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[LurkMcgurk]

what is the massive green plant in your tank? your tank looks great!

 

[straitjacketstar]

what is the massive green plant in your tank? your tank looks great!

Thanks! It's not so much a massive green plant as it is a buttload of algae. lol
And a few strands of moss. Algae > Moss.

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Wow! I'd be scared every time I siphoned water out that I'd accidentally suck one of them out!

 

[straitjacketstar]

Wow! I'd be scared every time I siphoned water out that I'd accidentally suck one of them out!

I mastered that when I was into shrimp.

 

[bl00]

Nice attention to detail in the aquascaping.

 

[Death Pony]

Those are Schismatogobius sp. I don't think they've been scientifically discribed as of yet.



The cats are in the same family of moth-cats as Hara jerdoni. I've had Hara sp. before (Hara cf. maesotensis is what they were called back when I had them, may have been lumped in with H. jerdoni now).
I always have at least one D. dario in the fishroom. Almost always male. I was able to spawn them once but nothing came of it since I didn't have time or room to raise the fry. I have B. badis currently and have raised and bred B. ruber. I'm a fan of the Badidae family.
All the fish are found locally. We visit a great many shops to work up a collection like this and you'd better believe they come with nothing more than a fancy common name, if that. Actually, I don't mind not having the info handed to me, I enjoy spending a few hours searching for at least a genus name for my oddballs and learn a good lot while doing it.

What are the names of some of the shops? I'll be in LA in July and want to check some of them out.