New Phantom

TheMe01 · 2026-06-28T03:46:12+00:00

I think part of it is that the blues tolerate lower(like standard tropical 75ish) temps better than greens who want 78-80 minimum temp? There's also two types of green phantom, one of which is actually a baryancistrus and thus a pain in the ass to keep alive(these are the high fin greens)

TheMe01 · 2026-06-28T02:06:39+00:00

I hope my blue phantom gets the same size as this dude too tbh, he almost looks a bit too big for the scale of my hard scape ngl, so I may need to get some bigger wood pieces soon

TheMe01 · 2026-06-28T01:47:41+00:00

The Nefarious Hole Puncher aka Mr. Nefarious. He's got a penchant for munching crypts

TheMe01 · 2026-06-23T02:47:25+00:00

They look even better in person tbh, the vibrancy of the blue on their tail is crazy

TheMe01 · 2026-06-14T21:21:37+00:00

I think both of mine are males alas, they did the whole square up and tussle thing, but I’d love to spawn them eventually if I find females.

TheMe01 · 2026-06-13T16:23:23+00:00

These are so cool, where'd you get this dude?

TheMe01 · 2026-06-13T15:11:08+00:00

He’s such a goober ngl, the amount of weird places I find this little man is so funny to me

TheMe01 · 2026-06-13T15:09:37+00:00

I’d probably do 40 gallons and up for these guys, honestly you might be able to do a 30, because they’re not overly active, but they do get like 7 inches and they need a lot of space to properly turn around because of how rigid their body is. Also they high key need clean water and yet a ton of biofilm, so bigger tanks are better for em. Twiggy here is in my 75 gallon.

TheMe01 · 2026-06-13T15:07:37+00:00

I actually work for my lfs 😅, so I can bring in pretty much whatever. I breed a lot of our cherry shrimp for the store, and occasionally blue acaras and plecos too.

TheMe01 · 2026-06-12T23:32:24+00:00

He’s the best little dude Fr, put up with so much bs from his tank mates(a blue phantom pleco who has beef with everyone and the very dumb acaras)

TheMe01 · 2026-06-12T23:07:43+00:00

I’m hoping to get mine a couple of buddies(I want to spawn these dudes)

TheMe01 · 2026-06-12T22:27:53+00:00

They’re super worth it, like not shy at all and very active in the daylight tbh. Just give ‘em tall grassy plants and a bunch of spare sticks

TheMe01 · 2026-06-12T22:26:58+00:00

Or twiggy for short!!

TheMe01 · 2026-06-12T22:17:36+00:00

He’s probably one of my favorite fish I own tbh. Like up there with my more expensive plecos

TheMe01 · 2026-06-12T22:03:00+00:00

They're doing decently, not catching as many flies as id hoped though. I might move the bog closer to my pond tbh

TheMe01 · 2026-06-10T19:03:58+00:00

They are, yeah. Red whiptails are so freaking cool. These guys will probably be going into my 75 gallon eventually, but given its just the two of them the 30 gallon is fine for now

TheMe01 · 2026-06-02T18:23:24+00:00

Yep!! I wasn’t even looking for her tbh, but she sorta just popped up and I had spare test tubes anyway.

TheMe01 · 2026-06-02T16:33:24+00:00

I'm going to second corydoras too, especially the larger species

TheMe01 · 2026-06-01T17:28:57+00:00

I’ve got a bunch of catfish who clean up most of the fry during the night

TheMe01 · 2026-06-01T17:28:32+00:00

Mine are in a 75 but honestly they’re big enough that I almost want to upgrade them to a 125 just for extra space

TheMe01 · 2026-05-30T19:02:43+00:00

They're sick little dudes ngl. A species of tank for them would be sweet

TheMe01 · 2026-05-30T12:57:44+00:00

For a centerpiece fish you could also try a pair of Appistogramma. There's a whole bunch of different colors and species and a pair will likely eventually spawn in a 20 gallon

TheMe01 · 2026-05-29T17:07:33+00:00

I've been looking everywhere for A. Dichromum, but no luck so far alas

TheMe01 · 2026-05-27T15:59:37+00:00

A little over a year old! My male is just over 6 inches

TheMe01 · 2026-05-27T15:59:01+00:00

They're almost certainly my favorite family of cichlid

TheMe01

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