Photo for July 2009 (Competition CLOSED)

[bobberly1]

Those cichlids are sweet! No idea what species they are. Probably a Central or South America species. Cichlasoma genus maybe?

Cichlasoma's long gone (a lot like Bufo ) It was broken up into an absolutely incredible number of genuses (geni?). I like the change, it was like Dendrobates, an ever-expanding genus that was bound to shatter.

[Kurt]

genuses (geni?)

genera

[lraulston]

Yep. Parrots (though I have owned a couple through the years that I ended up returning) and Balloon Rams and such. And of course dying fish or tattooing is just sad in my opinion. I can't be too against selective breeding though, or I can rule out any freshwater angelfish etc. which I have owned and bred many of. The wildcaught angels are very particular to water quality and I am not on well water anymore, so I have no tried my hand at those yet. I mainly like south american fish, though I have bred african shell dwellers (brevis) over the last couple of years and enjoyed them as well.

[Kurt]

I use to work for a place called Tropic Isle, its a huge aquarium store here in Massachusetts, over four hundred tanks. I worked with all kinds of stuff there, from guppies up to nurse sharks, discus, African cichlids, clown loaches and so on. That was in the early 90's. Never tried to breed anything though.

[lraulston]

Sounds like a blast. Speaking of that I need to get me a few clown loaches- I have a major snail problem. I'm a fish nerd at heart. Frogs have their special place to as well. I just realized that we jacked this thread. Back to the contest!

[lraulston]

[SludgeMunkey]

Is this a rare blue phase White's Tree Frog?

[Kurt]

Sounds like a blast. Speaking of that I need to get me a few clown loaches- I have a major snail problem.

I have one, need more. My I am hesitant to get more as it lives with my White's and I am afraid of introducing chytrid to that tank. So I need to find a store that never has stock clawed frogs in their fish tanks or that doesn't keep every thing on the same system.

[Greatwtehunter]

Here is my entry, kinda cliche.

Agalychnis callidryas

[SludgeMunkey]

OK, I'll bite...here is my entry for the month....Dendrobates azureus

[Jumpshot724]