garywant87 Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Hi all, I am wondering if there are any breeders of orange, green or blu chromides around Brisbane region. Orange chromides were the very first fish and cichlid I every had and I got them from either Bill Denton, Bill Smith or Lesley Taylor some 30+ years ago. jeez that sounds a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garywant87 Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 OK so no one has any orange or green chromides. jeez so much for keeping species alive. is everyone hitting the band wagon on new and exciting things like fontosa, peacock bass or something else and forgetting about the now not so common species like entroplus. even the poor convict is still around in the thousands in every aquarium as a stock fish. this is sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogboy Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Frontosa are new? haven't they been around for ages, don't take it to heart Gary, people keep what they keep I suppose. How are you finding the forum apart from being roused on for opening 3 yr old threads, which is perfectly fine in my books :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garywant87 Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 hey wogboy. frontosa are new for me. i've been away from fish for 30+ yrs due to work travel. just relaxing now and getting back into the hobby. yes i should have checked the date of the post but it started some good feedback. now i have somewhere else to look for wc or f1 angels. there is some interesting info in the old posts but maybe archiving a bit more could help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigo Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Chromides are available, I can get them from Victoria if your chasing some. Haven't personally seen any locally for a while, but that's not to say they aren't around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogboy Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 hey wogboy. frontosa are new for me. i've been away from fish for 30+ yrs due to work travel. just relaxing now and getting back into the hobby. yes i should have checked the date of the post but it started some good feedback. now i have somewhere else to look for wc or f1 angels. there is some interesting info in the old posts but maybe archiving a bit more could help No way Gary, a post is a post you just proved waking up a 2year old thread worked for you, forums can a repository of information, I have no problems with waking old posts :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2h Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Forum over Facebook you can open the archives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogboy Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Anything over Facebook, I have left all the Facestalk groups, a guy sent me a narky message yesterday because he wanted critique of his new sump, all I did was ask a few questions about it, three to be precise and he was all upset. I did say pondflex becomes pond stiff, which it does but what else can I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqc247 Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Bill Denton - there's another legendary fish head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garywant87 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 aqc247, Bill Denton, Bill Smith, Fred Vanderent, Leslie & Baron Taylor all legends and I beleive founding members of the QCG. Why I am cahsing the chromies is nostalgia. These were the very first pair of cichlids I bought from Leslie Taylors shop in Stafford back around 1975 and also the very first cichlid that spawned in my first 4x18x15 tank bought from Leslie also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFRC Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Saw some Orange Chromides today at the LFS, buy I'm in SA. If you wanted you could probably give them a call and ask where they got them. If your keen enough that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbunamad Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Scott Chalmers, the late Phil Casey, Howard Vyse, Greg Ure [@Smootheye] Clarrie Whatshisname? Steve Baines, oh yes the memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garywant87 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Well found a shop in Melbourne who are advertising ornage chromides. Waiting on info about size and sex. Still looking for a pair of greens. So will keep searching. Anyway thanks all and MERRY CHRISTMAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogboy Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Will they ship [MENTION=16893]garywant87[/MENTION] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2h Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 Greens have been hard to find since Terry Rowlands in Perth stopped breeding them and sold them off found a guy with 3 a couple of years ago for a mate and he screwed it up and the deal collapsed they were asking $450 each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garywant87 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 WOW that much. When I bought themthey cost me $2 each. Time increases cost I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garywant87 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Found them, $21 ea, 5 cm, and the vendor will ship fastways $60 or to nearest airport $80/20kg + depending on weight. Fish out of Sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
