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    Pencil fish...

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    Hello folks!
    I just got some of these pencil fish!
    Anyone else have them? they look really good in my tank with the driftwood and plants..
    Mez
    Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.

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    Oooh OOoooOohhh! i have!!!
    yeah very cute... they can swim and stop and swim and stop like hovering around the tank... very cute![]

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    On 3/24/2002 12:36:30 AM

    Oooh OOoooOohhh! i have!!!
    yeah very cute... they can swim and stop and swim and stop like hovering around the tank... very cute![]
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    Mez...sorry to steal your thread.

    Ryan...where did u get it? I was looking for it at Gan's but cldn't find it. Keen to have them in my tank together wif my mosquito rasboras.

    Nizz

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    gan has them.. u can oso try tiong bahru

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    Simon, unless Gan has something new, the ones I got last time is the dwarf one, N. marginatus.

    Hey, Nizz, if you find any can call me, I want to topang some.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    The ones at Gan is not the Nannostomus trifasciatus...at least i don think so. I'm looking for this.

    Yes Choy...if i find any, will give u a buzz.

    Nizz

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    Yeah, they are nice..
    i only managed to get 3, will get 3 more hopefully soon...
    Are they breedable in captivity?
    Mez
    Currently keeping many wild betta species and other anabantoids.

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    Nizz , these are the guys you saw in my tank rite ?
    At least i think they are.

    If so i got them from Pro Pet , near your place , maybe you can drop by have a look

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    Art

    This is not wat u have...those in ur tank are the white cloud mountain minnows (in mandarin i believe is pai yin san).

    Nizz

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    I have bought mine in Bt.Timah complex(a small shopping center next to Beauty World) for $3 each some time back. I was there again few days ago and there are a few pieces left in the tank.

    Not too sure if i got the right 3-line pencil... below is the picture.
    3-line Pencil1
    3-line Pencil2
    3-line Pencil3

    Personally i prefer tube nose pencil.
    tube-nose-Pencil

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    nizz: gan has them
    Cheers!

    Benetay

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    No no , i not refering to the white cloud minnows , i also got pencil fish in there.

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    Nizz, did you get any of those dwarf pencils from Gan? If not I can swap you some dwarf for 3-line (when you find them). I've got 15 dwarves now, thinking of reducing to 10 and putting in some 3-lines.

    I think the ones in subzero's pics are the correct ones (prominent red spots on tail). The dwarves do not.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    i don't have luck with pencil fish in my previous 3ft tank...i bought 10 from gan and left one...then i bought 5 again then left one...totally no luck and i don't knwo what is happening..doesn't matter.
    Cheers!

    Benetay

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    On 3/24/2002 4:13:18 PM

    i don't have luck with pencil fish in my previous 3ft tank...i bought 10 from gan and left one...then i bought 5 again then left one...totally no luck and i don't knwo what is happening..doesn't matter.
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    bene, all died?
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Sorry art...i must've missed them when i was there.

    Gan has them? Well...if those dat i saw were the 3-lined, they weren't dat nice.

    Choy: I didn't buy any...sorry...can't swop wif u.


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    Nizz: buy already put inside yr tank after 1 mth it will look nice
    Cheers!

    Benetay

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    Nizz, I mean that if you want the dwarf pencil but didn't get any yet, I will give you some in return for getting 3-lines for me.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
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    Bene: Too late now...already bought 23 mosquito rasboras...buzzing around the tank now...& 9 red noses...

    Choy: Noted. Thx.

    Nizz

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    Nizz: Why is it too late to get the pencil fish? Just buy six and dump it in.
    Cheers!

    Benetay

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