A look at Hypancistrus contradens, I adore this guy, sometimes he's not in the mood and he won't let me take a picture of him, however from time to time he poses for the camera and gives me photos like these:
65 gallon LJ project
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What a pretty pleco! He's lovely, Lalo! Sometimes pretty fish are worth waiting to see even if it's only sometimes 
He looks small, how big is he?
He looks small, how big is he?I'm sure he's about 2", maybe a few millimeters taller, but of course he's absolutely beautiful, and he's very much loved by my local aquarist friends who love to come see him in person, and sometimes they are lucky when the pleco comes out to walk.What a pretty pleco! He's lovely, Lalo! Sometimes pretty fish are worth waiting to see even if it's only sometimes
I want to take advantage of this thread to share a good experience, my friends from the LFS, decided several weeks ago that it would be good to work as a team to make a biotope aquarium that would be present in the BAC 2020 international competition, organized by Heiko Bleher.
They included me in their team, and although In the end, the aquarium will compete on behalf of a single person, I must say that it was a beautiful experience for everyone, being able to study the fauna and habitat of the area that we represent is something magnificent. After reaching an agreement, we decided to represent a biotope aquarium of a river ridge in the Tenixtepec area, in the municipality of Coscomatepec, Veracruz.
This is the area represented, and although I really love to go and collect some things (plants for my tank) I must say that the visits to this place were torture for me when it came to getting into the water, due to my extreme phobia of insects (green bugs in the water in this case) but in the end I was able to fix them even though I was terrified:
This is me, arranging some plants in the back of the tank:
And of course, the final work which is exhibited in the LFS of my friends, was a great experience, and we'll see what luck says:
They included me in their team, and although In the end, the aquarium will compete on behalf of a single person, I must say that it was a beautiful experience for everyone, being able to study the fauna and habitat of the area that we represent is something magnificent. After reaching an agreement, we decided to represent a biotope aquarium of a river ridge in the Tenixtepec area, in the municipality of Coscomatepec, Veracruz.
This is the area represented, and although I really love to go and collect some things (plants for my tank) I must say that the visits to this place were torture for me when it came to getting into the water, due to my extreme phobia of insects (green bugs in the water in this case) but in the end I was able to fix them even though I was terrified:
This is me, arranging some plants in the back of the tank:
And of course, the final work which is exhibited in the LFS of my friends, was a great experience, and we'll see what luck says:
Plants:
-Ceratophyllum demmersum
-Cabomba caroliniana
Fish:
-Herichthys tepehua
-Astyanax mexicanus "sardinita"
-Eleotris picta
Well, Lalo, I didn't know any of your fish so I googled. The cichlid looks nice! I'm not sure of the second 1...but that goby's mouth looks big! I didn't look beyond pics...
