Striped Dora - free to a good home

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Subject Author Date Striped Dora - free to a good home Steve Lalonde 06-04-2005  Re: Striped Dora - free to a good home Roger Sleet 06-06-2005  Re: Striped Dora - free to a good home Steve Lalonde 06-07-2005  Re: Striped Dora - free to a good home Steph 06-08-2005  Re:Striped Dora - free to a good home nick skinner 06-28-2005
Posted by Steve Lalonde on June 4, 2005, 5:06 pm Please log in for more thread options Hi I have a 5 inch long striped dora that is to big for the community setup here he keeps eating the smaller fish, i need him to goto a new home. my 4 year old daughter has not noticed the missing fish yet. So if any one wants him just shout im in Telford Shropshire. Steve Posted by Roger Sleet on June 6, 2005, 6:50 am Please log in for more thread options wrote: > *Date:* Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:06:39 +0100 > > Hi > > I have a 5 inch long striped dora that is to big for the community setup > here he keeps eating the smaller fish, i need him to goto a new home. > > my 4 year old daughter has not noticed the missing fish yet. > > So if any one wants him just shout im in Telford Shropshire. I very much doubt the Dorad is responsible for the missing fish if it is Platydoras costatus - they are too slow and lumbering to catch anything. In the wild they live mostly on snails. If it is Orinocodoras eigenmanni there are reports of them taking small fish but I've had one now for 20 years and he has never touched anything. Most likely fish have just died and been eaten by their tank mates. A Dorad will quite happily eat any dead fish they find. Roger Sleet Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com Posted by Steve Lalonde on June 7, 2005, 5:17 pm Please log in for more thread options Roger Sleet wrote: > wrote: > > >>*Date:* Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:06:39 +0100 >> >>Hi >> >>I have a 5 inch long striped dora that is to big for the community setup >> here he keeps eating the smaller fish, i need him to goto a new home. >> >>my 4 year old daughter has not noticed the missing fish yet. >> >>So if any one wants him just shout im in Telford Shropshire. > > > I very much doubt the Dorad is responsible for the missing fish if it is > Platydoras costatus - they are too slow and lumbering to catch anything. > In the wild they live mostly on snails. If it is Orinocodoras eigenmanni > there are reports of them taking small fish but I've had one now for 20 > years and he has never touched anything. > > Most likely fish have just died and been eaten by their tank mates. A > Dorad will quite happily eat any dead fish they find. > > Roger Sleet > Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com Thats interesting info he has now been removed from the tank and i have not had a single loss since. the entire tank seems to be happier now, much more livley. Steve Posted by Steph on June 8, 2005, 12:35 pm Please log in for more thread options > Roger Sleet wrote: > > wrote: > > > > > >>*Date:* Sat, 04 Jun 2005 22:06:39 +0100 > >> > >>Hi > >> > >>I have a 5 inch long striped dora that is to big for the community setup > >> here he keeps eating the smaller fish, i need him to goto a new home. > >> > >>my 4 year old daughter has not noticed the missing fish yet. > >> > >>So if any one wants him just shout im in Telford Shropshire. > > > > > > I very much doubt the Dorad is responsible for the missing fish if it is > > Platydoras costatus - they are too slow and lumbering to catch anything. > > In the wild they live mostly on snails. If it is Orinocodoras eigenmanni > > there are reports of them taking small fish but I've had one now for 20 > > years and he has never touched anything. > > > > Most likely fish have just died and been eaten by their tank mates. A > > Dorad will quite happily eat any dead fish they find. > > > > Roger Sleet > > Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com > > Thats interesting info > > he has now been removed from the tank and i have not had a single loss > since. > > the entire tank seems to be happier now, much more livley. > Have you got a new home for him now? If not, you could bring him in to Maidenhead Aquatics at Merepark Newport. I'm sure I could find a tank for him at work - if not I could probably fit him in one of my tanks at home. -- Steph GSX750F Posted by nick skinner on June 28, 2005, 6:42 am Please log in for more thread options can you give me a ring as soon as pos about the dora im willing to take it off your hands my tel is 01775 720 805 ask for nic or try my mob on 07881777324 x-- 100 Proof News - http://www.100ProofNews.com x-- 30+ Days Binary Retention with High Completion x-- Access to over 1.9 Terabytes per Day - $8.95/Month x-- UNLIMITED DOWNLOAD Similar Threads Posted Free to a good home. cichlids (zebra). June 5, 2006, 5:09 pm Plec looking for a good home October 5, 2005, 1:12 pm It's free and the best! 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