Large Empty Tank And Thinking Of Oscars.....

[mattlee]

Stunning matt. The acara is stunning.

cool the girrafe is cool pitty about there adult size tho

Anaspidoglanis macrostoma/Dwarf giraffe catfish are stunning aswell and only get 8" so a great alternative.

thanks mate. i still need to add some kind of background and im sure it will look much better

Its a shame you dont have the space for a full shot, pics just dont do the tank justice, its absolutely awsome

thanks star

to get a full shot i would have to completely empty the garage and even then im not sure if i would have the room to get it all in lets hope it wont be in there for too long and i can get better pics of it

 

[kizno1]

Stunning matt. The acara is stunning.

cool the girrafe is cool pitty about there adult size tho

Anaspidoglanis macrostoma/Dwarf giraffe catfish are stunning aswell and only get 8" so a great alternative.

thanks mate. i still need to add some kind of background and im sure it will look much better

I think 3d background would look absolutely amazing but they will cost you a fortune.

 

[mattlee]

Stunning matt. The acara is stunning.

cool the girrafe is cool pitty about there adult size tho

Anaspidoglanis macrostoma/Dwarf giraffe catfish are stunning aswell and only get 8" so a great alternative.

thanks mate. i still need to add some kind of background and im sure it will look much better

I think 3d background would look absolutely amazing but they will cost you a fortune.

they do look stunning, i have one on a 2ft tank. but to do 6.5ft would be very expensive and mean stripping the tank down again which is 100% not happening until it comes into the house. unless you want to help me

 

[kizno1]

Stunning matt. The acara is stunning.

cool the girrafe is cool pitty about there adult size tho

Anaspidoglanis macrostoma/Dwarf giraffe catfish are stunning aswell and only get 8" so a great alternative.

thanks mate. i still need to add some kind of background and im sure it will look much better

I think 3d background would look absolutely amazing but they will cost you a fortune.

they do look stunning, i have one on a 2ft tank. but to do 6.5ft would be very expensive and mean stripping the tank down again which is 100% not happening until it comes into the house. unless you want to help me

If you buy me one aswell im more than happy to

 

[mattlee]

Stunning matt. The acara is stunning.

cool the girrafe is cool pitty about there adult size tho

Anaspidoglanis macrostoma/Dwarf giraffe catfish are stunning aswell and only get 8" so a great alternative.

thanks mate. i still need to add some kind of background and im sure it will look much better

I think 3d background would look absolutely amazing but they will cost you a fortune.

they do look stunning, i have one on a 2ft tank. but to do 6.5ft would be very expensive and mean stripping the tank down again which is 100% not happening until it comes into the house. unless you want to help me

If you buy me one aswell im more than happy to

 

[kizno1]

Stunning matt. The acara is stunning.

cool the girrafe is cool pitty about there adult size tho

Anaspidoglanis macrostoma/Dwarf giraffe catfish are stunning aswell and only get 8" so a great alternative.

thanks mate. i still need to add some kind of background and im sure it will look much better

I think 3d background would look absolutely amazing but they will cost you a fortune.

they do look stunning, i have one on a 2ft tank. but to do 6.5ft would be very expensive and mean stripping the tank down again which is 100% not happening until it comes into the house. unless you want to help me

If you buy me one aswell im more than happy to

It was worth a try

 

[mattlee]

just got back from Wharf aquatics with some new fish

1st of all i swapped the giraffe catfish for a 2nd humbug catfish thats about 5-6 inches

the Uarus i went to get didnt look 100% so i didnt bother with them but got this wild caught pike cichlid - crenicichla strigata its a little washed out at the minute but looked gorgeous in the shop. im sure it will colour back up in no time

and last but not least i got an EBJD. very small so it will be ages before it goes in the tank with the other but couldnt resist it

 

[bae1994]

very cool pitty about the uarus but the pike chiclid

 

[kizno1]

Stunning. The Pike looks great. How big is it?

 

[mattlee]

yeah the Uarus had lots of damage and white patches on them. they seemed fine last week when i went.... oh well! another time maybe

the pike cichlid is about 4.5-5 inches at the minute. it was in a tank with about 8 of them and some silver dollars, they were awesome to watch and very greedy little things as the shop worker demonstrated by feeding them for me to see it may get to 12-14 inches so will get huge but couldnt resist it. i just hope it doesnt go for my BGK once its finished its quarentine period

with the pike and the future adition of the EBJD when its big enough i am now officially stocked

i figured the pikes shape would put the other fish from having a go at it as its not average cichlid shape and it would give the tank something that little different. they seemed very out going in the store so lets hope its not going to hide away. although i have a very funny feeling if it does that ill see it at feeding time

 

[walkers101]

still think you should have got 2

 

[mattlee]

still think you should have got 2

there is always another trip if needed

deformed Dave is looking good mate. nice sig

 

[walkers101]

sounds good to me matey hopefully the discus will be gone soon

 

[the biffster]

just got back from Wharf aquatics with some new fish

1st of all i swapped the giraffe catfish for a 2nd humbug catfish thats about 5-6 inches

the Uarus i went to get didnt look 100% so i didnt bother with them but got this wild caught pike cichlid - crenicichla strigata its a little washed out at the minute but looked gorgeous in the shop. im sure it will colour back up in no time

and last but not least i got an EBJD. very small so it will be ages before it goes in the tank with the other but couldnt resist it

you got your second stripy
dora
i also pike cichlids as well
how cute EBJD again at first sight
nice looking fish matt

 

[Verminator89]

You've made me very happy Matt. Glad I'm not the only EBJD keeper on here who actively posts. I shall be watching closely over the coming months to see how he/ she grows. Clearly to young to tell the sex yet, altho the dorsal fin has the upward flick you would expect with a female. Much the same as my juvi female EBJD did, unfortunately I lost mine after a few months from clouded eyes. Hope yours turns out as nice as mine, seems to be 50/50 wether they come out ugly or not lol. You've picked a cutey I'll give you that.