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Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 19:06
by glenny
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 22:55
by andywoolloo
stunning! that top pic your tank, do u use co2? It's amazing.
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 18 Apr 2008, 12:05
by Martin S
Can anyone tell me what the fish is in pic 5 above (hovering over the aspidoras)?
Martin
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 18 Apr 2008, 13:02
by Richard B
It's some sort of pencilfish isn't it?
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 18 Apr 2008, 13:18
by Martin S
Richard B wrote:It's some sort of pencilfish isn't it?
That was my first guess, but can't ever remember seeing one like that in the 10 years I worked at a tropical fish store, although maybe it's just the angle of the fish that's maming it look different.
Thanks Richard
Martin
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 18 Apr 2008, 13:25
by I_Xeno
It's a Nannostomus marginatus.
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 18 Apr 2008, 15:28
by Martin S
bennyvis wrote:It's a Nannostomus marginatus.
Thanks
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 21 Apr 2008, 13:32
by Martin S
How's that for spooky!
Went to my LFS after work Friday and they had just received a shipment of Nannostomus marginatus, along with some Galaxy Rasboras.
I had already decided to return my Emperor Tetras as they were just too voracious food-wise and was becoming concerned that the tatis would not get a decent share of the food if they stayed - funnily enough, the day after removing the emperors, I saw two of the three tatias perching on bulging bellies from a feast of bloodworm the previous evening, so I am a little less concerned now.
I ended up replacing the tetras with a shoal of 7 rummy-nose tetras (Hemmigrammus rhodostomus) and four marbled hatchets (Carnegiella strigata). Think I may go and pick up a few of the Nannostomus marginatus next week (probably only 4 or 5) as was keen to let them settle in at my LFS. I was initially tempted by the Galaxy Rasboras, but just did not like them as much - maybe it's just me but they look like miniature freshwater trout, and their swimming style was, to me anyway, abnormal.
Anyway, thanks to Bennyvis for inspiring me
Regards
Martin
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 07 May 2008, 18:32
by glenny
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 19 May 2008, 22:02
by jonathane
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 30 May 2008, 15:27
by glenny
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 30 May 2008, 16:20
by Martin S
Thanks
With regards your latest post, again, absolutley stunning images - well worthy of a magazine or book. I am trying with a Nikon Digital SLR with an 18-55 but am getting nothing like your images
. I'm guessing you are using manual settings? Am very envious
I managed to find myself some trifasciatus, but finding marginatus doesn't seem so easy.
Regards
Martin
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 30 May 2008, 16:26
by MatsP
If you have a D50 or some such, you should be able to get pretty decent results.
You probably need to get it to use ISO1600 or higher to get decent results.
Using auto-settings should be OK, as long as you can adjust the ISO (on my Canon, the "full auto" settings will give you only ISO100-400 as the camera sees fit).
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Mats
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 30 May 2008, 16:45
by Martin S
MatsP wrote:If you have a D50 or some such, you should be able to get pretty decent results.
You probably need to get it to use ISO1600 or higher to get decent results.
Using auto-settings should be OK, as long as you can adjust the ISO (on my Canon, the "full auto" settings will give you only ISO100-400 as the camera sees fit).
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Mats
Thanks Mats - have a D40x so will try and see about changing the ISO and see what I get.
I'm trying to catch a shot my
to confirm he is just that, but as with the other two bulldogs I have, he/she is very skittish and will disappear as soon as I move toward the tank.
Thanks again
Regards
Martin
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 31 May 2008, 00:11
by andywoolloo
are all these fish in your house? Can I move in?
that L129 is awesome! All your fish are!
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 08 Jun 2008, 09:45
by glenny
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 08 Jun 2008, 11:52
by loachy_406
Hi, I don't know whether you already have, but all those pictures would be great in the Cat-eLog.
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 15 Jun 2008, 05:48
by glenny
Thanks loachy_406!
Last week i've send some pics for the Cat-elog, and i hope i'll send more in the future.
aqua-65 tank with celestial pearldanio's:
male:
female:
botia sidthimunki:
male cpd:
paracheirodon simulans:
corydoras trilineatus:
L-260:
L-201:
Hisonotus leucofrenatus:
L-136a:
with L-021:
aspidoras pauciradiatus:
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 18 Jun 2008, 10:53
by LondonDragon
Tanks are amazing
congrats and love the fish, so many cats
Great photography also
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 18 Jun 2008, 12:46
by Carp37
Great photos as always; I know they're not fashionable but that Pterygoplichthys pardalis is stunning...
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 19 Jun 2008, 10:28
by Bigpig
Wow!
Fantastic photos of beautiful fish.
I wonder if your gravel might be a bit sharp looking for the Corys???
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 19 Jun 2008, 16:49
by loachy_406
The gravel looks fine to me. If it wasn't, the cories wouldn't have nice looking barbels.
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 20 Jun 2008, 21:06
by glenny
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 20 Jun 2008, 21:11
by loachy_406
Is that algae wafer enormous or are the plecs just tiny
More great pics by the way
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 20 Jun 2008, 23:31
by MatsP
loachy_406 wrote:Is that algae wafer enormous or are the plecs just tiny
More great pics by the way
I expect the algae wafers are Hikari ones, which are about 1.5cm, or about 0.6" in diameter.
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Mats
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 00:11
by Daragh
Great looking fish and fantastic photos, do you mind me asking what camera and lens you are usign and where you mounted the flash?
Daragh
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 21 Jun 2008, 08:41
by loachy_406
MatsP wrote:I expect the algae wafers are Hikari ones, which are about 1.5cm, or about 0.6" in diameter.
Mine are Tetra Pleco Wafers, only around 1cm. They look like they're just cut from a sheet of algae paste and dried. They actually taste OK, but it's the aftertaste that gets you!
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 23 Jun 2008, 02:59
by drpleco
beautiful pictures of beautiful fish! If I might ask, at what temperature are you keeping your rhinogobius wui? Any tips on their care?
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 23 Jun 2008, 11:37
by andywoolloo
Such great pics!!
Re: My Catfish and tanks
Posted: 25 Jun 2008, 18:13
by glenny
thank you all for the kind reactions!
The wafers are indeed the big Hikari ones!
Daragh wrote:Great looking fish and fantastic photos, do you mind me asking what camera and lens you are usign and where you mounted the flash?
Daragh
I use a compactcamera: Nikon coolpix P80 and i only use the cameraflasher, no extra flash above the tank.
drgold wrote:beautiful pictures of beautiful fish! If I might ask, at what temperature are you keeping your rhinogobius wui? Any tips on their care?
the temperature in the rio 240 tank is 24 to 26 celsius, but rhino's prefer cooler water, about 22 degrees celsius, they are easy to keep,deepfrozenfood like bloodworms, dapnia's ,artemia's, they like sometimes shrimppallets as well.
some pics:
L-129:
oto.macrospilus:
oto.vittatus:
Hisonotus leucofrenatus: