David R Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Just signed up, thanks to Oscar Sheila for showing me the site. I've been keeping fish for about 5 years now, and have kept a wide variety, my favorites being my 22" black arowana, 14" fire eel [both of which I had to sell when I sold my big tank] and uaru's. I've currently got a 3'x18"x18" which I had set up as a planted community tank with 20 neons, 2 medium clown loaches, some cories and a pair of keyhole cichlids, but i saw 3 baby uaru's in the lfs and decided to buy them. [yeah i know impulse buys are a stupid idea, but at least I knew what I was getting into] I'm saving for a bigger tank, probably around 4'x20"x20". The uaru's are slowly eating the plants, but at this stage the plants seem to be growing quicker than they can eat them If I ever get some half decent pics of the tank and fish I'll post them up somewhere... David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Sheila Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Welcome David. Hope you enjoy your stay . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suemack Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 hi David and welcome - it's really good to be able to talk 'fish' to people who don't look at you as if you're rather strange - try telling yr friends that yr cory eggs just hatched and you have to race home to feed them :roll: sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 You feed your cory eggs? :-? Welcome to the fishroom David. There seem to be a number here who like the 'tank busters'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Hi David, and welcome. We love fishy stories if you have any about those big fish you had :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macka Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 Welcome David, hope you enjoy the forum, I was wondering if you have any photos of your black arowana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar Sheila Posted September 14, 2003 Report Share Posted September 14, 2003 You feed your cory eggs? :-? Which have just hatched.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGilchrist Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Welcome David Its a great community here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Hi David, welcome to the site. Sounds like you have had some enormous fish with names I do not know yet. Looking forward to some pix. Robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 http://www.aquariahobbyist.com/fotm/september00.html Thats about the only photo I've got online of the arowana, I didnt have a digital camera back then so the few photo's I've got arent on the computer. I had the arowana for about 2 years, in which it grew from a 4" baby to about 22" (the tank was 24" wide and when it was turning around it could almost touch the front and back of the tank, so 22" is a rough guess). I had the fire eel for about 3 years, and it would only eat bloodworms so I had to hand-feed it so the other fish wouldnt eat them! I sold them both to jansens in november 2001. One day when I own my own house I'll get another huge tank.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 http://www.aquariahobbyist.com/fotm/september00.html Thats about the only photo I've got online of the arowana, I didnt have a digital camera back then so the few photo's I've got arent on the computer. I had the arowana for about 2 years, in which it grew from a 4" baby to about 22" (the tank was 24" wide and when it was turning around it could almost touch the front and back of the tank, so 22" is a rough guess). I had the fire eel for about 3 years, and it would only eat bloodworms so I had to hand-feed it so the other fish wouldnt eat them! I sold them both to jansens in november 2001. One day when I own my own house I'll get another huge tank.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Hi and welcome. You would have been very sad to see such great fish go. Hopefully you get your wish soon and get to have your bigger tank. Hope you enjoy being here with neat people and great knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Running in late and puffing another welcome welcome. It is a great board David and there are quite a few Arowana lovers here too. Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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