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finz
11-14-2002, 04:26 PM
how large of tank do I need to keep a pair of these? :P
crickett
11-16-2002, 08:31 AM
One pair can be kept and breed in a tank as small as 10 gals. A larger tank would be better though.
finz
11-16-2002, 10:17 AM
I have them in a 20 gal right now but they are babies and I have no idea if they are male & female. I hardly ever see them :( they don't come out in the open.
SGypsyMermaid
11-16-2002, 11:31 AM
hiya fins! :D maybe you need some small dither fish to convince them that it's safe to come out and play, say some small rainbow fish.
jonah
11-16-2002, 04:26 PM
I used zebra danios for my Neo. brichardi when they were hiding out. It worked within hours to draw them out of their cave.
finz
11-17-2002, 08:59 PM
I'll try that and see what happens. Right now, they are so shy they wait for food (brine shrimp) to float by their cave to grab it. It has to come within an inch or they let it pass.
SGypsyMermaid
11-17-2002, 09:55 PM
although, now that i think about it--i think that i read somewhere that julies tend to stay right by their caves. i only have two in one tank and one in another. both tanks are very busy tanks and i see the julies all the time. so maybe the dithers will work. good luck. :)
finz
11-17-2002, 10:02 PM
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimkphoto/juli.jpg


They started peeking out a bit tonight :P
SGypsyMermaid
11-17-2002, 10:25 PM
what a little cutie!! :mrgreen:
finz
11-18-2002, 08:47 PM
Wow!
The zebra danio's worked like a charm. I also bought a few more baby Julies for them to play with. All are zooming all over the tank now. :P
SGypsyMermaid
11-18-2002, 08:56 PM
good news! :D
jonah
11-18-2002, 09:15 PM
SGM: Give me a digital high five! I just wish I was right more often. :lol:
SGypsyMermaid
11-19-2002, 04:30 AM
SGM: Give me a digital high five! I just wish I was right more often. :lol:

consider yourself fived! 8)