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Blue Diamond strain of Discus... google it, super awesome freshwater fish. Someday I’ll have a tank with some of these 😁 For now, I’ll just paint the fish that I can’t have, at the moment... hmmm that’s gunna mean a lot more paintings, cuz I wanna keep soooo many different fish lol • • • • #discus #freshwateraquarium #aquarium #aquariumlife #freshwaterfish #fish #fishtank #fishtanksofinstagram #lukewisner #watercolor #painting https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Q_tGSjxk6/?igshid=yyarn83qo4cg

Sometimes called the King of the freshwater aquarium fish, the Discus, is certainly a beautiful fish. If you’ve never heard of it, google discus fish... freshwater fish that has some crazy colors & patterns. Here’s my first attempt at a watercolor discus fish... plan to do some more if I can keep up the motivation. • • • • #discus #freshwateraquarium #aquarium #aquariumlife #freshwaterfish #fish #fishtank #fishtanksofinstagram #lukewisner #watercolor #painting (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5KBhbZAsMz/?igshid=wscjeuen95kh

Inktober #31, so I’m a bit late, but trick-or-trait g took precedence... hopefully this sketch of such a beautiful fish will make up for the tardiness. The almighty Arowana! Her 3 feet long and have such graceful swim stroke and amazing sheen. The king of the mister fish for sure. • • • • #freshwateraquarium #aquarium #inktober #inktober2019 #inktober31 #aquariumlife #freshwaterfish #aquascape #plantedaquarium #plants #fish #fishtank #fishtanksofinstagram #arowana #lukewisner #ink #sketch #painting (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4WZCfhjo5a/?igshid=1q3tyzgjx83ih

Inktober #30, Pacu... looks like a piranha but is the mostly vegetarian version of a piranha... gets nearly 2 feet long and can be up to about 40 lbs! Pretty common to find at your local fish store... but ya better have several hundred gallons for an adult that’ll love like 20 years. • • • • #freshwateraquarium #aquarium #aquariumlife #freshwaterfish #aquascape #plantedaquarium #plants #fish #fishtank #fishtanksofinstagram #pacu #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ReVz3jWc_/?igshid=ooylrwfpekw

Inktober#29, continuing with the monster fishes, this is the Bichir... a super cool fish that gets about 3 feet long, can breath air, and kinda swims with paddles for fins. Cool sort of a dinosaury fish • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #monsterfish #tankbusters #bichir #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Ozi3wjbxN/?igshid=16mbeqwy49tfv

Inktober#28, Red-tailed Catfish... These guys can get nearly 6 feet long and 180 lbs... and yup, you can get these guys when they are but wee chaps at fish stores. Better have a swimming pool for these guys • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #monsterfish #tankbusters #redtailedcatfish #catfish #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4ME-H5gktW/?igshid=1gv2mvbzaiprv

Inktober#27, Giant Gourami... Like the last one, the Giant Gourami gets a foot and a half and hefty... super cool fish, but geez ya better have a big tank for this one. • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #giantgourami #gourami #giant #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4JicN_DzEp/?igshid=fqc7ihqwd4il

Inktober#26, Clown Loach... still working on catching up... and since this is Halloween week I’m doing “monster fish” or “tank-busters”... basically common fish you can get at many pet stores, but these fish get HUGE! Take this Clown Loach for example: you buy them when they are an inch or two... but they get over a foot n a half... and they like to be in a school... • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #loach #clownloach #clown #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4JbawWj0FK/?igshid=pk3t6ryntkz0

Inktober#25, yup this is yesterday’s that I just finished... a day behind but maybe I’ll catch up tomorrow. And this one sorta makes up for the lateness amiright? Went all out for probably the most classic tropical fish that we have all kept at some point. Shhh gunna try to sneak in a Halfmoon betta in a 5 gallon somewhere, don’t tell my wife 😬 • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #betta #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4G90n6jhgN/?igshid=39p9gx7yz4gg

Inktober #24, Mystery snail. Now I have a gold one, but here is the classic natural one with stripes. Large, active, and not all that slow... for a snail that is. • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #mysterysnail #snail #invertebrate #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4B2QDeDvhF/?igshid=c7rpmhx56h5w

My wife’s houseplant hobby is starting to blend with my aquatic hobby, Goldfish plant lol (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4BPpR-DCtQ/?igshid=1ttk6dd8h9f00

Inktober #23, Glass Catfish or Ghost catfish... Ghost? More like Skeleton Catfish, as that’s all you can see is their skeleton wiggling in there. A school of these guys do kinda smoothly undulate like some ghosts in the breeze. This reminds me that inktober ends on Halloween... I was planning a fish for the final day, but what do you think would. Be the scariest or creepiest freshwater aquarium fish? Freshwater and something kept in aquariums, even if not super common. Whatcha guys think? • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #catfish #glasscatfish #ghostcatfish #glass #ghost #ghost #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3_PeLGDgpS/?igshid=1jy41wcyu0egn

Inktober #22, Amano Shrimp a very good algae-eating shrimp. Named after the great aquascaper Takashi Amano. • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #amano #shrimp #invertebrate #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B38eDwJjMKz/?igshid=i4y7otgczmn7

Inktober #21, Neolamprologus Brichardi... or the Fairy Cichlid, Princess Cichlid, Lyretail Cichlid... it’s an elegant Lake Tanganyikan fish... and yes goes with the previous 2, in what will hopefully be a Lake Tanganyika “reef” community tank in my future 😁 • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #Tanganyikan #cichlid #neolamprologus #brichardi #fairy #princess #lyretail #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B35_b97gBGD/?igshid=112lcag3yw5a0

Inktober #20, second sketch today so I could catch up, Julidochromis marlieri, A Lake Tanganyika rock dweller cichlid. This is another small cichlid, but this one loves rock crevices • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #shellie #cichlid #neolamprologus #multi #similis #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B32UmC0juBA/?igshid=kxwrbfmxhwuv

Inktober #19, yup I missed a day 😢 but I made it up with this Shellie... Neolamprologus similis, a Lake Tanganyika cichlid, 1 of the worlds tiniest cichlids and they live and love inside old shells 🐚 ❤️ • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #shellie #cichlid #neolamprologus #multi #similis #lukewisner (at Riverside, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B32TYQ0jqsD/?igshid=1mwrzf83bpdry

Inktober #18 Harlequin Rasbora, great coppery orange with a dark pork chop shape... good little schooler in a planter tank... had to do a quick sketch today as was trying to get this inktober done on time 😅 • • • #inktober #inkotber2019 #illustration #sketch #drawing #ink #penandink #inkart #inkwash #brush #fish #freshwateraquarium #tropicalfish #aquarium #harlequin #rasbora #lukewisner https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yZ3KgD5Y4/?igshid=5sygo1l2u2de