What did you do with your tank(s) today?
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fishguy1978
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That’s a lot of shrimp
fishguy1978
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Water changes for the 55g and the 90g. Moved 5 red cherry shrimp up to the planted 29g. Added A. Nancon, A. Nangi, and A. Frazerii to the 90g. There has been some grazing by the Silver dollars but hopefully they get a stomachache and leave it alone. If not I will move them into the Multi tank
FishBeast
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75% water change for 2 x 75G linked tanks and cleaned their 40G sump (190 gallons total system volume). Pulled dead leaves off big Amazon sword in a 29G. Installed a 75G sump and mattenfilter for the 75G updated hillstream tank (150 gallons total system volume). All on top of driving our 15 year old to scuba training, our 11 year old to wall climbing and meeting up with my wife who took our 6 year old on a “donut date” at Pao’s on 6th ave! Was able to sneak a look at Petco as well. Still have the dollar per gallon sale going.
Wow, packed day of activity!
That $1 per gallon sale is very tempting, lol. Just got the 20L set up but want more, lol
Went down to my fish room to do the last of this month's water changes; grabbed a beer, turned on the game, never got around to the water changes. But I did take some fishy pics; here is one of my favorites- Enantiopus sp. 'Kilesa.' I posted a pic of this tank with its Anubias plantings earlier.
fishguy1978
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They look like they are wearing lipstick on fat lips. Beautiful fish.
Yes, the lips are the distinguishing feature of this species. Their sibling species, Enantiopus melanogenys, is very similar, but lacks the yellow lips and throat.
This is the normal coloration of a young male. When courting and/or nest-building, the ventral and anal fins have a wide, jet-black edge. Stunning.
The thing I like about Enantiopus is that although they engage in cichlid-typical ritualistic aggression during nest building and courting, they never seem to actually hurt each other, even in captivity. And their nests are awesome, like little sand castles, with turrets and everything. I have two colonies of these at present; really like them.
FishBeast
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Are you back in WA? Hope you had a good time. I’ve had insane thoughts and temptations of stockpiling/hoarding tanks when they’re cheap hahaha
FishBeast
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Is it just me or do those silver dollars look bigger than when you recently posted the ID question?
FishBeast
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Amazing coloration and interesting nest construction! It’s always astounding to me when I think of how morphologically diverse the Rift Lake cichlids are due to genetic isolation. Evolution at work.
Nope still in California. Went to the aquarium today. Aquarium of the Pacific in Longbeach. Made a friend there...
fishguy1978
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Not since the last but massive compared to when I got them back in April!!Is it just me or do those silver dollars look bigger than when you recently posted the ID question?
FishBeast
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That’s a big POOFER
Yep, and super friendly. I reached up and he was following my fingers around. The people around were amazed like I was a fish whisperer, lol. I didnt have the heart to tell them puffers are big beggars and love everyone.That’s a big POOFER
Another pic from the aquarium
Not sure on the fish, a lot of them were native to the California coastline.Yes hahaha! Maybe it knew you kept puffers too somehow
FishBeast
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Very nice pics! That frog though hahaha he reminds me of Jabba the Hutt!
