Just for you Photaholics

Oh dear... thank you sir, may I have some more?

Very nice Maddness, although I love the Festae - I am going to use picture #3 as a screen saver for a while. Hope u don't mind...

Those are awesome. How big of a tank is that?

MRTom wrote:Oh dear... thank you sir, may I have some more?

Thank you...... I will be taking a few mre later today. Within the next few weeks I should have some really nice pictures. I recently purchased some fish and a tank from a Craigslister, turns out that she is an inspiring photographer, and is trying to get her business up and going. She asked if she could come shoot my tanks/fish to get more practice and to broaden her portfolio. So she will be taking some pics here soon.  

fishNAbowl wrote:Very nice Maddness, although I love the Festae - I am going to use picture #3 as a screen saver for a while. Hope u don't mind...

Nope not at all. That polypterus shot turned out great. He is the more rare Teugelsi. He is over twice the size of when I bought him just a couple months ago. A pricey Poly but so far the color and pattern has been well worth it.

Fishy Guy wrote:Those are awesome.  How big of a tank is that?

These shots came from 7 different tanks. I have 21 more tanks to shoot today.  
The tanks in the pictures are a 300 x 2, 75 x 2, 40 breeder x 2, and a 285.

Very nice; beautiful fish. I like the bichir and the (I think) electric blue jack dempseys.

What's the fish called that are in 10, 11 and 12? They look mostly white with a neat looking pattern.

Thanks for the pics, nice plecos too!

pbmax wrote:Very nice; beautiful fish.  I like the bichir and the (I think) electric blue jack dempseys.

Thank you and yes those are electric blues.

LuminousAphid wrote:What's the fish called that are in 10, 11 and 12? They look mostly white with a neat looking pattern.

Thanks for the pics, nice plecos too!

Thank you, and those pics are of the Electric Blue Jack Dempseys. And they are bright sky blue.

aye u should sell me ur green phantom lol nice fish though

Nice bichir. How big is that umbee? male or female?

anthony wrote:Nice bichir. How big is that umbee? male or female?

Female about 7". She has a ton of blue for a female.

yea I thought female but the color had me second guessing myself. I didn't know what kind of umbee it was. She will make a great breeder and a great looking fish period.

Mmmmm... Those electric blues are out of this world, I really like them. If i ever get into cichlids, those will be one to shoot for, although after reading around online about them, it seems like you need to get a good local breeder if you want good stock. Their heartiness seems to vary a lot between breeders, so people say, and you can get some really crappy, sickly electric blues, or if you look around some really nice ones like you have there. I really like that yours have a bright bright blue rather than the more royal blue you see in some pics of them.

I suppose that is the case for most fish, though it's probably easier to tell with such a beautiful fish.

Do they terrorize plants, or have you tried any out with them?

LuminousAphid wrote:
Do they terrorize plants, or have you tried any out with them?

Thanks, they are far more amazing than I expected. The breeder is really into harnessing not only a beautiful Dempsey but a more hardy one with stronger genetics and immune system. With these guys its clean water and good food.

I would assume they are just like the other Dempseys or Cichlids, they would destroy the plants.

I'm glad you are finally getting into the EBJDs they are pretty great

Yeah one can tell just from the pictures, those are strong fish and are well cared for

Do want, but can't have!

Started the photos out perfectly with the bichir!  

The fish are looking great.

Madness wrote:

LuminousAphid wrote:
Do they terrorize plants, or have you tried any out with them?

Thanks, they are far more amazing than I expected.  The breeder is really into harnessing not only a beautiful Dempsey but a more hardy one with stronger genetics and immune system.  With these guys its clean water and good food.

I would assume they are just like the other Dempseys or Cichlids, they would destroy the plants.  

@Madness, so... I notice some "Electric blue Dempsey's" with a dark blue coloration, yours are real light in color. I really like the deep dark blue EBJD's . Will these that you have darken up or will they stay this lighter blue into adulthood?

Zerc wrote:I'm glad you are finally getting into the EBJDs they are pretty great

I hope so.

LuminousAphid wrote:Yeah one can tell just from the pictures, those are strong fish and are well cared for

Do want, but can't have!

Thank you sir.

DMD123 wrote:Started the photos out perfectly with the bichir!  

The fish are looking great.

Of course, that one is my new favorite.

fishNAbowl wrote:

Madness wrote:

LuminousAphid wrote:
Do they terrorize plants, or have you tried any out with them?

Thanks, they are far more amazing than I expected.  The breeder is really into harnessing not only a beautiful Dempsey but a more hardy one with stronger genetics and immune system.  With these guys its clean water and good food.

I would assume they are just like the other Dempseys or Cichlids, they would destroy the plants.  

@Madness,  so... I notice some "Electric blue Dempsey's" with a dark blue coloration, yours are real light in color. I really like the deep dark blue EBJD's . Will these that you have darken up or will they stay this lighter blue into adulthood?

I believe they do darken a bit as the mature, not to the real dark blue but more of right in between the light blue and dark blue.

Super sweet can't wiat to see em in person

Madness wrote:I believe they do darken a bit as the mature, not to the real dark blue but more of right in between the light blue and dark blue.

Well, no matter how "dark" these develop they look awesome & look forward to updates as these fish grow.