fishphotointerlude...
it's been a while since i took some pics of the fishes, so i spent a little time yesterday evening doing just that. here are some random pics of fishes from the 45g (the first tank most of you see when entering The Tank) and Gar-Den II, which is the biggest aquarium at The Tank (the 270g downstairs). enjoy!
From the 45g tank, home of Norton (Australian lungfish), Tiggy (tigrinus catfish), and the most recently added Tarpy (aka Terrence Philip Tarpon...which coincidentally, is a tarpon.
Tiggy (for the record, named by James, not me), although you can probably guess why they are called tigrinus catfish.
And the first pics of Terrence Philip (Tarpy), tarpon are bigtime sportfish in the Atlantic and now in the Pacific, with two species, one native to around the gulf coast and central america, and another from the indo-pacific. in spite of their appearance they are also 'primitive fishes' similar to the gars, bichirs, and lungfishes...and they also breathe air like those fishes. notice the HUGE eyes too!
max size on these guys is around 6' in the wild. yeah, about as appropriate to keep as the alligator gar, aethiopicus lungfish, and a host of others we have here at The Tank. but we've solved those issues before in the past. this guy is also unique in that they eventually prefer saltwater to freshwater...that will be an interesting issue, maybe i'll just drop him in damon's tank so it can eat all those wussy fishes he has.
speaking of inappropriate fishes to keep, i half-jokingly refer to tarpy as my 'clown triggerfish' in reference to damon's purchase of an inappropriate fish a couple years back in similar circumstance...but that allegory is a another story...
here's a shot of the full tank, you can see that norton (far left under the logs) and the rest of the gang have now spaced themselves out a bit. it's also good that the tarpon fills out the open space since tiggy and norton hide most of the daytime hours.
full-tank shot of the 270g in the basement of The Tank...this is the one that houses the large gars (not to be confused with dolphins or giraffes), and the recently relocated Polypterus endlicheri congicus (some of you may know that one as 'the fish that has all the spikes on it's back').
here's the fish with the spikes on its back hiding out in the massive pile of driftwood.
Cuban gars, again, i am not sure exactly what their names are...maybe i'll have another survey.
Florida gar
'family portrait' of gar-den II
"and now back to battling seizure robots..." - bonus points to anyone who recognizes that quote.
music:
Ishq Na Ishq Ho - Dosti soundtrack
Luka Chuppi - Rang De Basanti soundtrack
random pic:
From the 45g tank, home of Norton (Australian lungfish), Tiggy (tigrinus catfish), and the most recently added Tarpy (aka Terrence Philip Tarpon...which coincidentally, is a tarpon.
Tiggy (for the record, named by James, not me), although you can probably guess why they are called tigrinus catfish.
And the first pics of Terrence Philip (Tarpy), tarpon are bigtime sportfish in the Atlantic and now in the Pacific, with two species, one native to around the gulf coast and central america, and another from the indo-pacific. in spite of their appearance they are also 'primitive fishes' similar to the gars, bichirs, and lungfishes...and they also breathe air like those fishes. notice the HUGE eyes too!
max size on these guys is around 6' in the wild. yeah, about as appropriate to keep as the alligator gar, aethiopicus lungfish, and a host of others we have here at The Tank. but we've solved those issues before in the past. this guy is also unique in that they eventually prefer saltwater to freshwater...that will be an interesting issue, maybe i'll just drop him in damon's tank so it can eat all those wussy fishes he has.
speaking of inappropriate fishes to keep, i half-jokingly refer to tarpy as my 'clown triggerfish' in reference to damon's purchase of an inappropriate fish a couple years back in similar circumstance...but that allegory is a another story...here's a shot of the full tank, you can see that norton (far left under the logs) and the rest of the gang have now spaced themselves out a bit. it's also good that the tarpon fills out the open space since tiggy and norton hide most of the daytime hours.
full-tank shot of the 270g in the basement of The Tank...this is the one that houses the large gars (not to be confused with dolphins or giraffes), and the recently relocated Polypterus endlicheri congicus (some of you may know that one as 'the fish that has all the spikes on it's back').
here's the fish with the spikes on its back hiding out in the massive pile of driftwood.
Cuban gars, again, i am not sure exactly what their names are...maybe i'll have another survey.
Florida gar
'family portrait' of gar-den II
"and now back to battling seizure robots..." - bonus points to anyone who recognizes that quote.music:
Ishq Na Ishq Ho - Dosti soundtrack
Luka Chuppi - Rang De Basanti soundtrack
random pic:
Indian Movie Theater in Novi
posted by Solomon at 4:48 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home