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Here is a link to the west african cichlid gallery that I have placed on my web site. I have updated it from when I first loaded it last weekend. New images include a great shot of my P. taeniatus 'makoure' dancing. I also had a great session with the most difficult to photograph westie I have ever had... the P. subocellatus 'moanda'. All I can attribute today's success to is that I added 6 dither fish yesterday.
http://www.tedsfishroom.com/westafrican.html
The images in the gallery are from five years' worth of fish keeping. That is how long I have owned a digital camera. I have had a few other types prior to that, and a couple since that I just do not have decent images of. I had never thought about how many westies I have kept until I started to build this page and search through my files for images. The types missing from the gallery: P. t. moliwe, P. t. 'Nigerian' type (I have had red, green and yellow), P. t. bandewouri, P. t. lokounje, P. t. dehane, N. transvestitus, N. dimidiatus 'leza', N. parilus, A. thomasi, a few different Hemichromis, Pel. sp. aff. subocellatus, Teleogramma brichardi, Steat. irvinei, S. tinanti, S. casuarius, C. guntheri, B. finleyi, B. nigrodorsalis, Pelmat. nigrofasciatus, a few Tilapia, and Limbochromis robertsi.
I look at the list and think, 'wow... I've killed a lot of cool fish'. Then I look at the books and think, 'Wow! There are so many more to keep!' The variety seems endless, and if I add the South American dwarves into the mix there are probably more than I will ever be able to have in my lifetime. I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to have even a few of these species, and I feel guilty to some extent for have not been very successful at reproducing many of them.
I am 39 and have been seriously active in this hobby for 20 years. I love talking to the aquarists who have been doing this twice as long as I have, and talking with the aquarist who got their first tank last Christmas (and now have ten). They are just as excited about a cool fish as I am. Is fish keeping an addiction? Maybe. One thing for sure... it is cheaper than golf.
http://www.tedsfishroom.com/westafrican.html
The images in the gallery are from five years' worth of fish keeping. That is how long I have owned a digital camera. I have had a few other types prior to that, and a couple since that I just do not have decent images of. I had never thought about how many westies I have kept until I started to build this page and search through my files for images. The types missing from the gallery: P. t. moliwe, P. t. 'Nigerian' type (I have had red, green and yellow), P. t. bandewouri, P. t. lokounje, P. t. dehane, N. transvestitus, N. dimidiatus 'leza', N. parilus, A. thomasi, a few different Hemichromis, Pel. sp. aff. subocellatus, Teleogramma brichardi, Steat. irvinei, S. tinanti, S. casuarius, C. guntheri, B. finleyi, B. nigrodorsalis, Pelmat. nigrofasciatus, a few Tilapia, and Limbochromis robertsi.
I look at the list and think, 'wow... I've killed a lot of cool fish'. Then I look at the books and think, 'Wow! There are so many more to keep!' The variety seems endless, and if I add the South American dwarves into the mix there are probably more than I will ever be able to have in my lifetime. I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to have even a few of these species, and I feel guilty to some extent for have not been very successful at reproducing many of them.
I am 39 and have been seriously active in this hobby for 20 years. I love talking to the aquarists who have been doing this twice as long as I have, and talking with the aquarist who got their first tank last Christmas (and now have ten). They are just as excited about a cool fish as I am. Is fish keeping an addiction? Maybe. One thing for sure... it is cheaper than golf.
