Show off your tanks !

[Merrilyn]

Okay, we're all proud of our fish and our planted tanks. How about posting some photos of what you've got.

Tell us a little bit about the fish, if they've raised fry, and how old they are now.

If you've got a magnificent planted tank that is your pride and joy, then we want to see it.

Okay, dust off those cameras and start posting.:P

[lpiasente]

I'm dying to see your tanks and fish merrilyn

[lpiasente]

http://i54.tinypic.com/2u9oohz.jpg

This fella I cheated and bought him as a full grown so I can't take any of the credit for how beautiful he is. I have had him for around 15 months (guessing) so I don't really know how old he is. I left his female behind didn't have the $$ at then time and now I am kicking myself. I think he is my favourite fish in my tank.

[Merrilyn]

Wow! He is just gorgeous.

C'mon folks. There must be some more good looking fish out there. Not just discus, but anything you're keeping :P

[Decapper]

Gees he looks great!.. Can't wait to my pikelets get to be pancakes!

I'll throw some shots up over the weekend.. My plastic haven!

[Merrilyn]

Hmmm seems like this thread fizzed. Well now I'm just gonna have to bore you with pics of my beloved altums. Post some of your fish, and I promise I'll stop boring you with my pics :twisted:

This is how my babies started out. Such little cuties. August 2008.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/Merrilyns%20Altums%20%20September%202010/tiny_altumsAugust2008.jpg


Then they grew.......

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/AltumAngelpic2small.jpg

And grew......

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/P1000619.jpg

[Merrilyn]

More pics.............

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/Fulltankshotshowing3EheimPro3Filters.jpg



http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/Heckelsandaltums.jpg


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/Altumsinthetenfoottank3010.jpg


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/10-1.jpg


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/RalphtheRaphaelcatfishwhopatrolsthebottomofthetenf ootaltumtank.jpg

[Merrilyn]

More.............http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/Altumshowingredmarkingsinthetopofthebody.jpg


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/Threeyearoldmalecentrewithtwo2yearoldaltumsNotethe shortenedventralsfromfighting.jpg


http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/Nicegreensheenandredspotsdevelopingonthis2yearold. jpg

[Hollowman]

Beautiful Merrilyn

[Merrilyn]

Some of my angels, gold veiltail and koi.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/P1000147.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/P1000149.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/P1000171.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/P1000173.jpg

[Merrilyn]

More

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/P1000209.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/P1000221.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/P1000222.jpg




Okay, I've shown you mine, now show me yours :wink:

[Merrilyn]

Your turn Steve :P

[lpiasente]

Nice . I love angels. That is one big tank.

[Hollowman]

Your turn Steve :P
:lol: I have not taken any for a while, I'll get some taken tomorrow night, and post some up

[mistakes r crucial]

Still waiting for Altum fry Mel.

[goodoo]

Looking forward to seeing hollowman,s fish. Love them, altums I will post some pictures as soon as I get a chance. :D Was that discus an albino strain ? or pb

[lpiasente]

Was that discus an albino strain ? or pb[/quote

do you mean mine? It's a pb but luckily no peppering.

[goodoo]

My first thought was it looked like a pb . I was just asking what it was. :D nice fish

[Merrilyn]

Still waiting for Altum fry Mel.

Mac ..... long time no see :wave2

What mischief are you up to these days :wink:

Yes, I'm still waiting for altum fry too, but got something a bit special happening soon. Keeping it under wraps for the moment, but all will be revealed in a few weeks.

[lpiasente]

My first thought was it looked like a pb . I was just asking what it was. :D nice fish
Thanks I think he is a spunk as well

[goodoo]

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[lpiasente]

It didn't work

[goodoo]

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i323/Goodoo1/fish/DSCF0033-2.jpg

Mani. My first discus.

[goodoo]

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i323/Goodoo1/fish/DSC00342-1.jpg

Same discus, different mood. :D

[Merrilyn]

Wow, that colour change is amazing :shock:

What a gorgeous fish.

[lpiasente]

very very nice. I'm jelous my turk turns an ugly grey when he is in a mood. mani....I love it :D

[rex82]

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/rex82_bucket/Discus/DSCF9217.jpg
http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/rex82_bucket/Discus/DSCF9201.jpg
http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/rex82_bucket/Discus/2010_0604fish0004.jpg
http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/rex82_bucket/Discus/2010_0421fishing0002.jpg

A couple pics from my fishroom

[m.ingram]

Hi all must say Merrilyn i love your Altums .
goodoo Mani is a beautiful fish .
Rex i love the blue ones i think they are ss .

[goodoo]

Thanks for the nice replies. Mani means fish in a Papuan language. It a nice feeling to get nice comments about my Discus. He is a bit bigger now and has a streamer.

[Merrilyn]

Oh gorgeous fish, and even some baby photos. I love baby photos :P

[mistakes r crucial]

Beautiful fish you have there Goodoo, you're local too! We're just up the road in Buderim. Do you sell your fry?
Cheers
MAC

[mistakes r crucial]

You're not wrong there Mel, it's been far too long.

I never get in to mischief :lol: Just been busy living and working but starting to think about keeping/breeding fish again. Please keep me posted, sounds interesting.
cheers
MAC

[goodoo]

Got two in a breeding tank at moment, They were breeding in my main tank. When they grow up you can have some.

