F.O.M.L. Fish Of My Life……photo list of happiness

[bgarthe35 52]

This is a photo list of the Fish-Of-My-Life……past and present. At various times in my life, I received great pleasure from keeping such gorgeous creatures. I’d love to see other member’s pic photo lists of the fish they’ve had/have. ***These are pics of the actual fish I have kept or am keeping atm.***

Hoplisoma paleatus, Peppered Cory…pic taken just as it turned into regular lighting a few years ago. These fish now are much darker in my tanks having black blasting sand substrate.

Pterophyllum scalare, Red Devil Koi Angelfish

Sawbwa resplendens, Rummynose Rasbora

Phenacogrammus interruptus, Congo Tetra
(probably my “favorite”overall)

Phenacogrammus aurantiacus, Gold Blue Eyed Congo Tetra

Puntius tetrazona, Tiger Barb

Hoplisoma panda, Panda Cory

Trigonostigma espei, Lambchop or Porkchop Rasbora

Hemigrammus rodwayi, Gold Tetra

Microdevario kubotai, Green Neon Rasbora

Sandadanio axelrodi, Blue Neon Rasbora

Paracheirodon simulans, Green Neon Tetra

Mikogeophagus ramirezi, German Blue Ram (gold form)

Pelvicachromis pulcher, Kribensis Cichlid, Male


Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi, Black Neon Tetra

 

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Trichopodus leeri, Pearl Gourami

Poecilia reticulata, …..Fancy Guppy…..

Trichogaster chuna, Honey Gourami

Poecilia reticulata,

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Yellow Panda Discus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Red Melon Discus

Poecilia reticulata,

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Checkerboard Pigeonblood Discus

Pethia aurea, ….one of the Golden Dwarf Barb species often mistaken for Pethia gelius.

Boraras brigittae, Chili Rasbora

Cyprinus rubrofiscus, Koi

Trichogaster lalius, Dwarf Gourami

Poecilia reticulata, Dumbo Elephant-Ear Fancy Guppy

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Mosaic Turquoise Discus

 

[bgarthe35 52]

Trichogaster lalius, Dwarf Gourami (powder blue form)

Betta splendens, Betta….Siamese Fighting Fish, male


Pterophyllum scalare, Koi Angelfish

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Discus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Red Eagle Discus…My “fav” Discus

Paracheirdon axelrodi, Cardinal Tetra

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Red Map Discus

Xiphophorus maculatus, Wagtail Platies
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Xiphophorus maculatus, Wagtail Platies

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Red Turquoise Discus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Millenium Gold Discus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Snakeskin Discus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Red Maze Pigeon Discus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Gold Leopard Discus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Blue Diamond Discus

 

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Cyprinus rubrofiscus, Koi ( in my 3800g outside pond 20+ years)

Poecilia reticulata,

Pelvicachromis pulcher, Kribensis Cichlid, Female

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Scorpion Discus

Pterophyllum scalare, Koi Angelfish

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Albino Millenium Gold Discus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Orange Panda Discus

Symphysodon aequifasciatus, Rafflesia Discus

Xiphophorus maculatus, Wagtail Platies


Xiphophorus maculatus, Wagtail Platies

 

[GaryE]

Sensory overload!

There are a lot of beautiful fish to take in there!

 

[GaryE]

I like the spirit of this. No prizes, no competition, just sharing of things that are out there for those who like to look. These are all old photos of fish I sadly no longer have.

Aphyosemion hera
Wallaceochromis rubrolabiale
Enteromius cf hulstaerti
Aphyosemion exigoideum
Aphyosemion oeseri

I'd love to see @bgarthe 's fish labelled so people could ask questions about them. If members dig back into their files, I'll bet there are a lot of cool fish people may or may not have encountered before in them. We could even do a fish of the week where members could post and talk about one fish they have or have had, using their own photos to share info and show things others might be inspired by.

A bunch of these photos come from 2015, and a quick popping open of files I haven't looked at in ages.

 

[anewbie]

I hope no one posts a picture of a plate of a fish they are eating and call it the fish of their life.

 

[gimme302 1]

This is my kind of post, thank you @bgarthe! Gorgeous!
I like Gary's idea but I wouldn't be able to participate much. I worked as a photographer after I got out of the service and absolutely refused to do any 'work' at home so the only records I have are filed away in my big giant brain.

 

[Essjay34 149]

Most of my photos are blurry, but strangely enough I took some reasonably clear photos just after I returned for having retinal photography and my vision was still blurry from the eye drops - and I spotted my pair of Bolivian rams (Mikrogephagus altispinosus) in the middle of spawning.

Please excuse the plastic plants and gravel from before I knew better.

 

[gwand34 150]

 

[GaryE]

Epiplatys chaperi
Aphyosemion sp. cf cognatum
Sturisoma sp
Parosphromenus tweedei
Pelvicachromis kribensis Moliwe

 

[MattW34 150]

Some of my past and current fish. My favourite was breeding fish for the first time. The Rummynose were a very rewarding experience

 

[GaryE]

I can't put these in this month's contest, as they're all older shots I took of species I no longer have. But they were all great cory group members.

Hoplisomoa melini
Brochis splendens
Osteogaster rabauti
Scleromystax barbatus
Hoplisoma sterbai

 

[bgarthe35 52]

I like the spirit of this. No prizes, no competition, just sharing of things that are out there for those who like to look. These are all old photos of fish I sadly no longer have.

Aphyosemion hera
Wallaceochromis rubrolabiale
Enteromius cf hulstaerti
Aphyosemion exigoideum
Aphyosemion oeseri

I'd love to see @bgarthe 's fish labelled so people could ask questions about them. If members dig back into their files, I'll bet there are a lot of cool fish people may or may not have encountered before in them. We could even do a fish of the week where members could post and talk about one fish they have or have had, using their own photos to share info and show things others might be inspired by.

A bunch of these photos come from 2015, and a quick popping open of files I haven't looked at in ages.

Ok GaryE…..I like your idea. I should have included names as well. A few of the common names elude me, so I am going to try to recall the Discus common names which vary quite a bit by different breeder/sellers. Also…..I apologize if I misspelled any of the scientific names. Thnx for bringing that to my attention.

 

[anewbie]

Ok GaryE…..I like your idea. I should have included names as well. A few of the common names elude me, so I am going to try to recall the Discus common names which vary quite a bit by different breeder/sellers. Also…..I apologize if I misspelled any of the scientific names. Thnx for bringing that to my attention.

The picture you have label as apistogramma sp ? is a pelvicachromis of some sort - probably kribensis from one of the nicer catch locations; also it would be good if Gary followed his own advice; for while some of his pictures have nice file names other not so much- at least one of the cory i don't recognize.
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I did some looking up and it might be p. krib nigeria (different catch location have different dot and colour - or maybe it is not krib and some related west african fish who knows - gary will know). it could also be a mutt if someone cross bred two different catch locations. The part that is borthering me is the single dot in tail; and while it can occur in some catch location it might be one of the related species in the genus. Either way that kid came from africa not south america so it is an oldddddd fish and not a new fishhhhhhh.