The Polly Posse!!!

The Masked Shadow

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Hi everyone,

I am so excited about making this thread. For those who don't know me, I have had a P. Delhezi for almost a year and a half. She has since gotten to around 11". She was in a 55g tank, but I recently bought a 90-gallon tank with dimensions of 4'x18"x2'wide. It has a 'floor space' of 8 feet, being perfect for adding more Polys with him. His name is Sparky, by the way. Yes, I name my fish.

The additions were bought from A Amazing-Fish but were Hao Hao 's old fish. There is a P. Mokelembembe, probably 7", and a P. Palmas, probably the same size, or a few inches larger than Sparky. Don't have any names, so name suggestions are definitely welcomed!

My vision for the tank is for it to be planted with Vallisneria and hardy plants such as Anubias and Java Fern. Once this darn driftwood sinks, I can do that!

Here are some pics.

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Beautiful fish you have! Can’t wait to see how they progress!
 
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The Masked Shadow

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Awesome looking Fish! I'm hoping to add a Moke and a Polli to round my tank out
Larger ones are hard to find! I think I'm done with adding fish for now. These 2 and the plants will drain my money down. Good luck!
 

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Larger ones are hard to find! I think I'm done with adding fish for now. These 2 and the plants will drain my money down. Good luck!
Seems any of the Palmas species are just hard to find period!! Small or Large!

Found 6-7" Moke's online but hoping to eventually find two that I want so that I can growout and introduce at the same time.

I got bored one day and read through the entire Sparky growout thread, glad things have worked out the way the have for ya!
 

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Seems any of the Palmas species are just hard to find period!! Small or Large!

Found 6-7" Moke's online but hoping to eventually find two that I want so that I can growout and introduce at the same time.

I got bored one day and read through the entire Sparky growout thread, glad things have worked out the way the have for ya!
the season for wild palmas in the US is August -December. Thats the time wetspot gets them
 
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Bumped into your thread . Your Polys look awesome ! I wish that one day I will have a big enough tank like yours to have more kinds of Polys . Guess I gotta enjoy my little Albino Senegals in the meantime .
 
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