Show off Your South/Central American Aquariums here!

[FishBoy185]

I'd love to see everybody else's South/Central American tanks! Post pics, Videos and talk about your tank too!

 

[rockyofhockey]

my baby firemoutg

 

[rockyofhockey]

one more pic!!! Love my firemouth

 

[FishBoy185]

Looks amazing! love his colors!

 

[rockyofhockey]

Looks amazing! love his colors!

He's only 2.5 inches so he's not blooming into his colors yet but I think he has a lot of potential And thx u

 

[FishBoy185]

No problem!

 

[severum mama]

46 bowfront, F1 Krobia xinguensis and some flame tetras for dithers. I believe we have a trio, but no spawns yet. Looking forward to getting a real camera.

 

[FishBoy185]

Wow I love that natural look! How long has that tank been running?

 

[severum mama]

Wow I love that natural look! How long has that tank been running?

I'd say probably 4.5 years. It's had several different stock lists. We grew these fish out in a 29 gallon and transferred them into this tank about 6 months ago, I think. We have a stupid amount of tanks (lol) so sometimes details are hazy.

 

[FishBoy185]

Lol good to know! My tank has been running for about a little under a year with 2 Oscars and I have seen no algae growth at all. I like the look of algae just as long as its not too much. I think it gives the tank more of a natural feel to it.

 

[severum mama]

It's a pretty rare occasion that I scrape the glass, but I did (albeit, poorly) just for this thread.

If you ever see this species and you have room to house them, they are so worth picking up.

 

[Freakgecko91]

I'll post some of mine later, don't have many on my phone. Nice Krobia! I have one in my 75, they just grow so slowly! Mine finally is starting to show some nice orange

 

[FishBoy185]

Well, I'm thinking of getting a 29 gallon. Would that be enough room?

 

[severum mama]

I'll post some of mine later, don't have many on my phone. Nice Krobia! I have one in my 75, they just grow so slowly! Mine finally is starting to show some nice orange

I don't often see other folks who have these. We were fortunate enough to buy a bag of 4 at a club auction. 3 of them survived to what I assume is maturity... the presumed females are about 2.5" and the presumed male is 3"+. Their colors and overall "bulk" are much different. I believe we got them last March, I would definitely agree that they are slow growers.

Well, I'm thinking of getting a 29 gallon. Would that be enough room?

No, our presumed male can get rougher than expected with the presumed females. It would be ok for a growout tank, but you would need a larger tank for a group of mature fish. Our 46 bowfront is a 3' tank and I would consider that sort of a minimum just based on our experience with them so far.

 

[Freakgecko91]

I bought 6, one died during shipping and the ammonia poisoned the entire bag. My remaining guy then proceeded to kill off the other 2 *facepalm*. I'm pretty sure it's a male, based on the early onset of the orange. It's in a 75, that I need to go do major work on (at my dad's house and the snow/my work has made it difficult to get over there to do maintainence. I'll snap pics of him soon)

 

[Rivers2k]

Here are pics from my set up. Sorry I don't have a pic of the whole tank.

 

[Rivers2k]

Well its not working for me today for some reason sorry.

 

[flyfishfan1966]

Here's my third tank

 

[FishBoy185]

Nice tank! Love that fish

 

[JRT83]

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