Picked up a 535
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It’s been a while. I’ve made some changes along with changes the male Umbee made for me. It’s been tricky finding suitable long term tankmates and so far, the Loisellei are the original tankmates left with the species down to a 1M/2F trio. The dominant male Loisellei took out the other male with the male actively courting both females. Unfortunately, they’re mostly hanging in the branches, venturing out to feed and give chase to the Salvini.
The nics are gone. The Umbee largely ignored them but they hated the Parachromis and the notch in both the dorsals of the pair had me pull them and give them away.
The Umbee is with two females. Both unrelated. One is from my previous pair that I grew out from fry, the second was a recent purchase. No courtship activity since the male normally just chases them away.
I picked up a group of Salvini and added Pleco caves and buried them into the slopes of the substrate to give shelter to them from the larger species in the tank. They’re mostly ignored and given their temperament and cryptic nature, I’m confident these will serve as good target fish for the Umbee in this large tank. It’s been working well for a few months and recently added a trio that I saw at a local LFS with good red color.
Other tankmates are six Prochilodus that are larger ignored. I also have a single Pseudanos that’s been in this tank for years and is completely ignored. I picked up 10 Pink Tails for the top but they came in smaller than expected so I have them growing out in a 40 Breeder. I also have five Acnodon Normani coming next week that I’ll add to give more life to the tank. A group of 5 Leporinus Octomaculatus will also be added shortly.
Lastly, I have a 2M/1F trio of grown L600’s, a grown L14, a Bushynose, and a fat Striped Rafael that I forgot I had until o saw it a few days ago.
For plants, the Giant Vallisnera slowly got shredded as the Umbee and L600’s just swam through them and trampled them. Went back to Anubias attached to the hardscape and they’ve been working really well.
let me know what you think.
The nics are gone. The Umbee largely ignored them but they hated the Parachromis and the notch in both the dorsals of the pair had me pull them and give them away.
The Umbee is with two females. Both unrelated. One is from my previous pair that I grew out from fry, the second was a recent purchase. No courtship activity since the male normally just chases them away.
I picked up a group of Salvini and added Pleco caves and buried them into the slopes of the substrate to give shelter to them from the larger species in the tank. They’re mostly ignored and given their temperament and cryptic nature, I’m confident these will serve as good target fish for the Umbee in this large tank. It’s been working well for a few months and recently added a trio that I saw at a local LFS with good red color.
Other tankmates are six Prochilodus that are larger ignored. I also have a single Pseudanos that’s been in this tank for years and is completely ignored. I picked up 10 Pink Tails for the top but they came in smaller than expected so I have them growing out in a 40 Breeder. I also have five Acnodon Normani coming next week that I’ll add to give more life to the tank. A group of 5 Leporinus Octomaculatus will also be added shortly.
Lastly, I have a 2M/1F trio of grown L600’s, a grown L14, a Bushynose, and a fat Striped Rafael that I forgot I had until o saw it a few days ago.
For plants, the Giant Vallisnera slowly got shredded as the Umbee and L600’s just swam through them and trampled them. Went back to Anubias attached to the hardscape and they’ve been working really well.
let me know what you think.
Wow, that first picture is absolutely incredible! I don’t have an artistic bone in my body when it comes to aquascape.
Thank you. Follow some of the aquascaping Instagram or FB content. The planted side is where the scaping is the most advanced.
