Updated Photos of some of the favorites (02-23-2012)

Took some pics this morning of some of my favorites, and thought that I would share them with you all.

My Zonatus pair just spawned again
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Mommy Zo
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looking good!

very nice fish.. im seriously wishing i had more tank space to pick up some of your for sales... stupid apt..

Anthraxx, you could just get a "bigger" 55g tank....

Hard to be a fishkeeper and live in an apt. Time for a house? Now's the time to buy, tons of choices and they are going cheap.

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I like how they were lining up in this pic.
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not many guys out there can lose such a beast as your hoga was and happen to have a spare pair lol. theyre all looking great.

They're looking good Madness
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I really like this one, it's very attractive to me. Reminds me of a friend from high school who was just crazy about dalmations - this would have been her fish.

And the pic DMD pointed out - totally agree with that.

You've been taking lots of good pics lately Madness - good job

Great stock and shots bro.

Thank you VsKitchen and VW and Fishman.

I will replace the main Hoga I lost here soon. I have another friend with a 7" male from their first spawn. Also going to keep my eyes open for another awesome looking WC.

That Dalmatian colored fish is called a Cuban. LOL That is my male, I will have to take one of the female here soon. I think she looks even better. And yes, the Festae love the camera. Which is unusual cause Festae are known to be skittish.

So, I of course had to google the Cuban to read a bit more about it as I wasn't aware of them before your pic. Beautiful fish, I'm looking forward to seeing your female. I do have a question though - there was some divided opinions on aggressiveness. So where on that sliding scale is yours?

That grammodes is amazing. I have had one for for about 4 months and it has maybe grown a quarter inch. Peeps weren't kidding about how slow they grow

VsKitchen wrote:So, I of course had to google the Cuban to read a bit more about it as I wasn't aware of them before your pic. Beautiful fish, I'm looking forward to seeing your female. I do have a question though - there was some divided opinions on aggressiveness. So where on that sliding scale is yours?

My 2 are about 4" long. They are seriously slow growers. They share the tank with my large RTM's and Freddies. The smallest fish with them is 7" the largest 12". They are feisty with each other. But for the most part I would say they are on the scale closer to mellow.

HALP wrote:That grammodes is amazing. I have had one for for about 4 months and it has maybe grown a quarter inch. Peeps weren't kidding about how slow they grow

Thanks HALP. I got that male Grammode at 7" so he has grown maybe 2" since then. I do have a female that I bought last Summer. She was 3" then and I'd be lying if I said she was over 4". Very slow growers.

Here are some pics my son took. He is photography this semester. Not bad for a beginner.

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Good Job Madness Jr They're all good pics, but my favorite is the pleco - it just speaks to me this morning

Thanks V. I have 7 diff exotic plecos, I think I will have him take a close up of all of them. That snowball pleco does look cool.

Wow, those are nice pics. Looks like we might have some more POTM pics from madness this year.

Thanks D

Some of my scavengers.

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Nice!

Very nice pics. Hes got some camera skills

Thanks guys.

Took a few more tonight. Man I really love the Vieja/Paratheraps species.

Enjoy

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trimac is looking great and are the bifas pairing up?

NO, that is another one of my odd friendships. The little one is one of my female Hartwigi or Fenestratus Piebold. Having a hard time differentiating between the two. That tank is allllllllll messed up, and they are all confused.

Ya that Trimac is growing fast.. Had to get him out of the grow-out tank. Thanks.

well they all look so alike they probably cant tell the difference im gonna have to get some pics of my largest zo from your pair that is turning out super nice. im slowly getting hooked on parartheraps too

The red/blue fen is starting to color up nice, the yellow eyes are a trip.

The entire group is looking good.

Thanks D. Hopefully we can get you what you want soon.

I know my Oscar is lame by cichlid standards but it works with my mix and has the personality and temperament I want. Im just looking for the last puzzle piece.

I think if you get a good tempered pearsei it will fit well.

what about a bichir?

they are pretty laid back, as long as you don't have an overflow...

What about both? Polys stay on the bottom, they dont get in the way. Perfect, a Poly and a Pearsi

The Pearsei is on my wish list still.

OK Im just going to say it.... Polys and all bichirs just kind of creep me out. I thought about getting one but they really do creep me out. It would be like a person afraid of spiders getting a tarantula. Well almost, Im not deathly afraid of them.

Isnt he cute?

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Yes, in a creepy sort of way.

Look how cute:
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Its fuzzy so you can pet it...

Its so fuzzy... id feed it to my fish :p

Zerc wrote:Its so fuzzy... id feed it to my fish :p

Now Zerc, we dont feed friends to friends.

Sometimes i feed them crickets, its kind of like the same thing!

These are really cool looking. I like their shape. What are they?
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Betty wrote:These are really cool looking. I like their shape. What are they?
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Those 2 are my adorable pair of Lucius Pikes. They are in my 300 with the big boys and girls. They didnt come out much because I also had a very large and mean Strigata Pike, that trys to eat them every time they came out of their cave. Well the big Pike was sold, so they are happy and out swimming.

They stay small for a Pike. They max out at 8". My male is about 6" and the female 5". They are my favorite Pikes. They are so cool to watch them interact with each other.

Anyone want a Red Devil? it ate my lyonsi tonight. Its sitting in my 30g now.

going to apfp to get another lyonsi tomorrow, RD can chill in the 30g for a few months :p

I will trade you a stalsbergi for it.

you think the stalsbergi was bad!

this dude is a glassbanger.

madness wrote:Isnt he cute?

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Umm, not so much. It reminds me of those tropical fish that look like rocks with the poisonous spines that lay in wait in water....makes me feet hurt just thinking about it...



I like those pikes. They look so sleek.

Ya the Polys can look a bit creepy. lol

Thanks, I like the Pikes too.