Fin & Feather
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I have several aquariums. Including a Bichir (Dinosaur Eel) tank- very interesting fish.
My latest is a large Cube tank, with a detailed castle, including two swim through tunnels at the castle base. Several Long Finned Albino Barbs glide gracefully and playfully around and through the castle like merry, benevolent spirits.
It looks like somewhat Harry Potterish. I may buy some miniature figurines to match. A wizard and an owl.
My floor medium is River Gems; miniature agate pebbles of tan, milky and clear colors. I have a ring of upright monument stones that ring the castle in colors that match the castle or floor pebbles.
I will add a ring of narrow leaf Ludvigia as a Guardian Forest. These plants come from generations of my planted tanks.
I precycled my gravel, filter and ½ the water in my established tanks. This does much to advance the biological cycle completion to a matter of days, instead of weeks.
I will add several Albino Cories to hunt through the forest like macabre Artic Wolf spirits.
I had purchased an Azoo Mignon 60. Hang on back filter that is compact and a handsome transparent smoke finish. I tested it, and it pumps through 56 gallons per hour and that is at mid throttle.
The LED overhead light that came with the tank is fine, but I used it for a different tank opting for a flexible arm Mingdak LED 24 white/blue lights with a blue night light option. Already the entire completed effect thus far is somewhat ethereal and very calming. It has come to dominate attention in my livingroom.
I did have a question for any reader that knows. My long finned Albino Barbs do not resemble any photos of any Long finned Albino Barbs I have researched. The photos depict a barb with faint stripes and a more orange coloring, shorter tails and a more robust body. MY albino Barbs come in milky white, white, champagne and light orange, with a sleek, torpedo shaped body, ending in long veil-like tail fins...and no stripes. It's disposition is both playful and sedate and not aggressive like some of it's more aggressive subspecies cousins. It is an altogether spectacular fish with a pleasing, agreeable personabilty. Is this a different morph than the Albino Tiger Barb represented in photos and description? Although mine are Barbs, they do not resemble photo or descriptions of said name.
My latest is a large Cube tank, with a detailed castle, including two swim through tunnels at the castle base. Several Long Finned Albino Barbs glide gracefully and playfully around and through the castle like merry, benevolent spirits.
It looks like somewhat Harry Potterish. I may buy some miniature figurines to match. A wizard and an owl.
My floor medium is River Gems; miniature agate pebbles of tan, milky and clear colors. I have a ring of upright monument stones that ring the castle in colors that match the castle or floor pebbles.
I will add a ring of narrow leaf Ludvigia as a Guardian Forest. These plants come from generations of my planted tanks.
I precycled my gravel, filter and ½ the water in my established tanks. This does much to advance the biological cycle completion to a matter of days, instead of weeks.
I will add several Albino Cories to hunt through the forest like macabre Artic Wolf spirits.
I had purchased an Azoo Mignon 60. Hang on back filter that is compact and a handsome transparent smoke finish. I tested it, and it pumps through 56 gallons per hour and that is at mid throttle.
The LED overhead light that came with the tank is fine, but I used it for a different tank opting for a flexible arm Mingdak LED 24 white/blue lights with a blue night light option. Already the entire completed effect thus far is somewhat ethereal and very calming. It has come to dominate attention in my livingroom.
I did have a question for any reader that knows. My long finned Albino Barbs do not resemble any photos of any Long finned Albino Barbs I have researched. The photos depict a barb with faint stripes and a more orange coloring, shorter tails and a more robust body. MY albino Barbs come in milky white, white, champagne and light orange, with a sleek, torpedo shaped body, ending in long veil-like tail fins...and no stripes. It's disposition is both playful and sedate and not aggressive like some of it's more aggressive subspecies cousins. It is an altogether spectacular fish with a pleasing, agreeable personabilty. Is this a different morph than the Albino Tiger Barb represented in photos and description? Although mine are Barbs, they do not resemble photo or descriptions of said name.