56 Gallon Column Style

[eaglesaquarium]

A few more pics today, but very few that are any good.
 
Both pearl gouramis, not a great pic, but there they are.

 
More orange lasers:

 
Orange laser cories zooming around during water change - you may notice that one of the cories looks different.

 
Close up of the 'different cory' - the 2nd bonus I received, I believe its some sort of 'Blue tail' cory.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Had a quick look at Blue Spot Cory, it is similar but colourings are different.
 
Though, during my online search I came across Tailspot Cory - Corydoras caudimaculatus
 
Perhaps this may be a closer match?
 
http/www.seriouslyfish.com/species/corydoras-caudimaculatus/

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Could be, though the coloring is darker on the profile pic.  My little one is actually bluer.  Might be a new variant.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

So, another water change and another update...
 
The female gourami seems to be more brave now.  She is coming out far more often and looking for food in the areas that the sinking pellets fall.  Even as I type, she is right up front right now cruising the bottom in search of some food.  Meanwhile, the male is out a whole lot more and he's using his size - clearly the biggest fish in the tank rivaled by no one other than the female gourami (or the ever reclusive BN pleco) - to push the other fish away from his preferred eating spots.  Of course, they come right back as he's just a lot of bark... no bite.
 
 
I found that not one, but 3 ghost shrimp are in the tank right now... I saw three of them at the same time while I was doing the water change - hopefully I didn't suck any up.  I thought there was only the 1, as I saw the one most frequently... but after moving the driftwood to get the detritus that settles under it, I saw two, and as I was sucking up some more detritus from around where the pleco hangs out (so much poop), I saw something moving that wasn't really visible... upon a bit closer inspection, I saw it was a ghost shrimp.   I had bought 6 more when I got the guppies and platies... and I found one dead.  I wonder if I have 6, but I did see 3... so that's something.  The other 3 might have been eaten, sucked out or are just really good at hiding.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Ghosts are real good at hiding