some new semi-aggressive fish

here are some pics of the new ones... we picked up 3 odessa barbs, and a vampire plecostamus...

odessa barbs...
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...barb-32107.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...arb2-32107.jpg

and then dracula :D
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...mpirepleco.jpg

and then some of the other fish that we've had for a bit now...

red-tail shark
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...hark-32107.jpg

rosy barbs - some special ones lindsey picked up
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...gfin-32107.jpg

and then a striped rapheal... can you tell he just ate??
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...elly-32107.jpg

and what the heck, we had out one of our male beardies today too and he was posing for a few pics... he's 19.5 inches and still gaining weight, thanks.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...lves-32107.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...sey1-32107.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...pet1-32107.jpg

Wow, that pleco is amazing!

thank you, sorry, but I know... :D we've wanted to get a vampire for about 3 years now and I can't believe we finally have one...

Great pics, I love every single animal! :)

Fish are hard to photograph.....nice pics!

Nice! I have had some bad experiences with barbs... They nearly killed my angelfish. Is the vampire pleco the same as a gold nugget pleco? I just got a gold nugget a month ago and they look very similar. I love the redtails too :) they're alot of fun to watch. Sorry lol. I love fish and I love aquariums and I had a little nerdgasm when I saw the pictures.

Very cool:cool: I don't do fish but I love looking at fish tanks:D

the gold nuggets are very similar (similar adult size, love driftwood, etc), but they have the white/yellowish trim on the pectoral fins while the vamps don't... and although this one is still too small I guess to see them, vampires develop a shape by either side of their mouths like look like vampire teeth... :D or at least that's what's supposed to happen...

niiiiiiiiice! How much did he run you? My gold nugget was $45. I also really like the red fin plecos, have a few of them.

ooooh i looooove plecos. i collect them! my 210 holds most of them although i do have plecos in all the tanks except the brackish one.

i love your raphael cat... i have a giraffe cat and two sun cats. gorgeous fish but they get so darned big. don't know what we'll do with the giraffe when it gets too large for it's tank... when we bought him we were told he was a dwarf, but when he started his huge growth spurt we realized he wasn't dwarf after all LOL

i think, of all my plecos... my adonis is my fav (for today anyway) - her longgggg back fin is so pretty...

HAHA!!! I scrolled down to the Beardie... :confused: Took me a sec! Great fish! VERY Hot Dragon! :sunny:

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

ooooh i looooove plecos. i collect them! my 210 holds most of them although i do have plecos in all the tanks except the brackish one.

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Wow it would be really cool to have an all pleco tank!

no actually that would be mega boring amy. our 210 is filled with eels, plecos, loaches and then of course some nice mid/top swimming fish as well. since plecos tend to be hiding or on the bottom of the tank, it would look empty without the rest of the fish in the tank. ;)

but it is nice to have a large enough space to create a cool ecosystem for them all and watch them grow!

Well ok, maybe a 210 gallon would be boring lol. But a 20 gallon I think would be alright.

I'm waiting til we move back down to Austin before we really start with the fish... I don't want to have to move large tanks (at least not aquatic ones) at all... but once we're down there, we're going to be adding quite a bit, and I DEFINITELY plan on collecting a few plecos. Is there anywhere you recommend for obtaining some of the more exotic plecos?

I'd also really like to try out one of the small species of freshwater stingrays... :D