A few random pictures from the past week or so

anewbie · Jul 21, 2026

This is water change day and so i have 15 aquariums that get water change (the 16th in the room gets special treatment on thursday) and this is a few of them showing how all my aquariums have a different look:

20 long - the one that was in the contest that no one liked - one of my favorites:

29 with a. wolli:

This one was liked by a lot of people even if it is way down on my list.

10 with some unique kribs:

65 with a. sp ipiranga:

another 65 with my favorite fish a. d39 - truly lovely fish:

55 with a. sp bluketa:

29 with n. teugelsi

(more here: https://www.fishforums.net/threads/nanochromis-teugelsi.499469/page-5#post-4399327)

one of my favorites - another 29.

With these guys:

anewbie · Jul 24, 2026

Kribs are an interesting fish - several years ago I had some kind of ugly domestic kribs; one of which is pictured here:

A few random pictures from the past week or so

These are all from my aquariums (the one above is from this area - that little sandy beach): Let me know if you want more pictures...

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I don't know the actual species it was sold as krib for $8 each and they bred and had no problems raising their kids to adult without any assistance.

These days i have two pairs very different both sold as wc p. kribensis lokuenji - the male is a page or two back - the female is still immature. The other pair which were older were from Polongwe and we present them (again) here:

another picture:

This is their third or fourth spawn and they failed to raise the kids so this time for the past two weeks I've been injecting bbs and we can see it has made quit a difference with the frys now tetra safe in size. They are not a bad looking pair and quit loving as you can see never bickering despite a few issues with the frys. Now i don't intend to feed bbs every time they have frys but i wanted a few youngsters. The parents were also better parents this time keeping the frys under leaves and similar as they moved them around the tank. I didn't photo their nest but it is quite a house they built nestle under some driftwood. They built 3 rooms including a kitchen and bathroom and have a nice tunnel to the back side.
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In other news we show these pictures:

anewbie · Jul 27, 2026

I have several african whiptails sold as Phractura sp (unknown species - there are approx 19 that are very similar; though some prefer calm water and others current).
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Another nickname for them are African tailless whip scorpions since they lack the fancy tails that many South American whiptails have. Anyway this morning when i was looking for a few all i saw were some steams from leaves that had decayed but in reality with closer look i saw several of the whiptails so i decided this afternoon when i put the fishes to sleep i would take a couple of pictures. The ones that were on the bottom front mixed in with the stems have moved but i took a picture of them anyway and of course for the whiptails themselves (2nd picture) they went some where a bit easier to photograph:

This is the same aquarium with the kribs a and their frys in a photo above (40B). maybe i shoudl clean the corners - in 3 years i haven't touched the thing 'cept to do water changes.

anewbie · Jul 30, 2026

A not too frequently seen species - the female just released her frys but they are not visible - a. sp ipiranga.....

My female was looking rather charming today so....

anewbie · Aug 1, 2026

When i did water change i discover this - not sure if the exposure to air will kill them but i put a couple in a container with aquarium water. I suspect they are Sturisoma aureus.... which is a pretty nice whiptail.

They look pretty late in development.

and ...

anewbie · Aug 2, 2026

From the upstair aquarium - it has tap water but no co2:

If you look closely you can see one of my f1 m. egregius. I guess it is around 18 months old. Notice the blue around the eye - something very different from m. festivus and m. mirificus.

The one on the right is a weird plant - vaguely i think it was sold as sunset but that can't be right - it is very dark and very flat against the substrate.

It is only 180 gallons but nicer dimensions at 30 wide and 72 long then your typical 180. None of the cory or loaches wanted to be photographed today oh well.... maybe next century.

anewbie · Aug 8, 2026

Some buces grown emersed:
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They have been there for about 18 months but i find getting the water level tricky too much and they sort of rot and too little and they sort of dry up. The first one is much larger with a single leaf as large as a cluster of the 2nd one - the 2nd one is some sort of mini i think but it has been spreading fairly well. I was once told that a buce grown emersed would not have those really nice colours you see submsersed but to my eye that 2nd one is darn pretty.

anewbie · Aug 10, 2026

the above tank has 25 or 30 ruby tetra that never hide so here is a picture that shows a few:

anewbie · Aug 11, 2026

Added a new light on the 40b so a brighter image of the parents; not great pictures as lights were setting - you know fishes go to sleep early these days:

They are not bad looking for kribs; though i'm sure there are more interesting ones out there - they sure do come in a lot of colours.

The parents are still guarding the frys - why i don't know - maybe boredom. The frys are now as large as the ruby tetra so it isn't like anything is going to harm them.