btate617

These Heros sp. 'red shoulders' are growing pretty good. I moved them to a 90gal not too long ago so hopefully they continue to grow well.





These Australoheros sp. Red Ceibal "Centurion" are in the same tank and growing well.





And a Thorichthys Affinis and Australoheros sp. Red Ceibal.

btate617

Also three days ago I moved all my Gymnogeophagus into 2 tanks for their cool down period for the winter. The tank so far has gone from 79degrees down to 72degrees. I think Saturday I will block the heater vent in that room and hopefully those two tanks will get down to around 60-63degrees. I am going to try something new this year with one of the species and see how it goes. Last year I did 3 months at the cooler temperature, this year I am going to take one group after 6 weeks and warm them back up to try and get a spawn. Leave them at the higher temp for 2-3 weeks then cool them back down for the remainder of winter. Then bring them back up to normal temp with the rest of the groups. Basically I am hoping to trigger two spawns rather than just one.
Here are the Gymno's I have this year.

Gymnogeophagus n. sp. Blue Neon "Valentines"


Gymnogeophagus Australis "Rio Uruguay"



Gymnogeophagus cf. Gymnogenys "Arroyo Yerbalito"



Gymnogeophagus Labiatus "Rio Olimar"



Gymnogeophagus n. sp. Paso Pache "Rio Santa Lucia"



Hopefully in the spring I get spawns from all the species, we shall see.

Brian

Butterfly

beautiful pics! Thanks for sharing.
CarolB

bolivianbaby

Wow, Brian! Once again, FABULOUS PICS! Are the red-shoulders closely to severums? I see some similarities, but I wasn't sure.

Hope you're feeling better.

btate617

Thanks Carol and BB.

BB yes they are, both are in the Heros Genus just different species.

Brian