Complexity's 90g Planted Tank Journal

[armthehomeless]

Beautiful tank!

[Complexity]

More pics!

All of the pics are of my new Aulonocara stuartgranti β€œBicolor 500”. I really like this fish!



You can also see some of my juveniles in the background of the next two pics. The whitish colored ones are Placidochromis Electra (Deep water eletra). The spotted blue ones are Cyrtocara moorii (Blue dolphin).

[Complexity]

Beautiful tank!

Thanks, Tim! It's taken some time for me to figure it out, but I'm really happy with how it's turning out now. I LOVE these fish!

[Complexity]

This one is supposed to be a Aulonocara stuartgranti "German Red" (German Red peacock). I'm a little concerned about this one. He's not very red (more yellow) and isn't swimming around very much. I'm also concerned with how he's holding his fins. He may just be having problems adjusting to the move, but he might also be showing signs of illness. Not sure yet. He does swim around; he's just not as active as the others.

Anyway, he's a very pretty fish. I'm hoping he'll show more red coloring as he settles in.

[Complexity]

My three Cyrtocara moorii (Blue dolphin). I'm not crazy about fish with bumps on their heads, but when I saw some older ones in the store, I couldn't help but love their little faces. Very sweet fish. Pretty as juveniles, too!

[Complexity]

Cassy called this one a Malawi Jewel. Closest I can come up with is the basic name of Hemichromis, but I have no idea which one it might be.

Edited to add: I've identified this one as a juvenile Placidochromis phenochilus.

[armthehomeless]

Odd... that doesn't look like a Hemichromis that I've seen before.

I'll have to do some research, I guess.

[wesleydnunder]

Very nice, Vicki. The german red looks like he's keeping his fins clamped. I think you're right to keep an eye on him. Does he have white spots on his pectoral fin?.. may be just the pic. I kept the blue dolphins years ago (back then they were hap. moorii) and loved their look when they reached adulthood.

Mark

[wesleydnunder]

Cassy called this one a Malawi Jewel. Closest I can come up with is the basic name of Hemichromis, but I have no idea which one it might be.

Juvenile cynotilapia afra, maybe?

Mark

[Complexity]

Odd... that doesn't look like a Hemichromis that I've seen before.

I'll have to do some research, I guess.

Yeah, something's not right with that ID. I may give her a call to see if she can clarify which fish it's supposed to be.

Very nice, Vicki. The german red looks like he's keeping his fins clamped. I think you're right to keep an eye on him. Does he have white spots on his pectoral fin?.. may be just the pic.

He does have the spots, but it's not looking like Ich as far as I can tell. It just seems to be part of his coloring?

He's actually just started swimming around a lot more just in the last few minutes. It's almost as if he could read what I wrote so he decided to get more active. I'm just going to keep a really close eye on him. I'm especially interested in seeing if he eats okay when I feed him later.

Juvenile cynotilapia afra, maybe?

Maybe. But the black bar in front of his eye isn't matching the pictures I'm finding for cynotilapia afra.

If it helps the ID any, my fish isn't as small as the other juveniles I have. He's about halfway the size between the juvies and adults I have in the tank right now, around 3" maybe? So he should be getting closer to adult coloring I would think.

[Complexity]

More pics! It's harder to identify some of the juveniles so if anyone sees that I have any of the names mixed up, please let me know. I'm trying to keep track of them all.

I'm beginning to lose track of which is which when it comes to the juveniles. This first one looks very much like the one I can't identify above, only he's smaller. Notice the black bar around his eye. Same as the other fish.

Looking at my list of fish, I wonder if these fish are juvenile Haplochromis sp. "Uganda Fire Red"? That eye marking matches.

Edited: Yes, these are the juvenile Haplochromis sp. "Uganda Fire Red" and are not the same as the fish from above.

Edited: Turns out these were sold to me with the wrong name. I have identified them as Protomelas taeniolatus “Red Empress”.



Another pic of the fish from above with one of my Placidochromis Electra (Deep water eletra).



More of my Placidochromis Electra (Deep water eletra).

[Complexity]

More juvies. I think these are my Aulonocara stuartgranti ''Ngara Flametail''.

[Complexity]

And this one should be one of my three Sciaenochromis fryeri (Electric Blue Hap).

[Complexity]

Cassy called this one a Malawi Jewel. Closest I can come up with is the basic name of Hemichromis, but I have no idea which one it might be.

I figured this one out. It's a juvenile Placidochromis phenochilus.

[mgarrido]

Very beautiful fish tank.