[lpiasente]

rex very very nice fish Is that a white butterfly in pic number 2? I would love to see a full pic they are one of my favourite discus

[rex82]

rex very very nice fish Is that a white butterfly in pic number 2? I would love to see a full pic they are one of my favourite discus

That's an Albino Cobalt. I have two females and a male but they still learning. These pics are a few months old and they are around 6-6.5 inches now
http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/rex82_bucket/Discus/DSCF9236.jpg

These are my old white butterflies but have since sold them on
http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/rex82_bucket/Discus/2010_0109disc0037.jpg[/img]

[erhan]

Nice! here's one of my albino white butterfly.


http://b.imagehost.org/0636/IMG_2984.jpg (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0636/IMG_2984)

[erhan]

A few more pictures of my pair.

http://d.imagehost.org/0050/IMG_3195.jpg (http://d.imagehost.org/view/0050/IMG_3195)
http://d.imagehost.org/0806/IMG_3194.jpg (http://d.imagehost.org/view/0806/IMG_3194)
http://b.imagehost.org/0414/IMG_3172.jpg (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0414/IMG_3172)
http://b.imagehost.org/0550/IMG_3174.jpg (http://b.imagehost.org/view/0550/IMG_3174)

[Merrilyn]

Gorgeous fish. The quality is just stunning.

Keep the photos coming folks :P

[lpiasente]

OMG OMG OMG I am sick with jealousy. Where do you live??? I think I might have to pop on over and take them home with me.
Do you get babies off these guys

[erhan]

hehe. I only got them recently, fry don't stick on the parents but no surprise there. I'm going to try and raise them artificially.

[swampy1972]

Stunning!!

I miss my Discus :cry:

[BobbyBruce]

Hi All,

Fingers crossed, if I get a couple of pics of my brown male up I may post some more pics of the tank.

[karisdiscus]

Beautiful fish Merrilyn. You have a very nice set up. Have you ever had any problems with the angels and discus mixed? I know they come from the same waters but I was told (I dont think its true) not to mix angels and discus because the angel can give discus diff. illnesses that they carry. I know you know what you are doing I was just surprised. I guess it was another thing I was told from the local pet store that was wrong.

[Hollowman]

Beautiful fish Merrilyn. You have a very nice set up. Have you ever had any problems with the angels and discus mixed? I know they come from the same waters but I was told (I dont think its true) not to mix angels and discus because the angel can give discus diff. illnesses that they carry. I know you know what you are doing I was just surprised. I guess it was another thing I was told from the local pet store that was wrong.

I have wild Scalares in with domestic discus, have done for over a year now, they mix well imo :wink:

[taksan]

There is something almost surreal about the 10 foot with the 3 big Pro3 Eheims underneath.



More pics.............

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/ladyred2005/Fulltankshotshowing3EheimPro3Filters.jpg



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[Merrilyn]

Beautiful fish Merrilyn. You have a very nice set up. Have you ever had any problems with the angels and discus mixed? I know they come from the same waters but I was told (I dont think its true) not to mix angels and discus because the angel can give discus diff. illnesses that they carry. I know you know what you are doing I was just surprised. I guess it was another thing I was told from the local pet store that was wrong.

That's a great question.

The fish I have together are wild caught altums and wild caught heckels. Both types of fish had been through a very thorough de-parasite treatment and had been quarantined for over 12 months before being placed in the same tank.

I wouldn't ever put domestic discus and and domestic angels together for all the reasons you have mentioned, together with the fact that domestic angels will out compete discus for food every time.

[Eric A]

Stunning altums and heckels! Thats a combination i'd like to try in my own tank.

[danie11]

Here are my fellows





http://lh6.ggpht.com/_L4xIurQ0Kw0/TQyMBe3E7GI/AAAAAAAADiA/KWK1OAzcUwc/s800/DSC_0716.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_L4xIurQ0Kw0/TQyMXSO3UnI/AAAAAAAADiQ/8cqjzrIXjJo/s800/DSC_0946.JPG


http://lh5.ggpht.com/_L4xIurQ0Kw0/TQyMoaczgbI/AAAAAAAADig/Oaxkp4TY8u4/s800/DSC_0936.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_L4xIurQ0Kw0/TQyM61ODpGI/AAAAAAAADi0/thV2R4D4AYI/s800/DSC_0759.JPG

[rex82]

A few more
http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/rex82_bucket/DSCF3310.jpg
http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/rex82_bucket/DSCF3300.jpg
http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx50/rex82_bucket/Discus/2010_0421fishing0001.jpg

[lpiasente]

I like those 3 snake skins in the last pic

[Hollowman]

Here are my fellows





http://lh6.ggpht.com/_L4xIurQ0Kw0/TQyMBe3E7GI/AAAAAAAADiA/KWK1OAzcUwc/s800/DSC_0716.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_L4xIurQ0Kw0/TQyMXSO3UnI/AAAAAAAADiQ/8cqjzrIXjJo/s800/DSC_0946.JPG


http://lh5.ggpht.com/_L4xIurQ0Kw0/TQyMoaczgbI/AAAAAAAADig/Oaxkp4TY8u4/s800/DSC_0936.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_L4xIurQ0Kw0/TQyM61ODpGI/AAAAAAAADi0/thV2R4D4AYI/s800/DSC_0759.JPG
Nice fish, but they do look very dark to me, they should be bright eyed and bright blue/red. not so dark and showing the vertical bars, or is it just me?

[goodoo]

I think there so dark because of the black substrate.

[rex82]

It's not just you steve :wink: .

[danie11]

Yeah, they are showing the old stress bars a bit,
They are all very well looked after, good food, weekly water changes
2x ehiem 2028 for filtration.

I do have eco complete and a black background that could be the cause ?

also the pic were taken a day or so after spawning so could be stressed keeping away the loaches.

Are stress bars a definite indication of something wrong ????

Here he is all washed out (different camera though) and a few days later he has darkened up and turned fluro lol

regards dan

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_L4xIurQ0Kw0/TQ31miO1cSI/AAAAAAAADjs/VwrO5sPgXhk/s800/P2071460.JPG

[Loach]

Dan,

The first pic you posted was INCREDIBLE!!!! What strain is he?