My fish tanks

[mattde]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Thanks for posting those; lovely and interesting assortment of pics. Never saw that catfish before; sort of ugly but different! We had blue gouramis when I was a child, really liked them.

Thanks glad you like the pics, yeah that plec is fairly rare , don't see many like this in local fish shops. I've not kept gouramis.

Originally Posted by calismum

Great pics Matt. I had a marine tank about 25 years ago. Loved it but it was just too hard to maintain as at that time I was away from home a lot.

Now I have goldfish, white cloud minnows and couple of algae eaters.

Keep them at 80 degrees and have thought about making it more of a community tank. Don't know what to get though.

Your catfish is amazing - how big is it? What else have you in the 'amazon' tank?

You might get away with adding a small plec, have to be careful tho when you purchase one as most of them grow massive. My plec is only about 3" in size and this is full size.
I've seen plecs over a foot in length.

Currently I have a 100l Amazon tank with ,

Not a recent pic

1 plec
8 corydoras
4 dwarf corydoras
12 Rummy nose tetras
3 Ottos
6 - 8 shrimp
1 fan shrimp
2 yoyo loachs

think thats about it

In my Lake Tanganyika tank I have ,

again not a recent pic, no cyps in this tank.

40 Muties - 3 - 4 breeding pairs

the multies breed in little shells, and look after their own young.

15 Cyprichromis - 1 breeding pair.

The cyps are mouth brooding fish, the female looks after the young in their mouth till its time to give birth.

Originally Posted by Leesy

Love the pics , they are really clear and colourful.

Thanks Leesy , I do enjoy the fish photography.

[mattde]

More photos on my old photo album.
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/mattdebouge

[Leesy]

Just been on the link, the pics are stunning

[janey83]

My friend had a cat fish which was a good age, that died last year.

They are great pics. Rams are well cute!

P.s Matt do you know anything about Neon Tetras, since I was little I have always wanted them? Are they easy to look after? I was on a fish site a few years ago and they said, Tropical fish are harder to care for?

[mattde]

Thanks Leesy, most of them photos are from a couple years back.

Originally Posted by janey83

My friend had a cat fish which was a good age, that died last year.

They are great pics. Rams are well cute!

P.s Matt do you know anything about Neon Tetras, since I was little I have always wanted them? Are they easy to look after? I was on a fish site a few years ago and they said, Tropical fish are harder to care for?

Neon tetra can be fussy. They have been over breed over the years. Quality has gone down hill. They even have their own disease "neon tetra disease" I would stay clear.
Tho its up to you. If you can get a nice tank setup with mature filter and have a shoal of 20 to 30 that would look very good. I would look at Rummy nose tetras as an alternative, they shoal tighter and are better quality.

[janey83]

Yeah I know bout the neon disease, I just think they are soooo cute. Thanks.

[angieh]

Great photos Matt - I particularly like the angel fish.

[calismum]

The pics on the link are great too.

[mattde]

Thanks for looking everyone,

Calismum , you going to setup a tank then for your neons?

[angieh]

Just a general question for those in the know - can you keep seahorses in a tank and if so what sort (I have a thing about seahorses!)