Swarm of bees… Rhinotocinclus Isabelae new since 2022

[Magnum Man]

Arrived today… they really all are small… 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch… there is a lot of cover in this tank, but this has an angel that was eating smaller cardinal tetras… these guys blend iin, and are not expected to school today out in the open

 

[Magnum Man]

5 bumble bees… ( all I could get )
4 more ( much larger ) zebra Oto’s went into the mid sized Cichlid tank… the biggest electric blue, looked like it might like a taste, but fortunately resisted

 

[Magnum Man]

Bumblebee’s are in a 55 gallon, so it’s going to be a treat just to see them… looked for 5 minutes, then found this lil guy on the front glass… sorry for the blurry pictures this tank is pretty shaded, and they are so tiny, and not a bright color the camera can grab onto… it’s no wonder it took so long to get them identified… they probably looked like insect larvae, in the wild

 

[Magnum Man]

I think these were discovered, or identified in 2022… nothing on Seriously Fish…
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This one is supposed to be as big as they get, at 3/4 of an inch… lil blue, my smallest ram, also in this picture, along with a juvenile Palmeri tetra

 

[Magnum Man]

Cardinal tetra eating angel doesn’t seem interested… that’s a good thing

 

[Magnum Man]

Found 2 or 3 in 5 minutes tonight can’t tell if it’s one or two on the drift wood… I think there are 2 of them there…
Feeding Bacter AE tonight to the new and existing Oto’s, and the Hillstream tank

 

[Magnum Man]

Good morning… 1/2 hour after 1st light I found one of the smaller ones ( only a 1/2 inch long ) in the gravel… it blended in so well, I could only see it through movement.. in the center of this close up… I’m not great at pictures anyway, but something about their colors and patterns, the camera won’t focus on them… the gravel is in focus, fish is the blurry spot in the middle… Mrs. even tried last night, and she couldn’t get a clear picture either… must be military grade camouflage

 

[Magnum Man]

Not seeing any bumblebee’s in the 1st 10 minutes of looking tonight… but my Gold Nugget is posing

 

[Magnum Man]

Couple of the new zebra Oto’s are active even in the company of cichlids

 

[Magnum Man]

Well I didn’t go all night without seeing one… just saw a little 1/2 incher on the gravel… I’m sure the picture didn’t turn out… right in the middle

 

[Magnum Man]

This is a fish, like a small shrimp, that you have to schooch up to the tank and hunt for… this one on the lit background, at 1st light this morning, picture at full zoom

 

[Magnum Man]

Came home from church, and found 2 of the bees, in just a minute, one on the front glass, and one on the rear glass

 

[Magnum Man]

This one seems to particularly like the bubble waterfall

 

[Magnum Man]

This one is only a 1/2 inch long, and was swimming around, when it attracted the big angels attention… he stopped here, and the angel lost interest

 

[MuddyWaters]

Not seeing any bumblebee’s in the 1st 10 minutes of looking tonight… but my Gold Nugget is posing View attachment 348432

I don't like plecos, but admittedly that one is very pretty.