Category Archives: Fish

Long time no post. Unfortunately, school has gotten the best of my time lately. Here are some of the livebearers that are being kept at my home in Chicago that I was able to see during spring break.

Last week was spring break so I was able to go home and spend some time with my family back in Chicago. There are some really neat fish still in the tanks back in the midwest. By far one of … Continue reading →

Got my first baby from my group of Tylomelania gemmifera “Yellow Antenna”. This is a very attractive snail species from the island of  Sulawesi, Indonesia. It is endemic to Lake Matano. Although it is a rather inactive species compared to … Continue reading →

The little Tomocichla tuba I’ve been raising are doing quite well and have grown a bunch. They are now a little over 2″ long! They’ve completely lost their cut baby bumblebee pattern and now look like mini copies of their … Continue reading →

Today while doing maintenance on one of my tanks I found my first baby Tylomelania sp. “poso orange” baby. I had only gotten these snails a few weeks back, so one of the females must have already been pregnant as … Continue reading →

I decided to try keeping exotic aquarium snails in my tanks for the first time. So far, I’m really enjoying them. I recently picked up some Tylomelania cf. gemmifera “yellow antenna” and Tylomelania sp. “Poso Orange” for my tanks at … Continue reading →

I’ve been doing some work in the California State University, Sacramento Evolutionary Ecology of Fishes Lab and have been looking at some baby cichlids under the microscope. They look pretty different from the adults. Here are a few pics of … Continue reading →

Long time, no post! The end of the semester has been busy for me with finals around the corner. At the May 14th Pacific Coast Cichlid Association meeting I was shocked to see a breeding pair of Tilapia ruweti for … Continue reading →

Archocentrus spinosissimus is one of my favorite fish. Until recently, I had only one old pair about 8 years old that would spawn for me from time to time. This pair spawned for me a few weeks ago, but I … Continue reading →