125 gallon South American fish community
LONG overdue in posting this but here we go.
Initially had a 55 gallon with a random mishmash of fish and have since upgraded. Kept only four and rehomed the rest. The 125 came with a bunch of huge aggressive cichlids (red devils, green terrors, ect.) that were also rehomed, though I kept the albino bristlenose pleco that was in with them.
Current stocking:
Fauna
1 Giant danio (Devario aequipinnatus)*
1 Eastern rainbowfish (Melanotaenia splendida splendida)*
2 Bristlenose plecos (Ancistrus sp.)* (there were 2 babies recently but I don't believe they've survived unfortunately)
4 Three-striped dwarf cichlids (Apistogramma trifasciata)
8 False blochi corydoras (Corydoras delphax)
5 Fairy corydoras (Corydoras atropersonatus)
21 Neon tetras (Paracheirodon innesi)
20 Black neon tetras (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi)
1 Glowlight tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)
1 Male guppy (Poecilia reticulata)
5 Mystery snails (Pomacea bridgesii)
Flora
Vallisneria
Ludwigia
Bacopa
Cryptocoryne
Java fern
Anubias
Micro sword
Amazon sword
*Holdovers from previous setup (the top two are the last of their kind and are living out their remaining years with me despite "not fitting" with the theme)
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Some extra schooling shots.
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Two of the fairy corydoras.
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Some mystery snail pics (they go CRAZY for cucumber).
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Closeups of the three-striped dwarf cichlids (and the miserable-looking micro swords behind them, I've had terrible luck keeping them going).
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Vagrant the stowaway guppy. He arrived on accident as a baby when I bought a couple of the mystery snails, hence his name. He's fully developed now and looks unbelievably stunning. This pic doesn't do him nearly enough justice (though the back of his tail sadly has a slight tear).
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And finally the glowlight. This little one was an "orphan" pickup I brought along when I bought the black neons. It was all alone in an adjacent tank desperately trying to swim through the glass to reach the neons and have some security, so I decided to give it a home. It's been doing well. Notice the bunches of Javas in the background, those are all just a handful of the children my main plants have been producing at an insane rate. If you look closely you'll see them dotted throughout the aquascape.
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As a bonus, 17 silver hatchets (Gasteropelecus sternicla) and my 2 prized farlowella catfish (Farlowella acus) in quarantine. The hatchets have been dealing with ich since the second day they've been here but are responding well to heat treatment.
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Re: 125 gallon South American fish community
Fantastic tank! Here’s my 45 gallon, been running for years and doesn’t look as nice as yours.
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125 gallon South American fish community
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Hugsplox
Looks beautiful ... have you considered black gravel/sand like the pros use in their display tanks ??
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I have! I plan to the next time I do a substrate change. I still want to upgrade tank sizes once more before I’m happy with what I have, so I’ve been holding off until then.
This is a planted tank substrate that works amazingly well. When I initially set the tank up it was this dark red, almost clay color that looked amazing. Sadly overtime it’s faded to what you see now.
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