David R

Yeah seems to be, no change in the lumps yet though. Tank is still a little cloudy but I'm happy with how it's looking. Good chance check up on how the nuggets are doing, I wish I saw them more often as the bigger ones (~6" now) are very cool!
 

All done, no dramas, looks good but needs a heap of smaller rocks to finish the look.

All done, no dramas, looks good but needs a heap of smaller rocks to finish the look.

All done, no dramas, looks good but needs a heap of smaller rocks to finish the look.

Going for the black water look

Pick one species of tetra, two at the most, and add larger groups of each. I'd say forget the glowlights as the rainbows already have some orange on them and shoot for 20-25 each of the black neons and lemons.

Oh man! I would have taken these in a heartbeat! I've been thinking about some clowns for my tank and this would have helped me make up my mind...

Quick vid and a couple of pics.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGHy0xRv2EM

Playing with the modes

Yeah I'd think six would be a good number, you could always start with more and thin them out if/when needed. Less than that and there might not be enough fish to spread the aggression between. I think the biggest one I've had was about 28cm TL when it died, so you can probably budget on them getting more like 22-25cm on average.

They breed after a brumating (colder) period usually in spring/early summer. They then need to be grown up until they morph---time is dependant on feeding. I used to sell mine at 6 weeks after morphing. There are not many about but I would think a bit less than a year from now. You might be lucky if a breeder has manipulated the cooling off period or they have been kept for a longer period. They are pretty small when they first morph.

Best photo I could get of him , this things going to be fire when he's older 
 

Nope, none here AFAIK, crazy expensive, and 270L is probably a bit on the small size. Best bet would be the P. scalare "Peru Altum", a very nice altum-ish form of the regular angelish.
Check out my post here; http://aquariumworld.nz/forums/topic/42426-2000l-tank-nearly-one-year-on/?page=5#comment-566828
Locally bred by Hovmoller on this forum. I think he has a few more to sell too.

Nope, none here AFAIK, crazy expensive, and 270L is probably a bit on the small size. Best bet would be the P. scalare "Peru Altum", a very nice altum-ish form of the regular angelish.
Check out my post here; http://aquariumworld.nz/forums/topic/42426-2000l-tank-nearly-one-year-on/?page=5#comment-566828
Locally bred by Hovmoller on this forum. I think he has a few more to sell too.

Wow!  Excited for a moment, awesome fish! Bet you miss them.. Thanks for sharing

Sorry to get your hopes up, I sold this lot about 5 years ago!
 
It sounds like an interesting tank, I've always missed my clowns and will, one day, set up another dedicated loach tank. Post some pics of it in the Freshwater forum if you get time
ps. those are 60L bins, there were several in the school around (and over) 20cm!

Awesome tank.  That piece of wood has handled it very very well!

It's still got plenty of growing to do! (I hope)

Going back to my original post, close to two years ago, and thanks to Hovmoller I just acquired not twelve but TWENTY young "Peru Altums"!! I made a video, it's pretty crap but you get the idea, I'll try get a better quality one once they're all settled in.
https://youtu.be/7AykB3WHRdc
And I took a couple of pictures too. The largest royal (ex Henward) is just over a foot long now, mouth is over an inch in diameter and he (??) has some serious whiskers going on! The other fish are all doing ok, the Baryancistrus are growing slowly but steadily, the lemon tetras are looking great but could do with a boost in numbers. Filtration is still working well, although now that the Panaques are all 25cm+ the sawdust production seems to have really dropped off, to the point where the settling chamber in the sump is basically redundant.
The only thing I'm not happy about is having it hidden away downstairs, I want it in my livingroom!!
 

Going back to my original post, close to two years ago, and thanks to Hovmoller I just acquired not twelve but TWENTY young "Peru Altums"!! I made a video, it's pretty crap but you get the idea, I'll try get a better quality one once they're all settled in.
https://youtu.be/7AykB3WHRdc
And I took a couple of pictures too. The largest royal (ex Henward) is just over a foot long now, mouth is over an inch in diameter and he (??) has some serious whiskers going on! The other fish are all doing ok, the Baryancistrus are growing slowly but steadily, the lemon tetras are looking great but could do with a boost in numbers. Filtration is still working well, although now that the Panaques are all 25cm+ the sawdust production seems to have really dropped off, to the point where the settling chamber in the sump is basically redundant.
The only thing I'm not happy about is having it hidden away downstairs, I want it in my livingroom!!
 

There's a good chance that if the parents look after the fry they aren't going to do it peacefully as part of a community...