My Managerie of Tanks

Petsmart had some healthier looking rotala, so I grabbed 2 bundles. Usually kill it but hey maybe 3rd try is the charm


Added it to this tank. Slowly adding more to this tank.


A sterbai cory from that tank



Fed frozen brine shrimp yesterday and the tetras were all very excited about it




Bruce the Brute, my ceratogarra cambodgiensis from my 135g, cleaning the glass lol



Couple ember tetras from one of my 55s


Spicy Leaf the apistogramma borelli from my other 55



Husband and I checked out an Amazon return store on one of their $3 days and I found a little mini pump, I put it in my 20g and my bamboo shrimp are loving it.

CassCats said:

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OH LAWD HE THICC

MattW said:

OH LAWD HE THICC

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Yes. Yes he is.

The lack of neck speaks volumes. He's beefy


Highly recommend these fish though for anyone with large fish or semi-aggressive setups. They have really fun personalities. They just can be a little on the bossy side. I lost my other one to the camallanus worms, he was more mellow and got along great with my rainbowfish, plecos, and cories. This one is the more brutish one, hence his name lol he's in with my goldfish, hoplosternum, and common pleco because they're all too big to be bothered by him.



Species info:

They've been recently recategorized as ceratogarra instead of garra, but SF hasn't updated it yet. Mine were bycatch fish in with Chinese algae eaters as wee little babies. Haven't found more since though.

This was Phillip P Chonker, he was the mellow gentle one. He was picked on by Bruce really badly, so I had to separate them to different tanks. (Bruce ripped all of Phillip's scales off his back)

Beautiful fish! and I love the names you've given them

MattW said:

Beautiful fish! and I love the names you've given them

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I wish I could take credit for Phillip, but he was given the name from someone else

They were adorable babies too!

aw they must be thriving in your tanks if they have gotten that big. I was just re-reading my old thread on breeding my Sawbwa last year. It is strange seeing images of them so small, from an eyelash to 3-4cm+. Also can't wait for your glowlight tetra breeding project!

MattW said:

aw they must be thriving in your tanks if they have gotten that big. I was just re-reading my old thread on breeding my Sawbwa last year. It is strange seeing images of them so small, from an eyelash to 3-4cm+. Also can't wait for your glowlight tetra breeding project!

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I've had the ceratogarra for about 3 going on 4 years now, checked back through my files, I got them back in 2021. (Has it really been that long now??)

Going back and seeing baby photos compared to full grown photos is crazy.



As for the glowlights, waiting game now to see if anything hatches. Tank is so dark though, I may not see anything for awhile LOL

Removed the swords from my Paraguay themed tank



Moved them to another tank




That emersed Brazilian pennywort that flowered, pollination was successful and I got a mature seed pod from it. Now I've taken that seed and planted it.

Water more cleared up in this photo



One of the skirts



And I moved a couple of the small swords to the 10g betta tank



Earl the betta

Beautiful!

Currently acclimating this lady, my dentist dropped her off today, the last surviving fish from her tank.

If anyone wonders how large bronze cories (osteogaster aenea) get, here you go, a nice mature female at nearly max size!

Removed a mixing bowl worth of floating plants from one of my tanks. Added some oak branches that came down with some recent winds. Added some tannins. (Fresh after water change here so equipment wasn't turned back on yet)



In case anyone ever wonders about how much flow my 55 gallons have...




Banjo catfish made an appearance. Love this weird fish but I rarely see her.



Hybrid pleco fry (ancistrus cf cirrhosis x triradiatus). I've removed the female ancistrus triradiatus to another tank, so no more accidental fry. I've noticed another batch. Sigh. I will probably keep a male to see how they turn out as adults, for curiosity sake.



Miss Spicy Leaf from my Paraguay tank


From the Paraguay tank, the paleatum group have been loving the open space I added to the right side, they've been hanging out there a lot.


Glowlights




And my other male chaetostoma formosae. I've got 2 males and 1 female. Thought this guy was female but he's showing male traits now (broader nose, angular pelvic fins, etc)
My son named them after Super Mario characters, our first older male is names Bowser. These ones were supposed to be female so the kid named them Daisy and Peach. Guess his name is one of those LOL

Beautiful as always!

May I ask what is in the terrarium?

And would you mind me throwing in my new terrarium? I'm really proud of it :,)