South American Biotope (522)

Hi guys,

Thought that it's about time for an update of my exploding tank.


FTS

Male WC Ram

Female WC Ram

Satanoperca daemon

Satanoperca mapiritensis 

Satanoperca leucostitca

Crenicichla regani 'Iniridae' (Male)

Biotodoma cupido

Geophagus neambi

Acanthius adonis

Pseudacanthius cf. leopardus L114

5x2x2 monster community- November 2011 updates

A short video before I go to sleep.

Piaractus brachypomus (Albino Red Bellied Pacu)

Just a short update of my Albino Red Belly Pacu.

Got it on 20th October 2011. Today, on the 27th November (after 1month and 1week) it has grown from 7cm to 15cm in just 1month! more than double the size!

Just a couple of picture to show the development of my Crenicichla cincta.

Cheek grown redder, girth seems thicker, and accepting dead food readily! Happy fish keeper :)

With bars


Without bars


Happy weekends folks!

God bless!

Pleco setup updates

Hello folks,

Have been lacking an update for quite sometime as I was busy with work.

Anyway, I did a revamp of my 2.5ft pleco tank and partitioned it into two, as shown in the picture below.

There are some new changes to the tank but I have not yet taken a photo of it. Initially the left side was home to my pair of mature L201 and the right side was home to my 2 pairs of mature bristlenose (courtesy of ziw3i, fellow arofanatics.com friend & my neighbor).

I had a little surprise with my bristlenose after less than a week of setting up their home, 1 pair spawned! But sadly, none of the eggs made it pass day 2 after daddy pleco kicked the eggs out of the cave :(

I could count at least 90 eggs!

Well, let's just hope that these guys will mate again in time to come!

Right now, the left partition is holding the bristlenoses and the right side is home to 2 pairs of adult Hypancistrus sp. 'LOWER XINGU'.

Will update more in time to come!

2.5x1.5x1.5feet Pleco Setup

Most of my fishes have grown out of my 2.5feet tank and joining the big guys in the 5x2x2 except for my albino pacu, so I decided to use this 2.5feet to rear and probably breed some plecos!

Read up about their water conditions as well as their other husbandry needs and decided to take the plunge. However, my kind neighbor (Ziwei) offered to "lend" me some of his Common Bristle Nose Pleco (Ancistrus sp.). With them, I can gain some experience and not burn a hole in my pocket by diving straight into the more exotic and difficult plecos.

Here's a picture of the setup I've done up just now, did a 70% water change and will be adding activated carbon to remove any residual chemicals used to quarantine my new fishes. :)



I will probably go get myself a small school of Cardinal tetras and some anubias (nanas) to light up this tank more. (keeping my fingers crossed that the pacu won't try to eat the cardinals)

Crenicichla cincta (Green Pike Cichlids)

Was scrolling through AQUAHOBBY's stock-list on Friday morning, and I googled this Pike Cichlid called Crenicichla cincta and what I saw amazed me! I've never seen a Pike Cichlid with such green sheen with an interesting pinkish red head!

Without hesitating, I messaged Daniel for the price and size. Was disappointed initially because I was told that the fishes were about 7". But soon I received another message that he still had another 10" piece and I immediately reserved it! haha!

Went down during the night to bag the fish, but wasn't able to tell the color of the fish due to the tannins in the holding tank. However, the color this fish displayed upon reaching my place astonished me! :)







I also noticed that my piece tend to only show it's vertical bars only after lights out!








Now, I'm a happy man!

Information

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 19.5 cm (but according to other sources they are capable of growing to about 20")

Climate / Range

Tropical; 24°C - 27°C

Distribution
South America: Amazon River basin in Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador, from the Napo River to Marajó Island.

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