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February 14, 2005
Big tank pics...
Here's a bunch of pictures from our longest-standing tank, the 12 gallon Eclipse. Probably still overstocked but we haven't had any fish losses because of that yet.
50mm, f/4.0, 1.6s, ISO100
Individual fish pics after the break... lots of 'em. =)
This is our current alpha koi swordtail. He didn't use to be but for some reason seems to have usurped the position from the previous alpha. Definitely the largest of the koi swords in the tank although he has a bum left fin (it points upwards instead of down) but that doesn't seem to affect his swimming.
50mm w/250D Closeup Lens, f/1.7, 1/30s, ISO100
This one below is a pic of our third male koi sword. He's not much of a fighter, usually fleeing from the more aggressive alpha and beta males. But it was funny to watch him try to woo the ladies while the other 2 males were busy duking it out.
50mm w/250D Closeup Lens, f/2.8, 1/50s, ISO100
This is one of our two remaining female koi swords. Shorter and stockier than the males, they usually ignore the males' advances. Maybe too many other fish around. =)
50mm w/250D Closeup Lens, f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO100
The two guppies in the following picture are actually from the same batch that one of my mom's original guppies had. Kinda bizarre cause practically all of the guppies in that batch look like the one on the left. The more colorful one on the right is the only one that grew up to look like that. Now they spend most of their time in the big tank chasing each other around.
50mm w/250D Closeup Lens, f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO100
This is one of my favorite tetras, a pristella (x-ray) tetra. Pretty much translucent body with a red tail and yellow/black fins. I've had them for quite awhiles now and they're still going strong. I think it would be fun to watch a whole group of them together cause the two that we do have often engage in mock fights that are quite interesting to watch.
50mm w/250D Closeup Lens, f/2.8, 1/20s, ISO100
Another old fish, meaning one that we've had since pretty much the very beginning. A male gold barb. Love their coloration and patterning but not sure if I would own them again. They grow relatively large (~2" or so) very quickly and for some reason the young ones that I see at LFSes these days are just really ugly.
50mm w/250D Closeup Lens, f/2.8, 1/15s, ISO100
Here's the biggest fish that we have, also with us from the very beginning. A female gold barb. Voracious eater and it shows. Damn thing's gigantic. Our alpha koi may be a little longer if you take the "sword" into account but this lady just dwarfs the koi in every other aspect. Any time we introduce new fish to the tank she'll come around to take a nibble to see if its edible.
50mm w/250D Closeup Lens, f/2.8, 1/20s, ISO100
The fish below is the only male cherry barb we ever had. Used to have 5 female cherry barbs for him but nothing ever came out of it and we gave 3 of the females back to the LFS. He turns a nice glowing red when it's that time of the month.
50mm w/250D Closeup Lens, f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO100
And finally, one of our four espei rasboras. We've also had these for quite awhile now. They were Erin's choices. Tend to school together in whatever part of the tank that currently doesn't have other fish in it. Back half of the body can turn a nice shimmery red color.
50mm w/250D Closeup Lens, f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO100
Posted by ronin at February 14, 2005 2:22 PM