My Fish

[Newman]

Hi, I've been around these forums since i think the very first time I seriously got into fish keeping. Just recently got back to this site. My fish are different than they used to be (if anyone remembers i was keeping a goldfish in a tropical planted tank lol)

Here are all of my current fish.
The main fish and boss of the tank:


The random platy:


My plecos getting hounded by snails:


My fish that want proper schools (so they school with each-other):


I just recently lost the albino on the right due to bloat but these are plecos i raised from fry:


Random snail (looks to be assassin?) that i found one night in my tank:


I don't have any good tank photos but i'll post one when i get a decent one.

 

[CAPSLOCK]

Does your angel have chocolate / red color on his side? He's a handsome bloke.

Also what's the little guy schooling with your tetras? Dwarf cory?

 

[Newman]

My angel is all black, i think it just has a little shine on the sides and flash makes those scales light up as different colors haha.

yes that's a pygmy gory that i raised from an egg. I used to have a group of 8 pygmy cories in this tank and sold them, but right before i shipped them they bred and i was able to save two eggs. one fry didn't make it but this guy grew very well

 

[FishDad]

That's a really nice angel.

 

[Newman]

thanks! I have been raising her/him for a while. few years now. got it when it was just quarter sized. i got 4 black angels initially and this one is the only one to make it past the first months, the others mysteriously dropped off quick. must be my hard alkaline water, they don't like that. luckily this one has taken a liking to it.

 

[FreshyFresh]

Awesome tank Newman! Tnx for sharing the pics. That is a cool looking angel. What size tank is this?

 

[Newman]

thanks! It's a very old 40 gallon tank. flat-back hexagon. scaping is a nightmare but i think i finally got it

 

[Ninjouzata]

What a beautiful angel!

 

[FreshyFresh]

thanks! It's a very old 40 gallon tank. flat-back hexagon. scaping is a nightmare but i think i finally got it

Nice! Looks like a roomy 40g.

 

[Newman]

It's a very vertical tank so i thought an angel would be happy haha. its the same tank as in my profile picture. though that was way back when it was fully planted. now it just has amazon swords and the big pieces of driftwood.

 

[FreshyFresh]

Silly me put an amazon sword in my 10g. It took 6 months for it to really do anything and now it's taking over the tank.

 

[FishDad]

Lets see a pic.

 

[FreshyFresh]

Here's my 10g as of moments ago..

 

[FishDad]

I'm impressed. I remember when you started that tank. Well done. Every sword plant I ever owned just melted away. Those look like some monster snails too.

 

[FreshyFresh]

Thanks FD. The sword plant was one of those Petsmart/co clear plastic tube purchases too. All the golden mystery snails came from a pair of MS's I had in the upstairs tank. They lay eggs up under the lighted hood on that tank often, but only that one clutch made it for what ever reason. The rest just harden up and don't do anything. Had a good 30-40 of them from that original batch and gave many away.

Sorry to hijack the thread!!

 

[Newman]

no problem! that looks like a great tank! that sword will completely take over! haha.

 

[Newman]

took some pics today of the tank as it stands now.

 

[FreshyFresh]

Newman, I love it. It's an uncluttered, natural looking setup IMO.

Do you notice your fish making themselves scarce when you approach the tank with a camera? Most of mine do. Walk up to the tank w/out camera and they're all in your face!

 

[FishDad]

That's a great aquascape Newman.

Freshy same thing happens to me with the camera. Its pretty annoying.

 

[Newman]

lol yea just like my parrots, they dont like it when i hold objects in front of them haha!