A few pictures of Africa tonight

[Magnum Man]

 

[Magnum Man]

 

[Magnum Man]

I’ve noticed the last couple days, that my male yellow tails have been flashing blue on the top half of their bodies… I don’t seem to be able to capture that with the camera… but they seem to be getting prettier, since they started eating the water meal…

 

[WhistlingBadger]

If that's Africa, that Otto is really, really lost. Great pics, man.

 

[MaloK]

Should've turn left at Albuquerque

 

[Magnum Man]

yes, and there is a group of King Tiger Plecos spawning in there as well... as Hams Beer ( or was it Coors??? ), said... it's the water...

I did put the Oto's in there, after this became an African tank... because I couldn't find something similar in African fish ( there are fish that fill that nitch, just nothing available here )... but the plecos had been there long before this became an African tank, & this is that hard to work on tank, & I can't get them out, without a pretty much complete disassembly... so they aren't bothering the Tetras with almost no interaction... I just left them be...

 

[WhistlingBadger]

yes, and there is a group of King Tiger Plecos spawning in there as well... as Hams Beer ( or was it Coors??? ), said... it's the water...

I did put the Oto's in there, after this became an African tank... because I couldn't find something similar in African fish ( there are fish that fill that nitch, just nothing available here )... but the plecos had been there long before this became an African tank, & this is that hard to work on tank, & I can't get them out, without a pretty much complete disassembly... so they aren't bothering the Tetras with almost no interaction... I just left them be...

Yeah, I've had that happen with evolving tanks, too No algae eating sucker fish from Africa that are available in the hobby? I though everywhere had species like that. We even have a few in dry Wyoming.

 

[Magnum Man]

this tank looks particularly nice tonight... peace lily needs a hair cut, but I hate to mess with it when everyone looks so good...

 

[Magnum Man]

2 new leaves on the Anubis, in the last 2 weeks... everything is thriving, I hate to do more than water changes, when everything is running so well... the 2 center leaves, with the more golden color, are both new... reach for the sky little buddies

 

[Magnum Man]

actually I have to thank the King Tiger Plecos, and Zebra Oto's, which are out of place, in this bio, for this near perfect water... they are shredding this piece of driftwood into wood fibers, that act like tea leaves, and stain this water to exactly what I was trying to achieve here... this tank hasn't seen an Almond leaf, in several months...

 

[GaryE]

We caught a lot, really a lot of Gabonese Phractura sp - algae eating catfish. We let them go. If I ever go back, since I now know how easy it is to take care of fish 'on the road', I would try to bring some back.

I have very rarely seen them on lists - no one brings them in. But they are out there, unbothered.

 

[MaloK]

You have really nice tanks Magnum.

Your emphasis on having good free swimming space toward the plants taking over, really benefits your fishes choice.
Your tanks are like Felucia.

 

[Magnum Man]

thanks, what is Felucia

 

[GaryE]

Felucia is from Star Trek, he said, ducking to escape the wrath of M. Malo. Okay, it's from that other space thing with the light sabres. I googled it. It's a compliment, from the look of it.

 

[MaloK]

A good definition of Felucia is:

Covered in lush jungles with vibrant plant life basking beneath the tropical sun.

And it's from StarWars.