Recent content by Mr Limpet

I really miss Crystal Aquarium. So many species of fish I’d never encountered anywhere else. I bought my first Madagascar rainbows there in 1979. I can vividly remember the display tank in the window containing the largest cardinal tetras I’d ever seen.

My araguaiae never grow larger than 3 inches. Pictured is my late breeding male, which inexplicably died immediately after spawning. Luckily I have about 100 of his offspring growing out.

The book is on my night stand as I’m typing this. It was published by the Greater City Aquarium Society, of which I am a proud member.

Will do. They’re only about 1” to 1.5” at this point. I had a lot of success with the species a decade ago and am excited to be able to work with them again. They’re very rare in the hobby for some reason.

I won a bag of young Macropodus ocellatus at a local club auction the other day. They don't look like much now, but in a few months - wowza!

The blue eyes really pop on the black palmeri.

It’s definitely a Z. tequila male. They turn black when courting and sparring.

Zacherly was a staple at the Chiller Theatre convention in New Jersey until he was well into his 90s. His performance of “The Monster Mash” with house band The Dead Elvi was always a highlight.

I’ve been keeping and breeding them for years, in tanks as small as 10 gallons. Mine do very well in higher temperatures.

I’m partial to Count Floyd myself.

I’ve kept various types of reptiles over the years and my turtles always seemed to have something going on upstairs; snakes and lizards, not so much.

I’ve dreamt about my fish leaving their tank and swimming through the air many times over the years.