F1 "Rio Mongo" Convict. I have a dozen or more of these fish as dithers throughout my larger tanks. This fish is showing more blue than the "HRP's" that I bought at the convention. I'm starting to believe that whoever donated them to the auction...mislabeled them. Anyway...
Sometimes timing is everything. Just as I hit the shot the fish made a hard left turn to swim to the other end of the tank...and I mean it was a lightning dash. I'm shooting at 1/250th of a second. Even at that speed you can still see some of the camera blur.
A little calmer
One of two female's in the tank.
The large F0 male Parachromis motaguense "Rio Blanco". I have a breeding pair in a 180 gallon tank by themselves and a spare female in the pond. This is by far the HARDEST tank to get photos. Don't know why...but it is.
The female:
Female F0 Managuense "Honduras" checking on her new fry. You can see the fray on the bottom left hand side of the photo...and scattered to the right. She's in the process of moving that pile back to the main pile on the left. It's never ending...until they start to swim.
You can see that the "wiggler" are becoming "poppers" as they begin to learn their first strokes (left hand side near the bottom of the female)
Still have the five F0 N. beani. The largest is only three inches. I have them in a 100 gallon tank by themselves. Keeping the aggression levels down by loading the tank with rocks, pots, and fake foliage. So far so good. They are all very elusive and so far difficult to photograph. It's one of the few fish that I have to turn off all of the other tank lights. Yesterday I had a white T-shirt on and literally had to drape myself in a dark cloth so the contrasting colors would be hidden. It still took forever to get even this shot. I think this male is courting one of the other larger females. I have seen some interaction between two of the other fish...no doubt jockeying for position.
Sometimes timing is everything. Just as I hit the shot the fish made a hard left turn to swim to the other end of the tank...and I mean it was a lightning dash. I'm shooting at 1/250th of a second. Even at that speed you can still see some of the camera blur.
A little calmer
One of two female's in the tank.
The large F0 male Parachromis motaguense "Rio Blanco". I have a breeding pair in a 180 gallon tank by themselves and a spare female in the pond. This is by far the HARDEST tank to get photos. Don't know why...but it is.
The female:
Female F0 Managuense "Honduras" checking on her new fry. You can see the fray on the bottom left hand side of the photo...and scattered to the right. She's in the process of moving that pile back to the main pile on the left. It's never ending...until they start to swim.
You can see that the "wiggler" are becoming "poppers" as they begin to learn their first strokes (left hand side near the bottom of the female)
Still have the five F0 N. beani. The largest is only three inches. I have them in a 100 gallon tank by themselves. Keeping the aggression levels down by loading the tank with rocks, pots, and fake foliage. So far so good. They are all very elusive and so far difficult to photograph. It's one of the few fish that I have to turn off all of the other tank lights. Yesterday I had a white T-shirt on and literally had to drape myself in a dark cloth so the contrasting colors would be hidden. It still took forever to get even this shot. I think this male is courting one of the other larger females. I have seen some interaction between two of the other fish...no doubt jockeying for position.
