New here, some pics....

[repair]

Verrrry Nice.

Can I make a suggestion? I think you should get rid of the following fish.....

#1 the GT
#2 the Venustus
#3 the Salvini
#4 the Tilapia Mariae

Because you seen like a nice guy I will take them..... just to help you out.

Have you ever kept any Labeotropheus trewavasae ? I have saevral breeding pairs and I really enjoy them..... Thay are nice to look at and are fairly easy going.

 

[mjime714]

Awesome tanks!! Great work on them. I really like your new world.

Right now, my wife hates this site. Everytime I see posts like this, I show here and say, "I want something like this." To which she says, "Get off the damn computer, I need to shop for shoes!"

 

[scarysdad]

Thanks for all of the kind words you guys; I always get nervous when posting pics; get sensitive about negative feedback, I have a few more to show you;

Repair, to answer your comment; yeah I have a Trewavasae, they are very cute fish with their 'duck bills', here he is....





Some more from the 120;
My male Bumble Bee(M. Crabro); pushing 6"



These are my Dolphins(C. Moori); the female in the foreground around 5", the male to the left is developing a great nuchal hump(4");



Next my two Nimbochromis Livingstoni(not sure of the sex yet but I think female); the big 'un in the front is around 6", you can see junior in the background(2");





This one shows my Victorian Hap; Zebra Obliquidens male(Astatalapia Lafasciata(3"); he really is a beautiful fish, I hope he breeds with the female I bought him;




This is my red Jewel(w African river fish)(4");




My Labeotropheous Fulleborni(5"), I love his coloring,




Here is another full tank shot of the 135 New World, thanks for the comments on the background, it was done by painting straight on to the back of the tank, took 12 coats; starting with the black detailing and working back, then I silliconed some rocks to the back and sides; I used to have tree branches as well but my Oscars didn't like them;






Here is my Blackbelt(say 7");



My JD(5")






Here is agood shot of my big female Red O;





Here is another of my beautiful female Salvini(just 3");





A close up of the RHS of the tank;




Here is one of my monster of the future my 4" Jag;



She is a nightmare when she spawns; attacks everything she will be anightmare when she hits 12".....

Finally......do I here pheeeewwwww!!!!!
Another of Scary;



The story about how I came to own Scary is worthy of a thread of it's own; suffice to say this guy has been through it. I got him at 2" my mom had been given him by a friend, he killed everything in her community tank, she was gonna flush him.... so I said I would take him. Me who had only ever kept goldfish before(unsucessfuly) so I stuck him in a 5gal plexiglass goldfish tank, no heater, no filter nothing just gravel plant and cold water, he survived in here for 3 months in winter(very cold up here in Scotland), even with my 100% weekly water changes(I just did what I did with my goldfish !!!!!! ). Then one morning I came in from nightshift to find him floating on the top of the tank, so I put some warm water in and gently massaged him and he came back !!!!, Then I started to read up on him posted a pic in a forum in the unknown fish section etc and bought him a 'proper' tank with heating, lighting and filtration(20gal), but at this stage I knew nothing of the process of cycling so in he went, I didn't even know about water conditioners at this stage, just raw tap water. But he thrived(on flake alone), gradually as my knowledge increased I caught the bug, and here I am today..... But He came through it all and deserves all the pampering he can get now.....from his dad

Thanks for now guys,,,,

 

[fishyboi]

NICE

 

[redtailfool]

Very beautiful! Kudos to you collection and welcome to MFK!

What kind of background is in your first tank btw?

 

[Dovii dude]

I'm jealous!!!Great tanks!!!

 

[peanut]

WOW great set up

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

love the sal and red jewel

 

[USMCtanker]

wow those are some sweet tanks

 

[scarysdad]

More recent pics of the 135....

My new 60 for the Jag, my Uro and one of my male Cons...

this is the 40 the Jag was in re-done my Cichla/ Arro/Knfe growout; wife permitting I am getting a 280 at Xmas.....