[AQUASAUR]

I hope – here will be enough fans of those kind of fishes…
Before to begin with the “usual suspects”...,
I want to share a curious "predators" photos of my biggest Tetra Congo (3 years old – 10 cm.) :idea:
What do you think – is this cousin of Piranha seems enough pretty evil…

[GRAYFLUX]

Thats the most impressive tetra I've ever seen! It gets the predator pass. Great shots Aquasaur

[DIESELMACK]

nice shots not many people realize most tetras have teeth...those are some nice chompers on that congo.

[MissTrina]

Great pix!!! Nice pearlies

This post has been edited by MissTrina: 12 May 2006 - 04:59 PM

[AQUASAUR]

I want to finish Congo’s part of that thread with some shots of my Tetra Congo Gold.
First, one photo of Tetra Congo female to make any compares with “gold” variety:



Tetra CONGO Gold female:






As you see, the “golden” nuance is always in combination with other reflecting colors from the tanks interior…

Tetra CONGO Gold male:

[AQUASAUR]

My daughter Gabby saw that tread and upbraid me for that I was present one of her also favorite T.Congo fishes,
like very ugly and horrible…
That because, I promised her to finish really that part of T.Congo with something “beautiful”…
Taking these shots, I had try to catch more details and to a nicety colors of the fishes…





That is one curious result:
The next 2 pictures are not cropped!
On the first, I tried to frame the pair in the center with enough space around…
but then all the fishes details aren’t seem so clear…




On the second photo, just a few millimeters closer and centred only the male – the details are much expressive…



The other curious was about the lightning(flashing)…
You may compare the difference between - shooting with a flash above the tank...
and shooting straight in front the fish... with this two close ups:





The colors are real, not photoshoped…What do you think about…!?

[Wisdom16]

Amazing

[AQUASAUR]

Continuing with another my favorite Tetras - veiltail Hyphessobrycon callistus callistus
Growing up, they are not much spectacular, but being adult – they are attractive and beautiful…




That’s one crop showing their typical feature – the veil tail and fins elegancy…



I got 9 of them and they just don’t much visible between all other Discus, Rainbows, Tetras…
But they zone the tank, and every male watching for his own territory very strictly…
Only sometimes, some female, goes to cross that borders and coquette in front the dominant male…




The other guys just jealous gaping…



But don’t forget – they are the cousin of Piranha too…
if you make them angry – just see how they look......

[AQUASAUR]

Hi, PALS
I gave to my self almost a month a good vacation…
But next, of course, was too much retrieve on work and stuffs…

So, here I go again…
I will continue with another representative of Tetras family, which I’m sure, more of you like more
and try to show the most expressive details of that lovely fish…
So, that how look my Nematobrycon Palmeri – The Emperor’s Tetra:




May be the first important thing to say, is that, why they call it “The Emperor’s Tetra”…
Here is the answer:





Of course, the male “brings the heavy crown” and often flaunt it and his colorfully dress…





The female is looking quite modest…





The other typical feature is their blue eyes – so magnificent and so hard to take a good shot on it using a flash…





May be some of you didn’t see the Black (purple) cousin of the Palmeri, who is enough expressive too:





And as you guess I like to do, for the Tetras post final…
To All keepers of that beautiful fish – don’t forget! They got very evil teeth…...

[AQUASAUR]

Hey, Pals
Can you say at once – what is that fish “BATMAN”…??













OK, I’m just joking… it’s easy guess –rotate the pic on 180 degrees and that is:



and if somebody wondering still, what is that fish …
the answer is - Toracocharax Securis (from Central American’s area)



and that’s another more popular its cousin(from PERU) - Carnegiella Strigata:



Here they are schooling in the tank, mostly under water surface area…



So, in that kind of looking…these fishes are not much impressive…
But I had trying to get some close up macro shots and catch some magnificent fascination of them…
sometimes almost transparently…other time - distracting the lights by unique way…








They haven’t so horrible teeth…but it’s not quite harmless…