Oddball's Oddballs (Updated:3-28-15)

[Oddball]

Here's a good representation of the regional differences in frontosa coloration. The dark one is a WC Samazi front and the other is a WC Maswa front. Plus a little pineapple tropheus for S&G.

 

[Oddball]

ahh nice collection any idea on how many fish total you have

I've been thinning out the smaller (60 - 80gal) tanks for tearing out racks and replacing them with larger stacked tanks (250 - 360gal). I figure I'm down to around a thousand fish now.

Nice stuff Oddball. I'd like to see more of your overall setup. I keep hearing it's .001% etc. but I haven't seen any pics of your whole deal. Do you work with these guys or what? What's the BKG Oddball, for us NOOBS...

Probably won't ever see complete tank shots. My hatchery is all tight aisles of tanks. Can't get full shots of 4, 6, and 8 foot tanks with 2 feet of aisle space.

I tried "Hail Mary" shots by holding the camera against one tank and shooting across the aisle for a full tank shot. Can't use the viewfinder and only captured part of the tanks. And, I can't check light levels to select flash settings so, the colors tend to come out wrong. The angles also cause a distortion of the fish. I'll play around and see if I can find a technique that'll work without investing in new camera gear again.

 

[Oddball]

Here's a couple more pics of the incher Nangu growouts. They're really starting to color up.

 

[Oddball]

This Etroplus canarensis male is starting to take on spawning colors. You can really see the color differences between males and females now.

 

[Oddball]

FINALLY!!! Here's an in-focus shot of the barramundi.

 

[Oddball]

Whats an AUL?

AUL is the 'fishheads' vernacular for Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus fosteri)

 

[Oddball]

Here are a couple of CLs; one with a broken pattern.

 

[Oddball]

Here's one of the growout long-fin veiled oscars.

 

[Oddball]

These are a couple of the myersi that Peanut abandoned on my door step.

 

[Oddball]

This Brazilian parrot is having a heck of a time keeping the lunkers away from his claimed driftwood overhang. The sunshine O doesn't care about the claim. I don't even think he notices the little parrot.