henward

yeah, there is, reptile D3 light by arcadia. a desert tube.

fair enough then maybe you want to grow something in your gfs garage..........that isnt fish........... :slfg: metal halides will do!! :rotf:

I have very cheap metal halides for sale that tank planted with the fish you are gonna put in it is gonna be a stunner with plants, metal halides

frank the tank is cool lol awesome work, good to see its running fromw ednesday!

standard 4 footer its similar to a reptile bulb with 6% uvb but with a slightly redder tinge for aesthetic reasons. when the bulb is expired i will go into a desert bulb

Im hoping to turn my natural yellow skin to dark orange 8)

I jsut opened my arcadia tanning light. i have never purchased an arcadia product before. i cannot believe the build quality of it! the material is outstanding and the build quality is solid and very good! anyways, just got excited! first time i played around with the light since i got it 3 weeks ago

yeah, you get that what i want is a 2 headed aro IF they survive juvi stage lol am i sick.............perhaps :sml1: what i hate is the shortbodied arowanas. I dont know if they are a natural deformation or man made like my sweetheart parrot which my fiance dubbed SWEETIE

Interesting articles for Arowana care from a champion. http://arowanaclub.com/stories.php?story=05/05/31/4386229 http://arowanaclub.com/stories.php?story=05/05/08/3028762 they have plenty more sorry,perhaps ia m the only one obsessed wtih this right now:D :thup:

found an overseas website, sells 5Litres of black water extract (dose is 10ml per 40 Litres) Two brands im weighing up, SERA and JBL. JBL is slightly more expensive, wonder which is a better product? anyway, i am weighing up, making my own or bottled. My main thin is that first and foremost, when you make blackwater all the minerals and stuff in the peat/oak/IAL leech into the water, thats what makes it good. does the bottle just colour the tank or does it still have the goodies?

that is the satin black sand from petstuff on TM. expensive but well worth it, there was no other sand on the market that was that fine. the iron sand affects water and i could not risk that especially or a salt water that is supposed to be more acidic. Acid, Iron.... i dont think so:D total in the tank is 50kgs of sand. loosk nice, very fine and the ground dwellers love it!

His camera specs "Canon 1000D Digital SLR, I used a 50mm 1:8 lense for most of them and also a 18-55mm Lense for a few. the 50mm lense is good cos its fast and sharp, but you cant zoom in or out unless you move yourself"

have no idea, i will ask him lol yeah eel came out, everything came out that time when photos were being taken. the fish is only 25 cms. that full tank shot is skew as it was taken in multiple shots and put together by a programme

a bigger tank is always good! :happy2: wedding first lol

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=52914

tank shot here. I will add this to the Freshwater members tanks post i just made, pending approval. but here is the full panoramic shot of the tank.

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that is awesome! imagine a big pleco doing that:D

i want weird aros. like i want weird fish in general. albino clown loach, albino bichirs of different species and albino aro:D i reckon an albino theme tank would be cool

to be honest, i dont think they knew what it was. i dont actually know whats happening, they said pearl, a silver pearl.... so yeah

Turnover to me is key, and catching fine particulates to ensure clarity. Bio filtration is mega as my tank is heavily stocked. A good filter is simple so there really isnt anything that can go wrong. good filter is solid and reliable. Turn over and a large amount of bio filtration is key for me. i have a simple sump set up and works perfectly.

i would drink the water and get severe stomach ailments....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... :smln:

its a silverish jaridnii - just called them they said they have a pearl arowana and a silver pearl arowana.

come on man, its not like that, just having a discussion. its good to share opinions and stuff like that. but yes, im happy with the fish !drool:

007: i have taken some advisement on what you have said but as i said there are some things that i have not taken on board, not putting them on the rubbish bin, i guess what Me and people are looking for is validation through a scientific explanation or even semi scientific. The old water, i knwo what you mean, black water makes water look old. but old water does not mean higher nitrates. there is absolutely no advantage to having higher nitrates. That 'old water'principle stemmed from water stability. stable water conditions, minimal temperature fluctuation, ph etc. i know what you mean, people do tan their fish then put under white light, and it is red. thats what i mean i will dio, i dont want the fish under tanning lighst just for my own satisfaction. I want to use tanning lights to tan fish, so it is red under whtie light and not just under tanning lights. I have already purchased a tanning light, and i will use it, i just dont wanan use it straight away. under the advisement of everyone online and breeders, suppliers - i was told, focus on getting the arowana to put size on and get bigger, healthy then tan it. while your approach is different and the other way around, both may work, but size for the fish is important to me. weather or not one is better than the other, thats a matter of opinion and trial. but i am following the first approach of feeding and getting size on, then tanning. as for food, there is nothing wrong with feeding what you suggested, that is what i am doing. I AM FEEDING PRAWN. like my other arowanas, i feed prawn with shell. but Pellet IS NOT bad for arowana, that is completely inaccurate. Pellets are packed with good things - i have experienced first hand that pellets make a massive difference to development. weather or not it will be good for my red, thats another thing, we will see. BUt i am sure it will do no harm and only good. I must admit, in my experience, LIVE FOOD does make a difference in growth and activity of fish. The thing is, because you know that i am not following 100% of your advise - when i do post a picture of mine after 1 year, you will still say that its not a nice colour and say the colour did not develop properly because I DID NOT FOLLOW YOUR ADVISE. so its hard to show a unbias basis of judgement. I can post online overseas and get good feedback, but because you believe your advise is the only way to get good colour, then you will say its not good anyways and criticise development i have :lol: how often do your past clients replace their bulbs for the tanning lights? What i will do is grow this fish up. I am taking photos tomorrow with my matse SLR, then every 3 months, i will take photos to do a journal. of size, shapre and colour. as the link i just put above, a person shows the difference between fake lighting and white lighting. anyway, im not saying what your opinion is rubbish - you have had experience with red, i have had experience with fish keeping, different species and the science behind that counts for alot. its merely applied different to red arowana but fundementally, science is science. that is why i ask for scientific reasoning on some aspects of what you were telling us but dont feel offended by it, this is a discussion. as for the fish, no doubt its a gorgeous fish! liek i said, literally since i got it, on a daily basis, and no exxageration - i can see its scales changing and colours coming up.