Bye for now.: Post Christmas

The Christmas party at Tita Bell's house was a ball. Everyone was dressed so nice in their semi-formal dress code. I felt a bit under-dressed with my collared shirt and dress pants. The party was fun, we had games for the kids and the adults and it was a smashing good time. It was a great Christmas party, one that I hoped for because last year's party was so drab. Also I did a bit of Boxing day shopping. I ended up getting 2 games, Bioshock and Tekken 6, both at great prices. I also finally got certified UFC gloves. They're sick, plain and simple. For reals. I also got a crap-load of premium carbon bits and fish food. I also got some new plants, of which I do not know the name and 2 Turquoise rainbowfish. My sister finally got her first DSLR camera, which she's been wanting for forever. So I borrowed it to get some nice shots of my aquarium fish, although I did not get all of them. I was happy with the detail and clarity that I obtained from the majority of the shots.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

My Leopard Ctenopoma (Ctenopoma acutirostre). I have 2 of them, the other one was hiding. It was hard to take a pic. They are a year old.

Silver Dollar (Metynnis argenteus)

Here's both of 'em. They're more than a year old.

Fresh water Angel Fish (Petrophyllum Scalare)

Here it is again, with the other one in the back. Stalking the surface.

Here's my third one. The nigga of the angel fish group, if you will lol. He's awesome. I used to have two of these and another white angel fish.

Black Ghost Knife (Apteronotus albifrons)

One of my fave fishes from the tank. This guy was so hard to get a pic of, cuz he kept hiding in the rocks. He's grown a lot since the time Alvin, Rei and I went to Big Als in the summer.

Odessa Barb (Puntius padamya)

These guys have beautiful colour and shiny scales. There used to be 4, but now only 2 are left. The other 2 perished =(

One of the 11 Serpae Tetras (Hyphessobrycon eques)

The Rainbowfish!

These guys needed their own section cuz I have quite a few different species. They are vibrant and one of my favourite group of fish. They are expensive as hell too, lol.

Bosemani Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia boesemani)

The colouration of this guy is one of my favourite combinations. Orange/Yellow and Green/Turquoise. It's not at its best colouration right now, but it still looks great.

Chequered or Australian Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia splendida subsp. inornata)

Red Rainbowfish, one of my first rainbowfishes and still one of my favourite in full colouraiton. So bright and red. In this pic, it's alright, but when they're showing off, they're REALLY RED.

Red and Chequered meet. The chequered rainbowfish has interesting coluration. Silver and at times purple, with stripes of orange, yellow blue and purple.

One of the new additions to my rainbowfish family. I bought two of these Turquoise Rainbowfish (Melanotaenia Lacustris), with green being my favourite colour and all. The Red an Turquoise rainbowfish will nicely compliment each other once the juvenile ones that I just bought mature.