240 vieja tank progression

[midasman714]

It's been a while (been busy) but things are still all good!!

I was able to snap a few shots of the two big boys, midas and bifa. The Midas is as long as the SDs and Bifa is not far behind. The Bifa is a beautiful fish; I've had lots of nice fish and I feel this one will be the nicest fish I've had once he gets to about 8-10".


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hmm can't embed images anymore!?

 

[Randys]

They're looking good!

How big do you think they are now?

 

[decoy50]

Sharp colors on that bifa

 

[FESHMAN]

Now that I've finally leveled my tank and blacked out back side with tint film, I'm ready to journal scaping and stocking development.

Currently bare bottom with couple manzanita driftwoods and inhabitants include 4 silver dollars, melanura and bifa:

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Plan is natural scape. Here's my inspirational image:

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And fill it with more vieja species, likely all males.

Why is that fan giving me a mean look? Your tank looks great

 

[midasman714]

They're looking good!

How big do you think they are now?

The Midas is as long as the SDs so that makes him 6". I expect these two larger guys to push 9" by Christmas.

 

[RickLive615]

Following!

 

[midasman714]

Time for a video update, long overdue!

 

[Red Cichlids]

Beautiful tank and nice fish specimens. Those bifasciatum and really nice, and I like the contrast the silver dollars provide. Thanks for sharing the process!

 

[adamsfishes]

hmm can't embed images anymore!?

I figured out that it's the size of the image. Keeping them under about 3 MB seems to fix the issue. I'm not sure of the exact number. My DSLR creates JPG images that are 17MB (fine), 8MB (normal), or 4MB (basic). Try the "basic" or similar setting on your camera, and/or crop your images. Also, don't save crops as PNG, those are much bigger than JPG.

 

[midasman714]

Got a couple of nice shots while updating my Midas thread so attaching a couple here: