Hello everybody,
First thread for me here.
below you can find some captures of my SA community tank. It has been running for about 3 months now, working on the setup since last December
Aquarium is 4'x27", 22" high (120x70x55 cm). Bottom sump filteration
Stock - (it is overstocked and I'm in the process of selling few of the smaller ones):
1 Heros sp. 'rotkeil' / Severum Red shoulder Female
1 Heros Sverus
2 Red Spotted Sverums
1 small Green Sverum
1 Geophagus SP "Tapajos Red Head"
1 Large geophagus altifrons
1 Large geophagus abalios
1 Med geophagus Steindachneri
2 young geophagus winemilleri
1 Hoplarchus psittacus - Parrot cichlid
1 med aequidens diadema
1 med aequidens metae
3 Festivum
1 small Lepomis megalotis
2 small Temporalis
2 Abramites
L200, L201, L168 and L81
Few overall pictures:
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Few selected zoom pictures:
Tapajos Red Head (wild caught) - he is the last that got in - will get mich nicer in couple of months
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Hoplarchus psittacus (wild caught) - very rare here in Israel. couldn't get one till ~6 weeks ago when first import was made. this one is about 5-6". supposted to become much nicer with time
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few of a Wild caught Heros sp. 'rotkeil' female
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in the back of the picture above you can see a large wild caught Geophagus Brasiliensis that was taken out about a week back because he was just too aggressive. Here he is in full:
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and one of the two red-spotted Severums in the tank
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Small L201
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And my large Geophagus altifrons
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Nice view of aequidens metae
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Another one who is probably on his way out - A nice sajica male (T-bar cichlid). not SA and just too violant, although not causing too much damage for now:
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By oferf at 2011-06-27
I would appreciate your feedback and ideas on the decoration, fish stockon, the set up etc
Thanks
First thread for me here.
below you can find some captures of my SA community tank. It has been running for about 3 months now, working on the setup since last December
Aquarium is 4'x27", 22" high (120x70x55 cm). Bottom sump filteration
Stock - (it is overstocked and I'm in the process of selling few of the smaller ones):
1 Heros sp. 'rotkeil' / Severum Red shoulder Female
1 Heros Sverus
2 Red Spotted Sverums
1 small Green Sverum
1 Geophagus SP "Tapajos Red Head"
1 Large geophagus altifrons
1 Large geophagus abalios
1 Med geophagus Steindachneri
2 young geophagus winemilleri
1 Hoplarchus psittacus - Parrot cichlid
1 med aequidens diadema
1 med aequidens metae
3 Festivum
1 small Lepomis megalotis
2 small Temporalis
2 Abramites
L200, L201, L168 and L81
Few overall pictures:
By oferf at 2011-06-25
By oferf at 2011-06-25
Few selected zoom pictures:
Tapajos Red Head (wild caught) - he is the last that got in - will get mich nicer in couple of months
By oferf at 2011-06-25
Hoplarchus psittacus (wild caught) - very rare here in Israel. couldn't get one till ~6 weeks ago when first import was made. this one is about 5-6". supposted to become much nicer with time
By oferf at 2011-06-27
few of a Wild caught Heros sp. 'rotkeil' female
By oferf at 2011-06-27
By oferf at 2011-06-27
By oferf at 2011-06-27
in the back of the picture above you can see a large wild caught Geophagus Brasiliensis that was taken out about a week back because he was just too aggressive. Here he is in full:
By oferf at 2011-06-27
and one of the two red-spotted Severums in the tank
By oferf at 2011-06-25
Small L201
By oferf at 2011-06-27
And my large Geophagus altifrons
By oferf at 2011-06-27
Nice view of aequidens metae
By oferf at 2011-06-27
Another one who is probably on his way out - A nice sajica male (T-bar cichlid). not SA and just too violant, although not causing too much damage for now:
By oferf at 2011-06-27
I would appreciate your feedback and ideas on the decoration, fish stockon, the set up etc
Thanks
