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My favorite Central American cichlid, Topaz Cichlid! Named for the eyes. He just got upgraded to a 125 gallon mansion.

Some recent discoveries of Fat sleeper gobies!

My feral cherry shrimp paradise

So I ran into something neat a while ago. Pictured are both Blackchin Tilapia, except the entire wild group I encountered on the left are short bodied. I think this is the first short body tilapia I've seen. Apparently it's not crazy uncommon for the black chins but it's wild to see a whole group of shortbody fish at the beach. The fish on the right is a typical depiction of a mature male of this species.

Gorgeous brown anole I spotted while playing Pokemon go. Lovely reds.

Funky lil code goby showing off some crazy colors.

Receiving "The Business" for the crime of watering his bowl

Everyone meet the new spood. Psalmopoeus reduncus, Costa Rican Orange Mouth tarantula

A minute in my killi/livebearer tank. Everything is wild collected sans that really funky male guppy and any bb cichlids you may spot

Gambusia holbrooki somehow blending in despite being super obvious

Went back to the cherry shrimp spot, collected a few hundred more, the cold snap did not deter them, as expected.

10 minute old Belonesox fry avoiding her cannibalistic siblings in some floating ricca. They shine like copper at this size.