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Post by Marcos Mataratzis » Sat May 02, 2009 11:24 am

Hi BotiaMaximus,

Thanks for the coment. I´ve got some new pictures:

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My blue Jack Dempsey passed away a few weeks ago and I decided to put some extra loaches on the other tank. Now I have 5 morleti:

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Also found two very old photos from one of my very first tanks:

October 8, 1989:
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Post by Marcos Mataratzis » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:05 am

Got some new pictures from both tanks:

Mr. Big Botia:
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Botia #2:
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10 Botias:
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12 Botias:
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15 Botias:
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20 Botias:
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My 200 liter tank:
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And my 2 new Discus:
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Reroomed newcomers:
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Got some newcomers recently from a fried. 5 clown loaches (15,14,12,6 e 5cm) and one YoYo about 12cm.
The two smaller clown loaches I put with other 3 on the 200 liter tank. Now they are 5:
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Still in this tank are 2 YoYos I coudn´t capture to put in the 450 liter tank. What about my Stonehenge? :P
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New blue Discus:
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My pigeon Discus:
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Newcomers:
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Whole stuff:

200 liter:
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450 liter:
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Finally, my new red Marlboro (reroomed from a friend):
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Hope you enjoy!
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Post by Clowntje » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:18 pm

Lovely pictures!!
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Post by chefkeith » Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:27 pm

Very nice additions. Congrats.
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Post by Boromark » Sat Jul 25, 2009 1:28 am

These photos are fascinating as usual Marcos.

Thanks very much for sharing them.
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Post by Marcos Mataratzis » Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:13 am

Thanks everybody!

I´ll try keeping you posted on new photos.
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Post by Keith Wolcott » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:32 pm

Very nice Marcos. Your clowns are always gorgeous!
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Post by Marcos Mataratzis » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:36 am

Thanks Keith,

A few extra shots taken today...

Botia in his wood hole:
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Close up:
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Eating brine shrimp:
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10 Botias:
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21 Botias:
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22 Botias:
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23 Botias:
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A few shots of my Discus. Starting with newcomer Red Marlboro:
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And my 10 month old Discus:
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Post by Marcos Mataratzis » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:20 pm

Few more shots:

Botia kubotai:
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Some closes:
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Red Marlboro from 200 liter tank:
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Post by FishyLady » Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:00 pm

Really excellent pics!! The discus seem to like your stonehenge, How did you make the loach tubes they are really good.

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Post by Marcos Mataratzis » Sun Aug 02, 2009 1:26 pm

Loach tubes were made by cutting a black polyetilen pipe. It´s inconvinient is that unlike PVC, polyetilen density is less than water so it floats. Had to put some rocks over it.
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Post by irab » Mon Aug 03, 2009 1:00 am

Lovely fish nice pics
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Post by wasserscheu » Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:23 am

Very nice pictures. The fish seem to enjoy the setup.
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Post by palaeodave » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:46 pm

Great pictures. Those SAE are enormous!
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Post by Marcos Mataratzis » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:56 pm

palaeodave wrote:Great pictures. Those SAE are enormous!
They are 6.5 and 7".
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