Update On My Altums

[cockroach]

I have had this tank set up for about 7 months now with no losses to the altums. 4 of the rummies though have moved on to quieter waters.

The fish are:
6 Pterophyllum altum
16 rummynose tetras (Hemigrammus bleheri)
and 4 sterbei cories

Any comments, queries, and suggestions welcome.

 

[Fishdude401]

Very nice! Are they new? Looks like the bars are a little drowned out, maybe stress?

 

[cockroach]

THanks fishdude.

No they are not new. I have had them for 7 months and the guy at my Lfs acclimatized them over the coarse of a year to live in water with a pH 7.2-7.6. That could be the reason perhaps. Also the water is tannin loaded which could be a factor. They eat like pigs though.

 

[softturtle]

Very nice! Great looking altums you have there. I was gonna say that the tannins tend to make these fish look like they are not showing there bars, but there bars are almost the same color as the tannins.

 

[Tropicalfishking]

Awesome looking Altums!

 

[cockroach]

Softturtle- thanks. I notice after a big water change their bars are a tad darker.

Torpical- Thanks man, still waiting for your updates of your super little black angels.

 

[Hernandezj11]

Awesome fish! Do you have any full tank shots?

 

[cockroach]

Hernandez-Thank you very much. Here is a link from when I built the tank and has one or two full tank shots in it.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=233318&highlight=construction+altum+tank

 

[bichirsruletheworld]

Nice angels and rummies. Looks good!

 

[cockroach]

Thanks bichirsruletheworld.

New tank with all 3 species together in my 160gal here
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=292259