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Current state of my tanks..

rasmusW

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hi all!

there's been a lot of radio silence on my end lately, so i thought it was about time to show a few pictures of 3 of my tanks.
first one... -my 120 liters with 10 copella nattereri and a trio of apistogramma atahualpa. both species have laid eggs and i also did notice free swimming atahualpa fry. -though i still haven't succeeded to actually grow out any fry.
ealier today i spotted a new clutch of eggs, so hopes are up again.

-small question. what color does atahualpa eggs usually have?. -i have had both red and white egg batches, which produced free swimming fry (-the ones from the red eggs grew biggest).
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first 75 liter.

this one doesn't contain any apistos atm. i did hope for a pair of a. rositae, but unfortunately i was a little to slow... -now i'm either waiting on more rositaes or a pair of panduro.
so far this tank houses my 3 remaining pyrrhulina obermuelleri and 3 euryrhynchus amazoniensis. the later i rarely ever see.
i have seen apistogramma panduro biotope pictures with a few aquatic plants. not sure if it was mayaca fluviatilis as i use here... might be tonina fluviatilis.
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second and last 75 liter tank.

here's my current home for my pair of a. bitaeniata. they share the tank with a batch of fry (about 7-10mm), 7 adult nannostromus marginatus and my first fry of these. and lastly i also added the 2 otocinclus affinis i had from another tank.

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that's it for now...

-r
 

rasmusW

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Thank you Sir. (-and thanks to all you who gave me a thumbs up) -ye! I’m actually quite happy about it myself. But like you probally know, there is always that feeling, like a little itch, like “it would be perfect in a bigger tank, maybe some other botanicals” or what not... but that is also what makes this hobby so much fun.

-r
 

murph3400

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hi all!

there's been a lot of radio silence on my end lately, so i thought it was about time to show a few pictures of 3 of my tanks.
first one... -my 120 liters with 10 copella nattereri and a trio of apistogramma atahualpa. both species have laid eggs and i also did notice free swimming atahualpa fry. -though i still haven't succeeded to actually grow out any fry.
ealier today i spotted a new clutch of eggs, so hopes are up again.

-small question. what color does atahualpa eggs usually have?. -i have had both red and white egg batches, which produced free swimming fry (-the ones from the red eggs grew biggest).
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first 75 liter.

this one doesn't contain any apistos atm. i did hope for a pair of a. rositae, but unfortunately i was a little to slow... -now i'm either waiting on more rositaes or a pair of panduro.
so far this tank houses my 3 remaining pyrrhulina obermuelleri and 3 euryrhynchus amazoniensis. the later i rarely ever see.
i have seen apistogramma panduro biotope pictures with a few aquatic plants. not sure if it was mayaca fluviatilis as i use here... might be tonina fluviatilis.
View attachment 10080

second and last 75 liter tank.

here's my current home for my pair of a. bitaeniata. they share the tank with a batch of fry (about 7-10mm), 7 adult nannostromus marginatus and my first fry of these. and lastly i also added the 2 otocinclus affinis i had from another tank.

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that's it for now...

-r
Nice job
 

Samala

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These are lovely. Are there lids on the tanks to keep the Copella in? Or do they not jump given all the floating cover?
 

rasmusW

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Thanks a lot, you two.
Yes, the big tank is lid less, but i haven’t seen any of the copella jump that high. They stay just beneath the surface.
There is about 5-10 cm. Up to the edge and as you can see plenty of plant cover.
I kept the pyrrhulinas in it aswell. They too stayed more or less under the waterline, though did splash more. It was first when i moved them to the smaller 75 liter, they jumped out (=two dead fish). This tank has a lid on...

-r
 

rasmusW

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Just a little update here...
my atahualpa mom, brought out 5-10 free swimming fry yesterday. Wuhuu!!!
Though it’s not a huge batch and they are still very small, it’s still a great succes.

-r
 

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