I thought I would post a few picks of my latest (and only) hobby. It's is a small 28 gallon fish tank with 6 glo-fish, 1 powder blue dwarf gourami, 2 bronze corydoras catfish, 1 Corydoras sterbai catfish, a clown plecostomus (I think he is still in there somewhere) and a small colony of red cherry shrimp (If I can't eat em' anymore, I'll raise them.)
The glofish are green (yellow under normal lights), orange and red. They are actually zebra danios that have bee genetically modified with flourescent proteins isolated from jellyfish. The gene is now a part of their DNA so they can actually pass it on to their offspring. I believe they are the first genetically modified pet.
I built some moon lights for the tank out of some blue LED's. They make the glofish really, well... glow. It makes for a cool camera effect.
The gourami is kind of the bully of the tank. I have to turn out the lights comletely at night so the catfish can eat their sinking wafers without getting harrased by him. And man can this fish can poop!
The bronze catfish are kind of ugly but fun to watch. Along with the Sterba cory they help keep the bottom clean. They actually kind of look like mice.
The spotted one is the Corydoras Sterbai catfish. He swims pretty well with the others but I think I would like to get him/her/it a companion or two. My tank is pretty maxed out and I'll either have to get rid of the plecostomus or build a sump, which expands the water volume of a tank.
I'm not sure how many shrimp I have and I am about to have some more. I have at least seven that I have been able to count at any given time. I noticed one of them was carrying eggs the other day. They are prolific breeders. I am going to put them in a smaller tank and start breeding them. I might be able to make enough money off them to pay for the rest of my hobby. The picture below is a juvenile female. As they mature, the females turn a deep cherry red color. You can see a light colored "saddle" on this one which is actually the developing ovaries.
The clown plecostomus is a recluse. He only comes out at night. But he is pretty cool/ugly looking. He reminds me of the monk fish from Pike's Market in Seattle -the one they use to scare the customers with. I don't have a pic but you can see one here.
