Tysons livebearer's thread - New pics up :)

[tys91]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread

heres my 6 baby albino bristilenose and 4 common bristlenose




guppy fry nice and happy and old plant




sorry for the poor quality , i do not currently have a light on my tank , i will although get some great pics up when i do with my camera when i get my light and tank is complete for now il just give you guys quick updates

cheers
Tys

[tys91]

As far as livebearers go... I am more drawn to the Goodeids as many are exctinct in the wild and there is a good chance that your efforts will actually be noticed for keeping and assisting the species. Look over the Zoogoneticus tequila and Limia Nigrofasciatus, they are both stunning in their uniqueness. Some of the Montezuma swords are awesome and sizey.

Cardinals are a staple, but like very warm waters. Some standby tetras that are overlooked can be impressive in large tanks. Diamond tera or even glo-lites in a large school are impressive when they reach full size.

Dwarf Gourami's are a bit finicky, but Honey Gouramis are far more robust and a good alternative.

Psuedomugils are a native there and would look great and be a decent addition. Sawfish and aussie lungfish are too cool for words, so if you need to get rid of any feel free! lol

Looking forward to hearing how it all shapes up

Just to start off by saying thankyou for your kind research for me it has helped me alot and LOL

Sawfish and the lung fish. I guess i could use a fish like these to get rid of any unwanted fish in the tank lol they are definetly a native australian fish and well respected.

Psuedomugils


Honey Gouramis : very nice looking fish although i need to wait untill i get some plants for these guys , definetly considering


Diamond tera : very nice fish , im interested in getting a school of these guys

glo-lites : fantastic fish ,thanks for this , another school of these guys lol


Zoogoneticus tequila : I'l have to do some calling around tommoro hard to find these in my area

Limia Nigrofasciatus, : same as above


Montezuma : il need to ring around




thanks for this , there are so many fish i need to look into , i want my tank to idealy be very colouful with lots and lots of schooling fish. I rather a busy looking 6ft tank than big lazy fish.

[mnemenoi]

The oddball livebearers you'll likely have to ship from the states or another country. They do ship well though and their are a few sites that sell them. Not sure what your importation process is like. There could be some dealers in Southeast Asia. If you are interested I can hunt down some sites and shoot you some links.

Danios do well in large schools and stay tight. With all the newly discoved species emerging out of the Lake Inle region you could conceivably have a wide variety of choices and sizes. I myself like Danio Choprae, but the Emerald Dwarf Rasbora look great as well. The Celestial Pearl danios are cool as well and stay very small.

I've had a Freshwater fish of Australia book in my bookcase for years and have always drooled over the Galaxias, but have never seen them here in the states. My favorite has always been the Barred and common Galaxias. There are a variety of freshwater Gudgeons that are very bright and do well in a community set up.

[tys91]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread

sounds good thanks
im currently lookig into danios. There nice fish. Il be picking a school of these also which type? im yet to look more into them now.

i may have to contact my local hobby store to import the more rarely kept fish.

im looking at small fish medium to hard water

cheers
Tys

[mnemenoi]

Here is a great online guide of Danios and Devarios. They cover the more common species, the newly emerged species and the species that are being considered as possibly new and have yet to be properly named.

[tys91]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread

thanks for this

other non libebearer fish. il be looking at asding to my livebearer tank
zebra skin danio.



red eyw tetra



odessa red barb

i like the looks of this


livebearers





and obviously platys and guppys,endlers

[tys91]

Still working on camera skills lol
Will get better in time



growing up





1 of the 4 new common bristlenose i have purchased recently

[tys91]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread

DAY 6 CYCLING UPDATE

Method using :
-Seachem stability
-slight over feed
-fish-old sponge filter sitting in tank

Its a deceiving read.
Under light its dark yellow out of the light it looks light green .25ppm.. Id say a couple more days and il be doing a water change.


cheers
Tys

[brandon_rss18]

I have a pair of odessa barbs and made the mistake of getting 2 males and no females. Get two females for every male otherwise they do nothing but chase eachother around the tank all day. Very colorful little fish though.

[tys91]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread

thanks for this brandon very good advice :)
feel free to assist me on my way through this tank as im still learning

cheers
Tys

[tys91]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread

update

still no change in ammonia levels
hopefully soon.


cheers
Tys

[mistahoo]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread

update

still no change in ammonia levels
hopefully soon.


cheers
Tys

I would do a water change

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[tys91]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread

ok first water change is done
I added prime
also i have contiuned to use seachem stability everyday untill cycle is done.

cheers
Tys

[tys91]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread - cycling with fry

hey guys just a quick update of ny tank
still waiting on lightt to for my tank then il start planting and so on
these pics were take. off my samsung s3 i have just purchased a new camera so once i work out how to use it properly il post some good pics










cheers
Tys

[SunnyHouTX]

Re: Tysons livebearer's thread - cycling with fry

Looking good Tys. Looks like your cycle is going on well