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Mike's breeding featherfins inspired me to try and take a few shots of mine. I don't have a good camera and feel like I am trespassing here in the photo forum, but I didn't want to clutter up his breeding thread with my pics. :smile:
My tank is a 7x2x2 Tanganyikan community. Stocking is 13 featherfins, pair buescheri, 4 leleupi, pair gobies, 20 cyprichromis leptosoma, 2 compressiceps, 2 bristlenose plecos, and one tretacephalus. The back of the tank was completely covered in algae, but the bristlenoses have nearly got it wiped out since I brought them home from the club trip to Frybabies. Here's the tank (note the struggling plants.)
Here's a shot of my dominant male featherfin. You can see he has a little scar on his head. I did a water change Tuesday night after the fish were sleeping and he drifted into the hose. Oops. Scary moment, but he seems to be fine.
Here he is again. His tail rays are starting to grow. One of his lappets was nipped off, but has grown back, which doesn't always happen. That's a female cyp in the background with a mouthful of eggs, which usually means 4.
Here's a pic of the number two male away from his rock lair. He's actually bigger than the dominant male and has longer lappets and tail rays, plus his back line shows more of the marbling coloration that the variant is known for.
Hopefully by the time these fish really start showing their stuff, I'll own a better camera, or will kidnap one of the club photo experts to do them justice.
My tank is a 7x2x2 Tanganyikan community. Stocking is 13 featherfins, pair buescheri, 4 leleupi, pair gobies, 20 cyprichromis leptosoma, 2 compressiceps, 2 bristlenose plecos, and one tretacephalus. The back of the tank was completely covered in algae, but the bristlenoses have nearly got it wiped out since I brought them home from the club trip to Frybabies. Here's the tank (note the struggling plants.)
Here's a shot of my dominant male featherfin. You can see he has a little scar on his head. I did a water change Tuesday night after the fish were sleeping and he drifted into the hose. Oops. Scary moment, but he seems to be fine.
Here he is again. His tail rays are starting to grow. One of his lappets was nipped off, but has grown back, which doesn't always happen. That's a female cyp in the background with a mouthful of eggs, which usually means 4.
Here's a pic of the number two male away from his rock lair. He's actually bigger than the dominant male and has longer lappets and tail rays, plus his back line shows more of the marbling coloration that the variant is known for.
Hopefully by the time these fish really start showing their stuff, I'll own a better camera, or will kidnap one of the club photo experts to do them justice.
