Welcome to my fun page of all things fishy and scaly.

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5 of 6 young frontosa.  I've given away all but three at this point.  I'm hoping for a male and 2 females.

3 of 5 Hap. Moori that can't seem to jump enough.  They lock lips and smack the hood daily.  Could this be why they are referred to as blue dolphins?

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Three photos and a really scary story:

Photo 1 -- see the happy family of julidochromas regani

Photo 2 -- cute little baby juli (center of photo) in the shadow of...

Photo 3 -- PEACOCK CICHLID FROM HELL eating Poppa Juli head first -- AUGHHHH!!

Here's the twist: the first photo in the story is really the last photo in the story.  Whew!  I rescued Mr. Juli w/ my bare hands and moved him and his mate to a safe 10 gallon where they spawned several times.  Yippee!  The first soul surviving juli offspring (photo 2) from the peacock cichlid tank grew up there and has since been moved into my frontosa tank w/ many of his siblings from later broods.

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Hap. Moori (or whatever they're now called) in a piece of Mark Cline's pottery.  Emily the ball python who has been around for over 10 yrs.  A frog from the little fish pond out back.  His ear was an inspiration for the rivets used in blue jeans.  Autumn and a the biggest frog I ever caught w/ my bare hands.

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Below is the best photo I've ever taken...knee deep in the cold waters of Teter Creek in early spring.  These two were too cold to move and allowed me to get w/in feet.  I couldn't resist doing a pen&ink from this.

See, even we artists can get into some risky situations from time to time.

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Ben, a digital camera and the dog.  Results: