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54 Litre Livebearer/mixed Community, New pics 16/08/2008.
DevUK
post May 13 2008, 10:26 AM
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Took loads of pics this morning. I was playing with the diffusing idea using some kitchen roll to diffuse the flash on my Canon 300D. Anyhow, *lots* of pics!

Some pictures of my new Sparkling Gouramies (Currently my favourite fish!):







Some pictures of the Red Lace Snakeskin guppies:





Corydora Habrosus:



Hydrocotyle Verticillata floating and one of the redlines on the left:



Shot taken from the end of the tank (exscuse the diatoms!) and full shot:





The tank is a little over stocked currently. I have some fish waiting to go into another tank. All the species are very small fish though and still very young smile.gif

Tank stats:

54 litres, 60cm x 30cm x 30cm
Fluval 205 external filter (rated up too 200litres!)
15w lighting

Basic fertilisers (Estimative Index) and daily dosing of Flourish Excel (soon to be pressurised CO2).

Fish in the tank are:

Red Lace Snakeskin Guppies
Dwarf platies
Redline Rasbora
Dwarf Rasbora (Boraras Maculata)
Corydora Habrosus
Sparkling Gourami
Amano shrimp

The redline rasbora are moving on soon, as are half of the boraras maculatus smile.gif

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post May 13 2008, 11:33 AM
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Looks good!

Looks like you have some lucky fish!
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post May 13 2008, 11:35 AM
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Oops, I'd forgotten I'd posted this when I first started it several months ago:

http://www.fishforums.net/content/forum/23...vebearer-Scape/

Interesting to see how it's changed, including the equipment smile.gif
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post May 13 2008, 12:00 PM
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Ooooooh The male Snakeskin Is amazing.
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post May 13 2008, 12:10 PM
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Nice Snakeskin Guppy> not usually my 'cup of tea' but yours looks great. good.gif
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post May 13 2008, 12:22 PM
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I agree, I usually like guppies to be food for my bigger fish, but those snakeskins that you have are really cool!
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post May 13 2008, 07:17 PM
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I've no idea if they could be classed as "thorough bread". They came from a breeder who is a member of the British Livebearers Association (as am I now!) smile.gif
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post May 13 2008, 10:25 PM
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Well done. Lovely guppies. SUperb setup.
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post May 14 2008, 11:07 AM
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i've never seen those cories before laugh.gif and the gouramis sure are lovely
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post May 14 2008, 11:22 AM
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Thanks smile.gif

They are one of the pygmy/dwarf corydora species smile.gif Shouldn't get too big, no bigger than 3.5cm when fully grown. Very cute little fish and quite playful. They swim all over the tank, all levels.
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post May 14 2008, 12:16 PM
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I've searched all over for some pygmy cories, but I can never find any.

Did you just get yours through your LFS, or did you order them online?
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post May 14 2008, 01:46 PM
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I sorta requested them through Stang1 who works at a large chain store (maidenhead aquatics). She was able to get some in for me and Gill smile.gif They still have some left though, which is mighty tempting. They are so expensive though! About £4 each!
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post May 14 2008, 08:55 PM
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I guess I'll just have to request some from my LFS, see if I can get any!
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post May 21 2008, 10:19 PM
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second picture looks really proffesional!!!! good.gif
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post Aug 16 2008, 08:45 AM
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Thought I'd post some updated pics which I took a few moments ago smile.gif

Full tank shot:


From the side and top:




Coffee Bean rasbora (Borars Maculata), Snakeskin guppy male :










Finally, Red line barb (Can't remember correct name):
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post Aug 16 2008, 09:03 AM
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Great pics mate good.gif
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post Aug 16 2008, 10:36 AM
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Thanks smile.gif

Looking forwards to getting all of this setup moved into a much larger tank.

One more shot of the side. You can see more of the right corner in this shot (crypts):

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post Aug 16 2008, 11:53 AM
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Very nice, love the gouramis good.gif
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post Aug 19 2008, 08:07 PM
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QUOTE (DevUK @ Aug 16 2008, 09:43 AM) *
Finally, Red line barb (Can't remember correct name):


Just realised, it's a red line rasbora, not a barb. As pointed out by beeky. Possibly Rasbora pauciperforata smile.gif
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