some small folk from my tank

[wijnands]

Some of the small inhabitants of my tank:

 

[DAZZLER87]

nice. i have some harlequins myself.there great little fish

 

[Coursair]

Rasboras are great fish. Nice to see some less common species

 

[angelvelez87]

Ok the first one here they call them glowlight rasboras but are they calling them right or those are the harlequin rasboras?? Or please tell me what are the names of the three rasboras you have?? And the shrimp too? I wanna know more about them!! They are all spectacular!!!!

 

[Coursair]

Ok the first one here they call them glowlight rasboras but are they calling them right or those are the harlequin rasboras?? Or please tell me what are the names of the three rasboras you have?? And the shrimp too? I wanna know more about them!! They are all spectacular!!!!

Harlequins look very similar, but they are larger with a bigger black patch.

I think one is a espei or hengeli ?

 

[wijnands]

The first one is a Trigonostigma hengeli, possibly a female. It's certainly the biggest fish in my tank.
Second one is boraras brigittae
Third one is boraras merah

The latter two are difficult to tell apart and very often mislabled in the trade. Fortunately for me these two species get along very well and even school together.

The shrimp.... I'm still trying to identify those. It''s likely a wild variety of the well known RCS. Got half a dozen of these a few years ago and it's now a thriving population that comes in light, dark green and dark brown, some are now developing stripes.

 

[Coursair]

The first one is a Trigonostigma hengeli, possibly a female. It's certainly the biggest fish in my tank.
Second one is boraras brigittae
Third one is boraras merah

The latter two are difficult to tell apart and very often mislabled in the trade. Fortunately for me these two species get along very well and even school together.

The shrimp.... I'm still trying to identify those. It''s likely a wild variety of the well known RCS. Got half a dozen of these a few years ago and it's now a thriving population that comes in light, dark green and dark brown, some are now developing stripes.

Nice Shrimp, no matter what they are. Wild Type RCS sounds like a good guess. My RCS have a variety of markings. One has a skunk stripe.

 

[LyndaB]

Those are gorgeous photos......

 

[4yannie]

Absolutely beautiful fish! Love the colours, reminds me a little of torpedo shark.

 

[Oldspice]

These are lovely fish. Can you tell me how you tok the photos? Did you use a macro lense?

 

[wijnands]

Way I always take my pictures. D300 + 100mm tokina macro on a tripod with a 3 way head but with all three axis of the tripod lose so it can move. SB-600 connected to the camera with a cable. Flash in my left hand, position as needed, camera controlled with my other hand.

For each of these pictures I had about a dozen that weren't good enough.