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One of my Yoyos digging in the substrate.

Two SAE pictures. These guys are algae troopers!


I love my cute otos

These guys are just gorgeous. getting 3 more by next week.

Another of my Algae Squad!

This is my most distinct yoyo, Tribal.

He likes to show off his graphical markings.

And make funny faces at the camera.

Another oddly marked one... or is it because they're growing?

Here you can see why they're called yoyos.

The clowns wanted in on the photo shoot so I indulged them.

I found this in the bag with the Yoyos, can I get an ID please?

This is my smallest clown, Chubby.

Is it me or do those look like Japanese characters?

More Yoyo

Bunk buddies

Not to be left out, my sterbai struck a pose... the other 5 were shy.

My hooligan loach... the other 5 were mugging some poor tubifex worms.

And this is my lazy clown, peeking his head out of his house.

Are these yoyos the ones you bought last Saturday, Rocco? Nice. I envy you with your otos and kubs.

Nice of you to follow my SAE trick just to handfeed the loaches. But you need to train the SAEs to be able to accomplish such feat.

hey buddy, you're welcome to use these pics in your loachy article.

Rocco wrote:hey buddy, you're welcome to use these pics in your loachy article.

Ummm...Thanks. I'll try. I've watermarked some of your photos already.

Gorgeous yoyos Rocco! I'm jealous.

Very nice pictures Rocco and those Yoyos are definitely very nicely conditioned.

Martin.

Wait till you see what I'll do over the christmas holidays.

We'll be working on the pond I told you guys about and at the same time, I'll also be building a river manifold for my 80g tank. (I found some nice Rio HF10 powerheads) Once the pond is ready to accept clowns, I'll move the clowns there to share with my large BGKs, set my 80g tank and cycle it. Then move my yoyos there to share it with the Pleco and SAEs and a few cories and maybe some zebra loaches as well.

My Kubs will be getting a 50g gallon tank to share with a bristlenose pleco and the rest of my cories.

My skunks will be getting a 50g of their own to share with a bristlenose pleco and some dithers that I have not decided on yet.

Lastly, for my birthday, (february 11) I'll be setting up a 45g long tank for purely hillstreams which I can sell here to alleviate the demand for wild-caught ones in my country. (I can also get some others to set up river tanks and sell their fry once they see mine) Also, my otos are going in there.

These should all be done by the end of February with documentation pictures.

so that makes it: 80g custom w/ custom stand
2 50g with double stand
1 45g long
1 10g qt
and a 75 gallon on reserve.

That should cure my MTS for about a week after its all done, wouldn't you say?

Super pics, Rocco, You are going to be a busy bee.

nice fish, is that an albino bristlenose plec?

Superb pictures!

Wow, that unusual yoyo is stunning! I wonder what it'll look like when it gets bigger?

How big are your BGKs? Are they ok in the same tank together? I love those fish and hope to have a suitably big tank one day but I heard they don't like the company of their own too much. Got any photos?

I keep a BGK with my loaches. He's always active along with the rest of the loaches. I don't see anything wrong with the combination so long as the BGK is not annoyed by the constant activity.

palaeodave wrote:Wow, that unusual yoyo is stunning! I wonder what it'll look like when it gets bigger?

How big are your BGKs? Are they ok in the same tank together? I love those fish and hope to have a suitably big tank one day but I heard they don't like the company of their own too much. Got any photos?

Trying to catch one of the 8" out in the open. My BGK like to hide and only come out at night. No trouble with the three fighting each other, no torn fins or anything like that. Most they do is chase around for a bit. Each one has their own hiding places and territories. Its almost like they aren't there sometimes.

Very nice fish and photos...

Hey, I wonder about the native fish: there ought to be some loaches native to the Philippines...perhaps to your area? I recall one dojo species,..but given the geographical position of Philippines one would expect more.

Very nice pictures. The Yoyo in the first pic is beautifull and very healthy looking!!