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Weltenbumler
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Post by Weltenbumler » Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:23 pm

Hello plaalye,

in the tank I have sewellia elongata, a group of trigonostigma hengeli some shrimps and a lot of snails, and of course lots of difrent plants.

thanks for the tips for taking pictures. I use a DSLR. I tried diffrent settings, manual and automatic, but I think my problem is the amount of light. If I use a flash, then the fish hide themself for about half an hour, which i think is not a very good thing to do too often. Maybe I should try to use a strong light to permanent light the tank during photographing? maybe I will try.

Greetings Thomas

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farid
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Post by farid » Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:47 pm

salut,
your tank is really nice set up i like it !

farid
you wonder where the tank light is gone after it switched off...have a look in the fridge then ;)

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Post by FishyLady » Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:39 pm

Gorgeous tank, love all the plants!! :D

Val
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ch.koenig
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Post by ch.koenig » Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:51 pm

hi all
by accident I remarked a sewellia youngster in a tank with lineolata, elongata and sp (not spotted). seems not far from the pictures of thomas I guess it's not lineolata, could be elongata or the not described species. as I'm still short of time here just some shots

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cheers charles

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Post by farid » Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:48 pm

hi charles,
congratulation...swiss water rules again 8) i hope mine go for it aswell soon :)

farid
you wonder where the tank light is gone after it switched off...have a look in the fridge then ;)

Weltenbumler
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Post by Weltenbumler » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:28 pm

hi charles,

congratulations ! your youngsters look really great. how many of them do you have?
I think they look very much like mine, so I think they are s.elongatas.

here are the latest photos I took of mine yesterday, so you can see how they should look like in a while. the bigest I have at the moment is about 20mm long.

Greetings Thomas

here are the two photos:

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ch.koenig
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Post by ch.koenig » Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:39 am

hi thomas
thanks. your pics are becoming sharper and sharper ... :D good shots.
I've got 2 or 3. next weeks I should have time to work on it. the tank must be moved after renovations and then all species will go seperatly.
see you for more details
cheers charles

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ch.koenig
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Post by ch.koenig » Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:28 pm

just a few new pictures

with ca 20 mm in the big tank; stripes are dark and clear

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after the change into a breeding tank together with about 100 "spotted": about 22 mm

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the smallest one; about 17 mm

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the loss of colours may be due to the change. but the markings are definetely changing.
what about yours thomas?
cheers charles

Weltenbumler
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Post by Weltenbumler » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:48 pm

Hello Charles,

My elongatas do pretty well. They are eating all day long and getting bigger and bigger.
At the moment the biggest is about 25-30mm long (it is really difficult to measure them), the smalest I have is about 10mm long now.
So far I could count about 10 young elongatas. I think it is getting a bit overcrowded in my tank, so I am thinking about setting up a new tank for the
young elongatas and the young corydora pandas, which I also have at the moment.

The markings on the elongatas start changing. Bevore they had only stripes, but now they are getting more like dots near the tail.
I have some new pictures for you, where you can see it.

Greetings Thomas

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Post by Marc999 » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:17 pm

Good lord Welton, I've never seen anything like that before. Incredible tank.

Weltenbumler
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Post by Weltenbumler » Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:32 am

Hello Marc999,

Thanks.

I love that tank too.
I really like it, when there are a lot of plants around, and I think the fish like it too if they have some plants to hide behinde, what they often do.
But as someone told me, the more hiding spots the fish have, the more often you see them. And I think for some shy fish it is really true.

greetings Thomas

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Post by Weltenbumler » Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:34 am

It is a while back, that I told you about my s. elongatas and I think it is time
for an update.

They all do pretty well in my tank. The young ones are eating all the time
and getting bigger and bigger. Now they start to stick to the front glas of
the tank. It was funny to watch them, because when they started to do so, they
were always slipping slowly down the glas, but now they manage to stay
there perfectly.

Here are the newest pictures

greeting Thomas

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plaalye
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Post by plaalye » Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:35 am

Looking great Thomas! With those fat little white bellies showing they're obviously getting well fed.

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Post by Jim Powers » Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:45 pm

Great pics!!! :D
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ch.koenig
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Post by ch.koenig » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:05 am

I agree :D
they are good eaters and fast growing - as spotted or even a little faster. as I keep a part of my spotted together with elongata is easy to verify.
good shots thomas
cheers charles

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