Hi All, Here is another one of my oddballs - a Channallabes apus. It is generally peacefull. But it goes absolutely mental at feeding time. Swimming around hoovering up food like there is no tommorrow. You can actually see it's stomach bulging when it has had enough. Apparently in the wild they crawl out of the water to catch insects on the river banks.
@Vez - My Mrs thinks it is something out of Lord of the Rings. @Oscar - Thanks. I started this set up with common stuff. Tetras, Mollies etc. But I really like wierd oddballs. So I have slowly swapped the ordinary stuff for the wierdos. Luckily my lfs is quite accommodating. They give me credit for the fish I bring back that goes towards what I buy there. @ - Vis, no that's the only photo. It's actually quite tricky to photograph because it's quite long. @Salmon. No video. Its fave food is minced fish which I feed to my Reeds at night time. The tank lights are off, so video would prob be too dark. I can try though.
hmphff... @Reedfish! are you having fun torturing us? :bigsmile: ...keep the oddball pics coming, dude! love the funny fishfellas! oh, where in the UK (on your forums I hear that some places over there have hard water, whats yours like?
Hi Thanks. If people want I can continue posting pics of my fish? Or I can stop if people feel I am bragging. I don't want to annoy people. Re my water stats. Ph = 7.8 (after standing for 24 hours). KH = 15 dH out of the tap. But I artificially lower it using "Seachem PH/KH Down" to about 7. I also use a little Black Water Treatment to add some tanins etc. A lot of people are against using chemicals to artificially lower water chemistry. But ever since I have been doing it, my Angels for eg seem much happier and haven't stopped laying, so I am continueing to use it for the mean time.
@Reedfish...Dude.. we're just expressing envy! Don't stop posting pics of your oddballs... we can at least enjoy by proxy? It's what forums are for? Thanks for sharing!
They where actualy quite a common import to SA About 7ish Years back...cute little 4-5cm individuals.... Problem was that they grow and FEED...lol.Poor Mrs.Whatisface's Neons kept disapearing...lol - One of my clients has a fullgrown guy he absolutely adores... Brought me a cell video of him feeding in his large Catfish system the other day - way cool!
Great fish I have its ugly brother Gymnallabes typus (actually 4 of them) They are so hard to photo when given the bogwood and plants they like to hide in. I also keep lots of odd balls but have fortunately enough room to still enjoy some of the common fish I had growing up. Mine eat well at times and other times just pick at their food.
@arapaimag - of all the forums, I never thought I'd see you here Welcome Why don't you show your impressive oddball collection to us sometime?
Thanks, I actually have not filmed anything new since March. I've been too busy with a basketball tournament. What fish do you keep?
@arapaimag If you click on the "forum" tab at the top of this screen, then on the "rules and regulations. In there you will find the Blacklist of fish and the Blacklist of plants. Very sad when you know how stunning some of these fish actually are!
