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#1 Guest_Seedy_*

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 08:44 PM

Hello NANFA people!

My name's Colby I'm married in my late 20's and I live just outside of Tulsa Oklahoma. I am an active angler, photographer, sport shooter (not a hunter, more towards defensive/practical shooting) and fishkeeper. My main interests are Rift Lake Cichlids, Panaque sp. catfish (wood eating plecos!), Killi fish and have recently gotten interested in North Eastern Oklahoma native fishes and inverts. I have a fish room with give or take about 12 tanks up and running at any given moment. My current North American native focus is on Spring Creek in North Eastern Oklahoma a spring and groundwater fed "Ozark" type river/creek.

Here's a few of my photographs:

Close up of Aulonocara sp. "Lwanda Red Top"

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Green Cheek Conure:

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The "Log Jam"
"South American River "snag" bio-type" for wood eating South American catfish (Panaque spp.)

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"Question Mark" butterfly on beaver stump:

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Beaver dam on small creek inside Tulsa City Limits where Gambusia sp. can be found

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Beaver "work"

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Altolamprologus calvus "white"

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Bird Feather:

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Bridge over lower reach of Spring Creek (fish eye lens}

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 08:47 PM

Synodontis decorus

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Planted 20 gallon:

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Lazy Ike's

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"Holding" Cyprichromis leptosoma

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Fundulospanchex gardneri "Nsukka"

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 09:09 PM

Great pics Seedy and don't let the welcoming committee get in the way of a good time.

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 09:35 PM

My bad.
Nothing more to say here. continue as planned.

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 11:25 PM

Any chance you play guitar?

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 11:27 PM

My bad.
Nothing more to say here. continue as planned.


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Posted 13 November 2007 - 11:28 PM

Any chance you play guitar?


Nope, sorry I don't. What makes you ask?

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 11:29 PM

Just our mutual interest in firearms...

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 11:58 PM

awesome looking tanks... wood-eating catfish? :shock:

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 12:32 AM

awesome looking tanks... wood-eating catfish? :shock:


The genus Panaque contains sucker mouthed catfish (plecos) specifically adapted to eating wood. Similar to termites, they have a symbiotic organism (bacteria I think) that help them digest the cellulose. It's odd, I don't have the normal detritus and "pleco poo" in the tank, I have "saw dust" :D

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 12:56 AM

Welcome to the forum!

Don't let any of the stuff from your ID thread discourage you from sticking around and enjoying yourself. I assure you that no one meant any offense by what was said and they only said it with the best interest of the fish in mind. Your are lucky to live in a part of the state with very good aquatic biodiversity and relatively pristine streams. I am originally from central Oklahoma but now spend most of my time in New Jersey. I do come home around holidays and such and come up to your neck of the woods fairly often to collect. If you ever need new ideas for collecting sites feel free to ask!

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 08:19 AM

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 08:31 AM

welcome to the forum,

tglass I was wondering the same thing?

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 09:02 AM

Is it just me or is there something obscene painted on the bridge?

Nice pictures Seedy.


No there isn't anything obscene. I believe that is an advertisment for a dentist office that's just across the bridge. ;)

Nice pics, love those Africans. My low key hobby expolded into an obsession years ago when I discovered mbuna. That was back when you had to drive 150 miles to find a LFS that stocked any rift lake cichlids. I remember getting $5.00 a piece from a shop for my "orange zebra" offspring. :blink: By the time I started fazing out my africans, I was using those for feeders. :blush: I still can't help stopping in front of the african tanks at the pet store. Still carefully scan the "assorted africans" for something unusual. New african keepers don't appreciate how good they have it.

Love the logjam tank. Very creative. I'm partial to natural setups. Kinda funny, after I saw that pic I thought "I wonder if he has beaver out in OK?" Then I scrolled down and saw the next few pics. :smile:
Welcome to the forum!

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 06:26 PM

Fantastic pics!

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 07:44 PM

Thanks...but those were the "bad pics"...

Here's some decent ones:

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 10:42 AM

Excellent pics.. What kind of camera are you using ???

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 12:03 PM

Excellent pics.. What kind of camera are you using ???


Nikon D40x and D80 with a number of lenses...

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 08:12 PM

Nice pics. Alto. calvis is one of my favs. It was one of the fish that got me into the hobby. Have you had the chance to breed them? Their fry are tiny and take for ever to grow. Welcome to the forum.

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Posted 15 November 2007 - 09:11 PM

Nice pics. Alto. calvis is one of my favs. It was one of the fish that got me into the hobby. Have you had the chance to breed them? Their fry are tiny and take for ever to grow. Welcome to the forum.


Thanks, and yes, the fish in the picture I have raised from a fry. His parents were wild caught "white" variety.



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