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> Some photos of my tanks
andregurov
post Dec 29 2009, 11:39 PM
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None of these photos are any good, mind you:

My 150 with a bunch of mahseers and other barbs:
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45g hex, formerly with bushfish, about to be home for 3 Erpeton tentaculum:
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125g with some pjs and catlos:
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My female marmorata pike, and her tankmates:
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Osphronemus exodon? is one of them:
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What the Mexican musk does to the little map turtle when the map gets to the food first ohmy.gif :
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post Dec 30 2009, 12:19 AM
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Awesome collection, James. Beautiful decor. You better watch out for that musk turtle. Those turtles are a cousin to the snappers. My musk turtle managed to kill a bigger Mata Mata and an FRT of its own size. ohmy.gif Again, beautiful tanks.
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post Dec 30 2009, 01:11 AM
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Looks great. Love the aquascaping.
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post Dec 30 2009, 02:46 AM
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Love the Mexican Musk Turtle!!!!
Those are hard to come by up here.
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post Dec 30 2009, 03:04 AM
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Nice, more pics of the hex please!!!!
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post Dec 30 2009, 05:06 AM
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Nice to see your fish and tanks.

Gotta love the "pajamas" wink.gif


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post Dec 30 2009, 12:12 PM
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Wow, James! You are quite the professional barb collector! wink.gif
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post Dec 30 2009, 12:54 PM
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Cool collection...that Musk turtle is badass!

You have a bunch of those stripey redeyed ones now. cool.gif
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post Dec 30 2009, 09:38 PM
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Nice! What are the striped looking barbs called? I think I saw some of them at the lfs. Any info on size and what not would be cool of you. Thanks.


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3 6" F0 Theraps Coeruleus "Rio Mi Sol Ha" (1 breeding pair)
1 6" F1 Herichthys Labridens "Media Luna Yellow"
4 7-10" F1 Petenia Splendida "Green" Bay Snook (2 breeding pair)
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post Dec 30 2009, 09:57 PM
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Thanks for the nice comments, all. The Mexican musk, interestingly, is pretty hen-pecked in his tank: the giant gourami routinely nips him, and the little istlanum in there has figured out the turtle's head isn't as hard as the shell! I am wary of him with the map turtle, sometimes he goes after him a little too vigorously. I just hope they make it through the winter together, and then they can go in separate ponds. I have noticed over the last 4-5 months the musk's shell and skin have considerably "lightened". I may rename him "Michael Jackson", instead of his WonderPet name: Tuck. laugh.gif

The hex got mauled when I had to remove 1 stubborn upside-down cat out of it. I rearranged it to recreate the look, but didn't get it quite right. Regardless, the tentacled snakes seem to be settling in. I'll get some shots up of them soon (soon, as in "after Machete puts some worse pics up so mine don't look so bad" tongue.gif ).

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Wow, James! You are quite the professional barb collector! wink.gif


Now don't go throwing barbs at me. biggrin.gif


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post Dec 30 2009, 11:36 PM
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Are those turpedo barb? very nice set up.
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post Dec 31 2009, 12:51 AM
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Love the dark and "moody" atmosphere with a hint of greenery
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post Dec 31 2009, 05:00 AM
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man james your putitora are getting beefy, im loving the color coming in their tails. how do the mahseer and other barbs interact? is their any squabbling goin on. and thats the best looking hexi ive seen looks like a little ferngully. beautiful orgy of ruby eyes you lucky dawg you!


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post Dec 31 2009, 03:51 PM
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QUOTE(StIcKy~RiCe @ Dec 30 2009, 10:36 PM) *

Are those turpedo barb?


Sorry, no Puntius denisonii in there - they just don't grow large enough to not get eaten by the hampalas! They would make a nice complement to the pjs, I'll have to track some down. I do have 4 male Barbus filamentosus (filament barbs) that always posture with each other, complete with lots of tubercles. No females, sadly.

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man james your putitora are getting beefy, im loving the color coming in their tails. how do the mahseer and other barbs interact? is their any squabbling goin on.


Thanks for the nice words, the putitora seemed to slow down growth, and now are beefing up a little. Everybody gets along fine; the only little nicks I ever see are on the 2 smaller hampalas, wrought by the big one. My wife moaned when I got rid of some frontosas a while back because she thought they were gorgeous. They hid all the time with all the commotion in my house. The big barbs and mahseers seem to love activity outside the tank - when my kids bang on the stands or make lots of noise the barbs seem to mistake it as feeding time!


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post Jan 1 2010, 09:09 PM
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great aquascaping


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post Jan 2 2010, 11:11 AM
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nice fish. can we get more pic of that gouramy? do you remember where it came from? not me right? I've recently become interested in positively identifying these guys, again smile.gif
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post Jan 7 2010, 09:27 PM
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Beautiful aquascaping. My friend had a Musk Turtle a few years ago and he had to sell it because it killed his Mata Mata too.



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post Jan 12 2010, 11:29 PM
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