55 Gallon River Setup

[NoodleCats]

I moved all 20+ of my hyphessobrycon elachys from my other tank to this tank. They're also from the same region as the other fish (besides the plecos)




These guys have been nonstop spawning

 

[NoodleCats]

Love the corys, of course, & the behind the tank stick does look good. I'm sorry to say the first sponge is now looking sorta spit-like. Is the new sponge different or just different wood & lighting? Anyway, they're cool!

The apistos look nice. The "female-ish" 1 seems more chubby in a girly way, anal fin to tail; the dorsal & anal fins seem pointy but still shorter than the male's. "Her" pelvic fins still seem rounded...size or gender difference? Why isn't she more yellow yet?!? I've only kept 2 different species of apistos, maybe 3 but as I recall the females would have been more yellow if not full-on bright yellow by now (regardless of the acorn species, lol). Her eye stripe seems more pronounced.

Is she yellow enough yet?





Tetras stealing food (Bug Bites Pleco Stick)



And cories, who are... still... spawning.

 

[NoodleCats]

Apistos







And the sponge

 

[fishorama]

The female does look more nicely yellow in some lighting so maybe she's just slow to mature? The male looks great!

 

[jake72]

The 'yellow' is some-what a false indicator of 'readiness' I don't fully understand but i've had them turn yellow without wanting to breed and not bothering to turning yellow and brooding a nice batch of frys.

 

[fishorama]

Huh, jake, I never had a less than pretty yellow apisto female ready to breed or even just adults...but you've kept this species & many more. I bow to your more informed perspective. She does seem to have that "girlie figure" abdomen.

 

[NoodleCats]

Tank filling in more and more


Sponge growing good

 

[fishorama]

Looking great, Noodle! & now we see how very small your sponges are! Less spit-like with your dainty fingers in the mix. lol.

I love the big pic of your tank!

 

[NoodleCats]

The 'yellow' is some-what a false indicator of 'readiness' I don't fully understand but i've had them turn yellow without wanting to breed and not bothering to turning yellow and brooding a nice batch of frys.

Huh, jake, I never had a less than pretty yellow apisto female ready to breed or even just adults...but you've kept this species & many more. I bow to your more informed perspective. She does seem to have that "girlie figure" abdomen.

Looking great, Noodle! & now we see how very small your sponges are! Less spit-like with your dainty fingers in the mix. lol.

I love the big pic of your tank!

Yeah I don't think it's broody dress. But both fish are still young, so. Male hasn't even come close to 2 inches yet haha. He's about 1.5 inches at the moment.

Yeah, my understanding is freshwater sponge doesn't get really large in most cases. But it's still really cool to have. It sure doesn't DO much, but it's cool.



Finally decent photos of my hyphessobrycon elachys, showing off the reflective strip of color they show in certain angles.








Oops the cory with his ridiculous finnage lol



And Missy apisto. I still haven't named them.



They have picked up a slight bit of attitude, but only when it comes to food time. Neither one tolerate the tetras around when they're being fed. They'll chase and ram them off. But are okay with the cories and will eat side by side with them weirdos. But it's nothing the tetras don't already dish out to each other as it is anyways.

 

[fishorama]

That blue on your tetras is very pretty! Nice camera work

Oops's fin just keep growing don't they? Or maybe it's your pic angle?