new to this computer stuff but I plug away at it anyway. I've been keeping and breeding fish for 40+ yrs and still love it. :)

Re: hi i am loki from southern ontario

Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 1:07 pm
by Doug White
Welcome Loki, I too reside in southern Ontario, Pickering to be exact. I have been breeding Zebra plecos for a number of years now and would be happy to provide you with as much assistance that I can.
Regards Doug White

fish interactions

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:53 am
by loki
hi this is loki sorry . I have not replied to messages sooner but I was having some weather related illness from about 2and a half weeks back. But I picked up messages tonight and was pleased to see some replies.
Maybe someone can help me. At present I have a 33 gallon aquarium it houses a four inch loach I have had for several years ,5 blue, and 5 gold gouramis plus some guppies. My water quality is perfect, I have it done periodically by a pet store I trust. I am planning to move up to a bigger aquarium in the next year will I be able to keep my Loach and a zebra together?
I have been reading up but I have not been able to find an answer. Can you help me with the interactions of these fish. Thank you.

Re: fish interactions

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:38 pm
by John
loki wrote:will I be able to keep my Loach and a zebra together?
Sorry, the answer to that is no, there has been reports of loaches killing zebs so i would advice not to take the risk .

Re: hi i am loki from southern ontario

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 1:27 am
by Fern
If you are planning on moving everyone else into a larger tank that 33g will be perfect for a small colony of zebras.
Most folks keep them by themselves mainly due to the sheer cost of them.......

Re: hi i am loki from southern ontario

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 4:03 am
by loki
thanks for the info on not putting my loach with a zebra. I will do more reading on the species and breeding. luckily I am a person who takes my time when organizing a new project, in this case setting up a zebra tank . It will be at least 6 months to a year. but thanks for your help!