fishboi Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 nope it still have bricks on it.....i wonder how long its going to take well from my experience the ones i got from the beach and put straight in to water took couple of month and the ones i thought I'll be smart and actually leave them out to dry in the sun took well over 6 month to sink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 lol, my one sat in the sun for about 3 weeks before it went into the tank, it was fully dry so lets just hope it doesnt take that long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Great looking tank, love the sand you have used. Mekhaela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Awesome looking setup!! Planning on putting any other big fish in there?? BTW, make sure the piece of wood is well secured with the bricks. If they fall off it will float really fast, and it could do some damage to the lids/lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 still not sure what else is going in, its pretty empty even with 1 aro, 9 discus, 2 parrot, 2 kissing gourami, 3 BN, 1 silver dollar...i took out the fire eel as it was eating all my BN's eggs the only thing i might want is a giant Gourami or clown knife giant gourami can look abit ugly when they are big and i heard that clown knife and arowana sometimes dont get along also a clown knife is like $180 down here in chch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 It might look a bit empty now but wait till the fish get big then they will take up room. our 7x2x2 tank holds one silver aro and a bornio tiger plus a pleco and if we added anything elce it would look crowded. We used to have a big royal knife but he got sick one day and never recovered, found the knifes are pretty sensitive and it was not helped with our aro bugging it. We also had a fire eel and he was amazing and soo soo big and beautiful but he got a bacterial infection and we had no holding tank to fit a fish that size and we lost him in about 2 days it was very hard to medicate the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 i will leave it for now but if anything comes up for a good price i'm sure i'll end up buying it all the discus will be out of that tank once they are grown up so i will need something else in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 So what do you have in there now? the plecos babies will end up getting eaten if not hiden well. we have watched our aro pick off half growen clownloaches he grew up with.. as u can imagen we wernt very happy about it. I think if u can get a nice knife fish, a clown or a royal it would look very nice in the tank. u wil just need to make sure nuthing is sharp so it does not get scrached and you will probaly have to hand feed( target feed it) so the aro does not eat it all. Or u could go with a bornio tiger. such beautiful fish, remids me of a little puppy that follows us for food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 the BN breed inside a brick which i use to keep the driftwood down, i take out the brick and eggs once they hatch and put them into a small fry tank i'm sorry to hear you lost so many of your great fishes, its so hard to treat such a big fish and having a spare tank that size to put them into i normally keep an eye out on what different fishes comes into chch so it shouldnt be too hard for me to pick something up, or else i can just order something in but its always hard to spend so much on just one fish i know that next on the list is a royal plec just have to save up for one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 go for a gold line royal plec, much nicer. but you may have to grow him up a bit 1st before put into big tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 oooh the gold line does look good, i havent seen any of those in chch. around what price do they go for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted November 4, 2006 Report Share Posted November 4, 2006 Evil it seems we like the same kind of fish.iv always wanted a royal pleco. Most of our big fish probaly died of old age as they did not look sick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bOi Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Organisms has a royal pleco and some other exquisite ones too, but i dun think its a gold line royal but the other plecs are preety too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 was at Organisms today, they have a nice royal plec, its not a gold line but john told me that the gold line they use to get aint very nice looking so they stopped getting them in i think i might get that royal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 my gold line royal is amazing i love it. coz me 128$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 keep in mind clown knives (if properly housed which isnt too common here) can reach 36"+. most average 24" due to improper housing though but they are awesome fish- definatly worth the extra room! i think royals are neat fish and when they get larger (which takes ages sadly lol) they look absolutly stunning! some gold lines do look nice- they cost more though and sometimes they arent really that gold for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 Is that a bottle of Absolute Vodka in your hand in the first set of pictures? A bit of a strange time to be hitting the sauce dont you think? The arowana looks awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 lol it is that stuff gives you the strength of ten men or you put it on your hands to dry them so you can get a better grip on the glass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 my new royal plec everyone came to see what is going on...couldnt get a pic of my aro, he swims to fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRSkz Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Nice pic's just wondering isn't that fish, top just left of middle, an Arrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Nice pic's just wondering isn't that fish, top just left of middle, an Arrow? yip thats my aro, cant really get a good pic of him, he swims faster than my camera :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 thanks Mystic, i cant wait to see your new tanks up and running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jettin Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Quite a mixture youve got in there, loving the bricks :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted December 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 here is a update driftwood still isnt sinking, guess the bricks have to stay for awhile longer everyone is still getting along like one big happy family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTam22 Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 I love all the colour, its looking great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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