Willow mine are still growing that is why i am doing these water changes. Adults are done growing so they dont need perfect water conditions. See what i mean. You keep the water crystal clear for optimal growth but once they are fully grown you can cut it back some.

Five words:
"I can have Satanoperca leucosticta"

http://rikko.no-ip.org/geos.jpg

Find me another fish who you know is always saying "HUH??"! I dare you!

my oscar always have the "i'm gonna eat you when I grow up" look on his face.. he's about 7" now

Aren't those all fake plants? :lol: only kidding . . . very nice pics! Almost makes me miss fw - ALMOST! I'm sorry but the majority of fw fish don't do anything. It is cheaper but the extra money for sw is well worth it in my opinion.

Those are sweet looking fish Rikko!!
Makes me want to start another tank... :rolleyes:

Are those Bolivian Rams or BLue Rams in the background there? THey look like Bolivians

They don't look like rams to me at all. Heck, they don't even have the same species name. Rams have the species name Microgeophagus.

-Rich

Hes talking about the ones it the background and Yes they are Bolivian Rams...

Ah, background. Was too early in the morning :eek:

-Rich

Having kept over 70 FW tanks at one time I agree there are some pretty colourful fish. Breeding is easy with most but a challenge with others. That being said. It's easy to breed if you're just going for quantity, if you are going for quality it takes a lot of work. Keeping genetic records and keeping lines for inbreeding and for out crossing makes for more work.
Here is a friends site. He studied guppy genetics for 4 years and at one point had the most popular Guppy site for serious professional breeders in the world. His lines sold for as much as $500US a trio.
http://www.wizardinteractive.com/guppyinfo/
Here is a link to a picture of a Half Black Pastel, one of my favorites.
http://www.geocities.com/rdarmani/et3.jpg
Here is some pictures of some guppies from a show breeder, remember these are not show quality fish but may have the genetics to create a show winner.
http://ppga.tripod.com/lukesales2b.html

As for Discus they aren't as difficult to keep as most people think, they are easy to breed as well, the tough part is raising the fry sometimes the parents just don't co operate. They don't need daily water changes, weekly is fine but daily will help them grow faster. Up here (Burnaby New West) our water is to soft out of the tap for Discus so we need to add a tiny bit of R/O Right or another remineralization formula. We need the hardness so their eggs don't turn to goop. With no hardness Discus eggs are so soft that most break before the embryo is developed enough to hatch.

Doug