Took some pics last night of my Africans
- Thread starter TheFanatic
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Muske;1826809; said:
I really only prune when I'm doing water changed. Just trace the leaves that have some yellow/brown, or have been chewed up a bit back to the base and snap them off. Takes about a minute per plant.
Oh, and I figured out how to take better action shots. Using the sports setting that someone here told me about. I finally got MDSKLZ' fish out of my tank and into his. In the process I had to wreck the entire thing. Killed two birds with one stone tho. Got a female ZO out who is holding into my 20 long and got the babies out of the 20 long into a tub. So I guess 3 birds with one stone.
Here are some pics of the tank after it was reassembled....
Here are some pics of the tank after it was reassembled....
Here are some shots of the fish in the moments leading up to a feeding frenzy. They are about to feast on some frozen brine and blood worms. Also there are some picks of the frenzy itself.
Here are some random shots of different fish that came out OK. I particularly like the one where the OB and the Strawberry are squaring off...
mike dunagan;1827541; said:
That part was not fun. I had a card table with a couple of towels on it for the rocks and driftwood, a cooler full of tank water for all the plants, and a bunch of ziplocks for the fish. Despite everything being out of the tank it took like 40 minutes to capture all the fish.
A couple of good things occurred because of the wrecking. I was I was able to snag some of the bigger TRanscriptus babies that had survived this long. Some were close to an inch.
I was also able to confirm that my L236 was still alive. I hadn't seen him in weeks.
By rearranging, I was able to start the territory selection and defense all over again with all the fish on an equal footing. I put in a couple of peacocks lately that were getting beat on pretty hard.
And finally, I was able to pull out a Female Kenyii that was getting meaner by the millimeter. She was placed in the Clown Knife tank. He enjoyed her very much.
One bad thing is I am not as happy with the current layout of the rocks and wood. I think I will wait till I have to remove another of the ZO females before I change anything though. Don't want to put the fish through that any time soon. Either that or if it turns out I have a male and female Tretacephalus and they pair off, then I will be doing it early to remove those two from the tank...
Whenever I move things I always think it looker better the way it was. Give it time and you will like it more.
