Swimming in my Mexico biotope tank

Post by **Shane** » 31 Jul 2005, 20:21

My wife snapped this photo this Saturday. Just like having my own giant Mexican biotope aquarium! I only came out after about 3 hours when my hands and toes got too numb. Temperature was 72F.
-Shane

Giant blow up here. You can have fun trying to count the spp.

http://www.corydorasworld.com/gallery3/ ... 680?full=1

Post by **Silurus** » 31 Jul 2005, 20:29

What, no catfish?

Post by **Shane** » 31 Jul 2005, 20:49

Not even one HH! That said, there is something to be said about schooling with a giant group of goodeids and mollies or having a convict sicklid smack into your face mask because you got too close to his nest.
-Shane

kev · Post by **kev** » 01 Aug 2005, 10:58

very good Shane, i was like that in the Xingu you could'nt get me to come out

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Kev

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 01 Aug 2005, 14:37

How big are the Mollies? They looked huge!

Post by **Shane** » 02 Aug 2005, 01:11

They are huge. In the 4-5 inch range. I actually brought home a male that is just gorgeous at nearly 5 inches total length. He would win any open fish show. I will have to take some shots of him. I was really trying to get some swordtails. The males, sword included, were easily close to 5 inches. Of interest, I can across three albino convicts. I need an underwater camera!
-Shane

Psy · Post by **Psy** » 02 Aug 2005, 02:53

Albino or pink? Quite surprising that they lasted in the wild.

I'm a convict whore... what can I say

WhitePine · Post by **WhitePine** » 02 Aug 2005, 03:26

Most digital cameras have water proof cases that make your camera a underwater camera! Just do an online search and you will see if one is available for your model... they are pretty expensive though.

Cheers, Whitepine

Post by **Shane** » 02 Aug 2005, 13:23

Psy,
The albinos were white. I counted three out 1,000s that I saw so that might be a "natural" ratio. Given the clarity of the water I would bet there are less albinos than in other natural populations.
Justin,
Jools had one of those water proof cases in Venezuela. I remember his being somewhat of a pain for him but I do plan to get one. It is just so rare to find a place where you can get great underwater photos that I do not want to miss the chance.
-Shane

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 02 Aug 2005, 14:25

I had those "throw-away" underwater cams with me at Great Barrier Reef while going SCUBa and STILL hit myself over the head for not bringing the ol' G2 and a UW-housing.

the pics are all really crappy, a waste of cash IMO.

especially when I found out that UW-housings are quite available in Oz, and dirtcheap compared to Europe. but I didn't bring it, so I couldn't take the risk of buying a bad fitting housing.

(except for cigarettes EVERYTHING in Oz is dirtcheap compared to Europe

)

natefrog · Post by **natefrog** » 03 Aug 2005, 03:47

Not to pimp a sale for a big multi-national, but in my experience the fuji, disposable UW cams are the best out of the different brands. I actually had three different brands of camera on a trip to the Cocos Islands where I spent three weeks freediving everday and the fuji even took good photos at 25+ feet deep.

Anyways, nice photo Shane.