We have a winner!
I got the four and am really enjoying them.
Here are the two females about 5 mins after adding them.
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I got the four and am really enjoying them.
Here are the two females about 5 mins after adding them.
Was playing with the camera and took some pics of the tank.
Finally got a half decent shot of the horse mouth.
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Finally got a half decent shot of the horse mouth.
View attachment DSC00750.JPGSome more pics of the Stiphodon ornatus.
They are well settled and seem very happy as there colors are vivid.
The seem to enjoy being in a loose school and no conspecific aggression has been noted so far.
The feed almost exclusively on aufwuchs regardless of what is added to the tank for other fish. They did show some interest in the large sinking algae wafers. That was for a short while and soon went back to grazing.
A male on the left and female on the right.
Since adding algae covered rocks from the stream to the tank and increases places to feed their condition has improved a lot.
I think this was the female again.
A male in washed out colors.
A female in all her glory on one of the river added rocks for feeding.
A male watching me watching him. They cleared those rocks of everything in 3 days.
The males have redder tails than the females. Also, the dorsal fin has elongated rays and is redder.
They are well settled and seem very happy as there colors are vivid.
The seem to enjoy being in a loose school and no conspecific aggression has been noted so far.
The feed almost exclusively on aufwuchs regardless of what is added to the tank for other fish. They did show some interest in the large sinking algae wafers. That was for a short while and soon went back to grazing.
A male on the left and female on the right.
Since adding algae covered rocks from the stream to the tank and increases places to feed their condition has improved a lot.
I think this was the female again.
A male in washed out colors.
A female in all her glory on one of the river added rocks for feeding.
A male watching me watching him. They cleared those rocks of everything in 3 days.
The males have redder tails than the females. Also, the dorsal fin has elongated rays and is redder.
Wow they look stunning. Are you going to keep replacing the algae coverd rocks for them, it would be nice if the took algae wafers.
Thank you
Thanks.
Yes I plan to keep swapping out the rocks. I like the idea of natural food as they are all wild caught. I will add more wafers and hope they eat them too but the covered rocks should give them enough to go on.
Going on their droppings they really seem to enough the lush, bright green algae.
Some new kids on the block. They too will get their own tank sometime next year when the stiphodon are moved into their tank. There are 6 of them in the tank.
Some may already know what they are. here is the teaser pic:
Any guesses?
Some may already know what they are. here is the teaser pic:
Any guesses?
