Video. Tank 1

Since everyone seems to be going photo and video crazy i taught i would join in with some video taken on my compact pocket camera.
I added some music but couldn't figure out how to remove the audio from the video so there are clunks and clicks along the way.

This tank has a bit of everything.

so cool

hmmmm i'm seein no video when i look at this thread

Hey Darren,I'll have all your sturisomas,the two lovely plecs,all your peacock gobies and Epyplatys thank you very much:laugh:
seriously,very nice collection.how old is that M.festivum???haven't seen one like that in a long time!
Thanks for this.
Dimitri

Duzzy i just checked and it's working fine. For me anyways.
scubadim wrote:

Hey Darren,I'll have all your sturisomas,the two lovely plecs,all your peacock gobies and Epyplatys thank you very much:laugh:
seriously,very nice collection.how old is that M.festivum???haven't seen one like that in a long time!
Thanks for this.
Dimitri

I'm surprised you are not looking for the Empire Gudgeon's as well.
The Festivum was born early October 2006. It got it (with 3 others) of a guy called Paul Allan (uk). They were 3 weeks old when i got them and this is the only one that made it.
She is great at changing colour as you will see below.

Working fine here too. Great video and great choice of music to go with. It's a great tank with lots of interesting specimens.


Daragh

very good. some nice specimens there darren.

Sorry I missed until now, great video with plenty to see, I really enjoyed the music as well. Still don’t know how to put the music.................Tom.

Working fine now, love the caption

'A picture speaks a thousand words', so what does a video say?

I can't type that fast and I am a poxy speler, that's my excuse

I would much rather watch peoples videos than read their "for sale" posts, but nothing beats a good post of someones personal fishkeeping experiences. I can go to goggle anyday.


Daragh

JohnH wrote:

Very good, especially the Gobies - you must hurry up and breed those, I've been after some of those for years and years.John

Ever since i got my first fish keeping book and saw a picture of one in breeding condition i wanted some. But like you John i never came across them untill recently.
While at the show in Hayling we went on a few shop tours and by pure luck the first shop we went to had about 30 in a tank. They looked nothing like the photo's I've seen. All silvery/grey to clear. Even the fins were clear. They could even drop or show there eye spot.
After checking with one of the staff they were indeed Empire Gudgeons. The tricky part was trying to pick out a pair from these young fish. I would normally go for a couple of pairs but they were pricey.
There were no tell tail signs like head shape, dorsal rays, colour, or fin shape to tell the boys from the girls. So after gathering a few staff and myself we figured there were only 2 males and the rest were females.
So i paid for a pair and they were to be collected a couple of days later.
When i got them home and settled i fed them well and soon after they started to show some breeding colouration. One would go 2/3 red and the other 1/3 red and start bickering. This to me looks like i have 2 young males. What are the chances out of about 30 fish.
I am still hoping they are a pair. If they are i will keep them in brackish water to breed. This will give me a better choice of food for any fry. I beleave the fry are hard to raise. That is probably why you dont see them in the shops and when they do turn up they are expensive.

Great video,and some lovely fish.Really enjoyed watching.
A few of the Maidenhead stores have the empire gudgeons in at the moment,so you may get lucky when the one opens here.