46g Weekly Photo Journal

A bit late, but this week's update.



Then assortment of fish photos

 

Still loving Red.

 

This week... noticing some improvements in my plants. The purple light is actually doing me some good. My red plants are redder and ive gotten a big growth spurt in my plants.




Added 1 more aeneus corydoras and a pangio doriae today upon finding the oddity at the store

 

That's the best I've seen your tank in a while (no offence)!

 

Finally getting somewhere.


Those pangio doriae are really neat fish. More serpentine than the othe loaches. And they literally bury themselves under my hardscape. Their little nose spikes are adorably funny.
Unlike the other loaches, they move with a little more purpose than the other loaches. They interact with one another rather than the other loaches, though they will sometimes hide under the log with the rest of them. Theyve dug themselves a burrow under my large rock in the back corner of the tank

Cory pile. You can see the schultzeI hybrid to the lower right corner.



Tree, the twig cat about to take off

 

Beautiful as always!
I missed that red-tipped plant, is that ludwigia or rotala?

 

Beautiful as always!
I missed that red-tipped plant, is that ludwigia or rotala?

Ludwigia I believe

 

Beautiful as always!
I missed that red-tipped plant, is that ludwigia or rotala?

It was sold as ludwigia but you never know with petsmart haha

 

I'm not sure if I should give it a 'love' or 'haha'. Which one would you like?

 

I'm not sure if I should give it a 'love' or 'haha'. Which one would you like?

Whichever is fine to me lol

 

Whichever is fine to me lol

Well a LOVE because those are great photos.

 

Hmm, is the p.doriae any longer than 4 inches? I'm thinking it could be another species of silver loach...

 

Hmm, is the p.doriae any longer than 4 inches? I'm thinking it could be another species of silver loach...

No still same size as the javas and kuhlis, just thinner. Maaaybe a slight bit longer? By about 0.5-1 inch?

What species were you thinking?

Another photo, showing the metallic gold sheen.



The nasal spikes rule out aguillaris, and pelvic fins ruled out another similar species.

But id be open to debating other species too.

 

No, I don't doubt the doriae but I had another thing in mind and something that just popped up in my mind just contradicted it.

 

No still same size as the javas and kuhlis, just thinner. Maaaybe a slight bit longer? By about 0.5-1 inch?
What species were you thinking?
Another photo, showing the metallic gold sheen.
The nasal spikes rule out aguillaris, and pelvic fins ruled out another similar species.
But id be open to debating other species too.

reminds me of Vaillantella maassI – Fork-tailed Loach (Vaillantella flavofasciata)

 

No, I don't doubt the doriae but I had another thing in mind and something that just popped up in my mind just contradicted it.

reminds me of Vaillantella maassI – Fork-tailed Loach (Vaillantella flavofasciata)

Definitely not fork tailed. I did check that one too when searching.
Lacks the extended dorsal fin.

 

 

Love this thread! It's great to see how things evolve.