My 38 gallon Community!

[Jacko]

Hey all! Here are some pics of my 38 gallon tank and my fishies!

Hardware:
-Whisper 40 filter
-200 Watt Sub. heater
-1 17 watt light in hood

Fish:
-1 Gold Gourami, Male
-3 Dwarf Pencilfish
-1 Hillstream loach
-2 Oto. Paulinus
-2 Oto. Vittatus
-1 Male Cellophane Betta
-2 Male Scarlet Badis
-2 cories
-1 celebese rainbow
-5 ghosties
-1 Farlowella acus
-1 Hara jerdoni
That is all I can remember

Plants:
-Java Fern "needle"
-Java Fern "Tropica"
-Java Moss
-Cabomba
-Water Wisteria
-Water Lettuce (floating)
-Cryptcorne sp.
-Anubias nana
-Melon Sword
Ferts:
- DIY Co2
- Iron supplement tabs
- Seachem Flourish


2 pics of the tank:



The fishies!
Dwarf Pencilfish:


Farllowella and Oto:


Oto. paulinus:


Celebese Rainbow:


Stone Cat (Hara jerdoni):


Hillstream Loach:


A berried ghosty:



I will get more pics up soon, I am doing a remodel/change soon.
Enjoy!

[Kevin]

looks amazing...love the hill. loach and the stone cat...very cool

[COBettaCouple]

beautiful! where did you find the Celebese Rainbow?

[Allie]

Nice stuff!!

[Neil]

Nice setup

[Isabella]

Jacko, I love your tank and fish. I can't believe you have the "Twig" Catfish! I love it, looks so cool and funny, like a real twig, haha Love your Celebes Rainbow!

Is the Twig Catfish a very delicate fish?

[Jacko]

Originally Posted by Isabella

Is the Twig Catfish a very delicate fish?

Nah, it is a very hardy fish unless kept with other males (Mine is a male), the way my lfs caught him proved it for me. He reached in the tank, cupped it with his hand and grabbed it with his fingers and just plopped him in the bag, all in about 5 seconds.

Thanks guys! I got my celebese from one of my LFS, 3 or 4 sell them. I got mine for 3.99 or 4.99 a peice (don't remember) but they prefer water with higher salinity than mine so I have been slowly losing them over the past year.

The stone cat and hilly were super bargains, 3.99 each, though they called the hillies "wuifangs" and were 6 bucks less than the Hillstream Loach, though they were identical in appearance.

More pics to come, I just rearranged my tank and cleaned it and to my surprise I found... My Otos had bred!! I don't expect any from this bunch 'cus I wasn't ready but I will be ready next time!

Jacko

[Tom]

Cool. I love the stone cat. Why is there a betta in a cup in the tank? Is it to seperate the gourami and betta? I also love the whiptail. How does it do on algae control?
Tom

[TheEssigs]

Great Job!

[Jacko]

He was in that cup because my mom made me take down his tank, meanie!, so I had him floating in there with daily water changes untill I could get his tank set back up in my closet. My gourami is a little mellow, he was in the tank with both males at one time (he escaped his cup, no fighting, very odd) and they swam together fine untill feeding when both bettas ganged up on him.

The farlo does pretty well, though I can't tell whether it is him, the ghosties or the otos, but my tank has no algae!

Thanks!

[Isabella]

Originally Posted by Jacko

... the way my lfs caught him proved it for me. He reached in the tank, cupped it with his hand and grabbed it with his fingers and just plopped him in the bag, all in about 5 seconds.

Oh wow ... lol !

By the way, Jacko, what camera are you using? I bet it's a lens camera, isn't it?

[Jacko]

It is an Olympus Camedia E-10, 4.0 MP. I got it from my dad. It has a built in lens but I can't attach any new ones, and it won't do macro shots that way. I need to borrow his other camera.

[Isabella]

Originally Posted by Jacko

It has a built in lens but I can't attach any new ones

Ouch! Yes, it's definitely better if the lens is detachable! Then you can use any kinds of lens you want and take any kinds of pictures you want

Anyway, your pictures all came out beautiful

[Jacko]

That and I can't flip them for micro/super macro shots, wish I could.

Thanks, having the best photography stuff from my dad helps.

[Isabella]

Originally Posted by Jacko

Thanks, having the best photography stuff from my dad helps.

Having the best photography stuff is certainly great, but to me, having the best photography stuff is just being halfway there. Knowing how to use all that complicated photography stuff is the other half of the whole affair! LOL I presume your dad is a photographer, in which case you're very lucky as he can teach you anything you need

[Jacko]

Yeah he is. Plus he does jobs at the Seattle Public Aquarium! So he knows all the settings for lights, shutterspeed and other stuff.

I just found my stone cats head laying on the gravel... I thought. I tapped the tank and poof, a blurr of sand and he unburies himself. He had me seriously worried there! Seriously realistic

[COBettaCouple]

So, how long has he been fond of practical jokes? :-O!

Originally Posted by Jacko

I just found my stone cats head laying on the gravel... I thought. I tapped the tank and poof, a blurr of sand and he unburies himself. He had me seriously worried there! Seriously realistic

[Callum The Cat]

ohh i've been a fan many years no lol

Rock On Callum!