FW pics

[koffee]

Just thought I'd share a few pics since I still do a little bit of FW.

This is the bathroom tank - a 6G Eclipse that's been neglected. There are no fish for now, just plants and MTS. I think it would look great with some glo-fish (danios), but it is only a 6G.

Here's my electic blue something. I'm not sure of the difference between the "crayfish" from Florida, and the "lobster" from Australia.

He lives in the kitchen counter tank (10G). I should upgrade his tank, but then I'll have to find a new spot for it since only a 10 (or smaller) will fit there. He shares the tank with a CAE:

 

[AQTCJAK]

Very cool crayfish

 

[PEMfish]

Have you ever seen the red ones?

 

[KimPossible]

Electric blue is right, he is a stunning color. He looks clad in Opal.

 

[koffee]

No, I haven't seen reds. I was working in a pet store about a year ago when someone came in to get rid of their crayfish. I said, "sure, we'll take it," and then realized that we had no tank where it was safe and wouldn't kill the other fish for sale. So, he came home with me.

I secretly hate chinese algae eaters. (OK, it is no secret.) So I tried one without any concerns, and he's been fine ever since.

 

[Emg]

I have no use for CAEs either.....apparently neither does the crayfish because it hasn't eaten it.........too bad..... lol....

I too have a 'few' fw tanks hanging around....it's how I found myself to the reef hobby !

 

[lcstorc]

Very cool!

 

[koffee]

Chinese Algae Eaters can be nippy, eat more food than algae as they age, and are not even from China! I always used Ottos and dwarf plecos (clown, "true" butterfly, etc.) in my FW tanks, except tanks that were too small or had things with claws that were too big.

 

[ramora]

You could also look into neons,cardinal,glowlight,jelly bean,lemon tetras, or some harlequin rasboras,or a male &female pair of bettas.

 

[plecosword]

Big lobster! I had a red one, then returned it to the stream lol