1st try with GoPro in-tank

[Finnegan@Large]

It worked! Next up, document the males showing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULPd0W1pAWg&feature=youtu.be

...this could be fun

 

[FishInMaryland]

Very cool!

 

[YSS]

Nice fish in your tank. I've always wanted to set up a tank like that. Congrats!

 

[Rasta Fish]

So i notice one female is holding

 

[JLW]

Aren't you supposed to attach it to a fish, so we can see it from the fish's view?

 

[Finnegan@Large]

@JLW YES!

The Cyp. Kitumba group started spawning in December. Hoping the Xeno. spilopterus will too.

I am thinking that Ill have to bury the camera a bit... or leave it in all of the time for them to be accustomed to it. Kitumba look ridiculously good defending their territories, but they are camera shy. There may be some technique to learn with this, but it will be cool to see what is possible.

I can image this being full of possibility with the big New World cichlids too...

 

[Finnegan@Large]

I'll add that if anyone near Baltimore wants to try to get some footage from inside their tanks over a beer, PM me!

 

[frkyltn]

Aren't you supposed to attach it to a fish, so we can see it from the fish's view?

:lol::happy0007:

 

[AquaStudent]

Great video! I tried out my gopro the other day and it really gives a nice perspective. Lovely fish you have there too! They must be happy! They're breeding!

 

[Finnegan@Large]

Your shots with the oscar and the dempsey are cool.

Seeing the large CA/SA's from inside the glass box makes them feel a little more like predators.

I can only imagine how intense shots would be in an umbee tank. I was thinking about this at the Jan 10 meeting... especially to get shots with parents and fry.

In the meantime I look forward to document Tanganyikan shell dweller behavior and open-water cyp spawning in the future. I seem to keep prey more often than I do predators.