Pterophyllum scalares snacking on cat fish pellets

Hello all,
Caught my greedy fish (two Hypseleotris compressa, and four Pterophyllum scalare) stealing the pellets intended for my Sturisoma aureum and thought I would share. At least they got some vegetables :-).

Culprit number 1

Culprit number 2

All the best,
Kasper

The case of the mysterious eggs solved!

Hello all,
I recently detailed the case of the mysterious eggs (re-read it here) that I was not sure whether they belonged to my Pterophyllum scalare or to one of the Marisa cornuarietis snails roaming the aquarium.

Well consider the case solved!

It was not these guys:

Pterophyllum scalare not laying eggs

Nope the culprit was indeed the Marisa snails. I caught one in the act of depositing eggs and they indeed do look identical:

Marisa cornuarietis laying eggs

Marisa cornuarietis laying eggs

In this picture it even looks like the scalare is pointing the culprit out, perhaps to get its name cleared :-)

Marisa cornuarietis laying eggs while the Pterophyllum scalare draws attention

All the best,
Kasper

Mystery eggs

Hello all,
So there was a surprise waiting for me in the fishtank. Unfortunately I screwed up and destroyed it. *Insert sad face here*
Apparently someone has been busy and deposited a large patch of eggs at the back of the fishtank, on the root system of a small Pistia stratiotes. Sadly, I didn't notice until the plant had been out of the water for some time. At first I thought they might be from my Pterophyllum scalare, but now I think they might be snail eggs - as I havnt seen so much goo around fish eggs before.

There is a small colony of Marisa cornuarietis at large int he fish tank, they might be responsible.

Hmm, what might they be? Stay tuned as I investigate the case of the Mystery Eggs!
Anyways, I put the plant back again, but the eggs were soon eaten by hungry fish, now that they were not hidden in the background anymore.

EDIT: Well the case was solved a few days later - read the solution here...

All the best,
Kasper

And meanwhile not a single f*** was given :-)

Hello all,

Even though I'm ecstatic with my first radishes from the Aquaponic system, the big fish in my 250 liters tank called me over and told me to relax and feed them. And feed them something good.
After looking at them for a second I decided I had better, otherwise they would only gang up on me...

The Fish Hit Squad: Scalare, Whiptail, and Gourami

I really do not want to mess with those characters!

All the best,
Kasper

Cryptocoryne Jungle 250 liters Planted Tank

Hello all,
just some pictures of my 250 liters (ca. 66 gallons) fishtank. I'll provide further details as to what fish and plants live within this Cryptocoryne Jungle later.

Pterophyllum scalare

Pterophyllum scalare

Sturisoma aureum

All the best,
Tokasper