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Didn't you read Stella's post about posting images, Henward? lol If only you could tattoo a fish.. I would have "Sponsored by Hikari Massivore" on my green if it can make it that size lol. But, we digress! Sorry, Fraser.. :oops:

Just curious, has your red identified you as the owner yet? Like, does it swim up to you and try to get close to you? Love it when my green comes up to get a good look at me when I'm near the tank lol - ESPECIALLY during feeding time. :roll:

That's the point - MINIMUM 47%. They don't provide a typical analysis but it's usually higher than the guaranteed analysis. For example, the Hikari floating sticks says guaranteed MINIMUM 40% protein but the typical analysis is 48% protein! If we just grabbed the same 8%, that would make massivore 55% protein lol. Henward, I think I get what you're saying about the shrimp, but pound for pound I think massivore still wins lol. My goal is to get my green to look like this: :lol:

I guess that makes sense. I mean, I haven't done as much reading on aro colour as you probably have, but in my logic, colour is secondary. Think about it this way, in the wild, the fish's first aim is to eat what it can when it can. By being the biggest fish in the pond, he's the king. Fish don't appreciate each other's colour unless they are mating, so an arowana will probably only need good colour when it is old enough to mate (if they do look at colour when picking a partner). So all the nutrients of its early life will logically go into size then once the growth tapers, the nutrients will go into the secondary level of colouration. But that's just my own thinking. Makes some sense to me, but it might be rubbish to a marine biologist lol.

:facepalm: Technology, eh? Haha.. Seriously, Henward, do you do ANYTHING on a small scale? Your tanks are huge, your fish are huge, your filtration is insane, your home-bred feeders are more than what most of us would use in a year! :nilly:

What can I say? One look at your RTG and you cannot say that it's not good for the fish. I still haven't found ANYTHING on the market fresh or pellet-based that has the same protein content.

+1 My ornate has nearly doubled in size in 2 months on pure massivore diet. He now eats 4-5 every night lol. Doesn't seem to get sick of it, getting longer and fatter everyday. No regrets buying massivore, it's a worthwhile investment.

Where on earth did you get 2000 mealworms?! (and how much did it cost, if you don't mind me asking?)

Ahhh how the super duper rich 1% of society live, eh? Ask LivingArt, he's the most likely of us all to be able to afford that kinda pond lol!

Hmm.. Maybe I'll grab some fd krill when my sw pupae runs out. Decided to just keep stuffing the prawns lol.. I figure if I can trick him into eating 4-6 massivore a day he will really put on some muscle. Gonna try to get some locusts soon too if I can find some.

But don't you reckon that the size of the FD krill/ shrimp is sorta too small to make a difference? You'll need a hell of a lot of FD krill/ shrimp to really give the aro good nutrients, right??

Pigging

OK.. Complete diet breakdown is: 1. Hikari food sticks (gonna get the bigger version once my packet runs out) 2. Prawns (1-2x a week) 3. FD silkworm pupae Problem is, recently I weaned him off prawns (which he used to get everyday) and got him onto pellets which was really good. BUT he started to get really aggro at his tank mates (ate 2 convicts and killed 1 for fun), even though he has NEVER shown any interest in them. So I increased his prawns to every other day, and now he's stopped eating the pellets. :facepalm: He's now being starved so that he will eat his pellets again. I don't mind stuffing pellets into prawns, but it's so tedious that I do it in big batches (1kg of prawns) and freeze them. Problem is, they get frozen together and I have to constantly defrost/ refreeze the prawns which I've read isn't good for it. Bottom line, it's just easier to give him pellets straight up. Once he's back on the pellets I was thinking of getting some locusts as a reward for eating the pellets, maybe 2-3 nights/ week (as per your advice). Not having much luck with the silkworm pupae because whenever he bites it, it seems like 80% comes out of his gills, which I don't really mind because there are bottom feeders, but it's not going into him lol. Last night I tried soaking a massivore for a while to soften it but he wouldn't have it lol, so I think food sticks will have to do.

Whooooaaaamigosh.. That looks like some secret science lab or something haha. Hidden government fish breeding facility? I imagine the owner must wear a white lab coat to check his parameters! :smln:

But that does look delicious too lol!

Indoor ray pond with koi!! :thup:

Lol, good luck with the aggression! My other fear with an aro comm tank would be feeding time, some will definitely lose out in the fight for food and there will be scales and blood everywhere lol..

Hi all I was just wondering recently, how do I encourage more vertical growth in my green? He's growing horizontally at a rate of about 2cm/ month (not great, but getting there), but he doesn't seem to be putting on muscle mass around the middle. Is it a case of waiting for him to finish growing long-ways before he will grow wide, or is there something I can change to balance out the growth? Thanks

Sorry henward, not that impressed! The aros are high grade but the owner didn't put any effort into the aesthetics of the tank.. :yaw1: Mine is still a nice big tank, one nice piece of driftwood in the middle, maybe a ray or two, one blue base xb gold aro with completely black background and black silica sand. Let the fish do the talking! :sage:

I'm kinda glad I'm starting off with a small batch lol.. Can't imagine raising 300 fry with my inexperience haha.

Cake

After nearly 3 weeks of trying, on the third attempt, my pair finally spawned successfully! The first two times there were eggs but no fry.. The father was questioned for egg eating and lack of "moves" or virility, but after this batch, all charges have been exonerated lol. :thup: It's quite a small batch, I think they are just getting the hang of it, so there are at most 10 fry almost free-swimming. Father is a dragon HM plakat and the mother is a normal dragon HM. Now the real work begins! :facepalm:

Truffles

Well.. I googled and I'm pretty sure they are termites. They are tiny, like the size of a full stop and a half? Arrggghhh I'm in such a dilemma now! My fighting fish JUST hatched yesterday and guess where that tank is lol.. It's not a big tank or anything but I don't want to move it around too much when they're this young. I will most likely be moving house by the end of this year, so I'm not sure if I should take that opportunity to spray the stand or bite the bullet now.. :nilly:

Had the cabinet for about 6 months now, the flooring is carpet over concrete in the room which houses the fish tank. But I'll go have a look for holes as well. Is there such a thing as a "non-toxic" termite solution? I don't want to risk the fish if I can help it lol.