Tobi’s contest thread -> 650 gallon build

[Discluv]

gorgeous fish!

[Swedgin]

Prepare for about a hundred random shots in the next couple days. Probably all I’m gonna do in my spare time. I’m over the moon with the way this went and how they are doing. One of the blue moon heckels is beyond gorgeous, but since not relevant to this thread, it’ll show up elsewhere.


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[Swedgin]

First round of bloodworms went down a treat

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[Swedgin]

I’m sorry, but you’ll have to make me stop
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[Swedgin]

Here’s the LDA31, all others are hiding.

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[goldfish]

The best looking discus that money can buy! Excellent colorful discus.

[Pices]

I’m sorry, but you’ll have to make me stop
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Don’t stop-keep them coming! Beautiful-can’t wait to see more. Glad everything went as planned. What shipping company did you use?
Patty

[Swedgin]

Don’t stop-keep them coming! Beautiful-can’t wait to see more. Glad everything went as planned. What shipping company did you use?
Patty

Don’t worry I won’t stop. Until I get kicked out for taking up too much storage space on Al’s server.

The flight was with Lufthansa, and the other guy I got them in with organized the actual import, so I was just piggybacking.

I’ve got a nice video of them feeding and doing stuff, but I posted one here less than a week ago, so would be against the rules to post it today I guess. If it’s allowed I’ll share my instagram handle, the vid can be found there

[LizStreithorst]

The fish and the tank set-up is stunning.

[Swedgin]

Second day, still everything perfect. I’ve restrained myself from sitting in front of them for too long, but still manages to get some decent shots. The 190 Heckel tank is directly opposite, so unfortunately there is some reflection here and there

Who’s bright idea was it to include plecos in this shipment ??
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FTS of the day
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The only Cuipeua in the group. Still got a lot of growing to do, one of the smallest in there
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Young royal, expecting a lot of color from this one in the future
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Another royal, already bigger than the other one, but still young with lots of potential
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The third royal, with a nice thick center bar
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[Swedgin]

And some of the Semi Royals

This one is always in the thick of it, nosiest one in there
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This one has an awesome shape, very round
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Nice centre bar (you may have noticed, I’ve got a bit of a centre bar fetish)
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When I first saw pictures of this one during the selection I thought he was much smaller than he actually is, pleasantly surprised.
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[Pices]

I love them all, but what is the first one? The nosy one? He/she is awesome.
Patty

[Swedgin]

I love them all, but what is the first one? The nosy one? He/she is awesome.
Patty

That’s also one of the Iripixi. It seems they have a wide range of phenotypes. Some look very close to Cuipeuas, some more like “Alenquers”, and then the Ica and Heckel crosses. All over the place. At least I can tell everyone apart that way very easily

[sanjay21]

I will never be bored to watch updates on these guys Thank you for taking time and posting all these awesome updates man !

[Swedgin]

I will never be bored to watch updates on these guys Thank you for taking time and posting all these awesome updates man !

I’ll keep them coming, don’t you worry ��

The reds are getting redder, this is one of the Nhamunda. Love the shape
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This one surprised me right out of the box, real dark horse. Didn’t expect much when I chose him but really getting into this one. Shame he’s showing a bit of bar on the picture, without me doodling around in front of the tank only the 3rd and 4th are pronounced, will catch that eventually.
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This shot shows the contrast between the reds and the rest quite nicely. No filters etc, just lucky with the light in that second
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