David R Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 The arowanas, the bichirs, the eels, the knife fish, etc etc, lets see them! Past and present, but only your own fish, no wish-list fish or random pics from the interweb! Current: My Dat, currently around 18cm: Bichir, (P. palmas), around 20cm: I'll try take some photo's of the whole tank once the sumps set up, even tho the uaru's and laoches arent really 'oddball'. Past: The only photo I have of my old 5' set-up with the black aro, uaru's and fire eel. Aro was around 16" in that photo, grew from 6" to nearly 2' (was almost nose-to-tail across the tank when I sold him) in just over two years. One of my favorite fish ever, and if I see another I'm going to buy it regardless of what I have in my tank or how poor I am!! and my Ctenopoma I just sold: At 6" he was the biggest I've ever seen, and I was really sad to see him go (especially when I went to Hollywoods today and saw them selling 2" babies for the same price I got for mine on trademe!). Appologies for the lousy quality of the photos, one day I'll spend some time taking some decent pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 heres a a couple of shots of some of my fish 25inch or so silver aro 16inch clown knife will post more piks of some of my collection once i take some more piks lol 8) http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p314 ... CN1025.jpg http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p314 ... CN1029.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2007 That aro looks solid!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 Wow, I guess everyone on here just keeps neons and angelfish.... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted April 3, 2007 Report Share Posted April 3, 2007 i'll put up a pic of my arrowhead puffer when i get a good one... and the octopus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskas Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Octopus COOL!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 heres my little Hoover (temporary name) in quarentine till he grows up then he will join the big boys/gals in the Oscar tank. Hes just a baby (3"ish) so still has his little spots, his mouth isnt so little though Can imagine how big it will be once hes older :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 i'll put up a pic of my arrowhead puffer when i get a good one... and the octopus! Lets see them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 sharn is that the one i saw at ur work? what type of syno is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Sharn's new fish is a Hemisynodontis membranaceus and you can click on that to see some pics of what a gorgeous monster it will eventually grow up and become! I'll post pics later, but most of my rare and unusual fish are plecs (see "Photos of your catfish" in the catfish section)....and a pair of Leopard Ctenopomas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Here's a pic of one of my new dats, he's about 3 inches at the moment. Weird thing is that sometimes he's coloured like this, and other time's he's completely black with only one tan line down the top of his body, David R does yours do this too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldogod Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Dats,? what are there proper names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Mine used to when it was smaller, doesnt seem to any more. It seemed to be a stress thing, when he was being shy. He's also got a lot more bold now he's around 6". Proper name is Datnioides microlepis, also called tiger datnoid, siamese tiger fish etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 datnioides microlepis or datnioides quadrifasciatus common names dats, borneo tigers, siamese tigetfish lol yea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 datnioides microlepis or datnioides quadrifasciatus Do we get both here? I've never really bothered to learn how to tell them apart! :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I'm not sure. I haven't really looked into it. I just know of the two lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 There's four species. The ones i named there are the two common ones so I'll assume you guys probly have one of the two. Yours have 8 bars so they're Datnioides Quadrifasciatus Microlepis has 6-7 bars depending on origin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Actually I think both his and mine are microlepis, according those these identification charts (and the opinion of a Datnoid-only forum experts, in the case of mine) - they're the most common dat, in any case - Assuming you can call any dat common: What fish do you have in with yours, David? At the moment mine are pretty much by themselves. They had the company of a few baby swords & guppies for a while, but they're "gone" now...heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Some can go Brackish also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 I've got mine in with the bichir, 3 uaru, 4 clown loaches and a couple of catfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Nice , what size are your uaru ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Around 5", slightly smaller than the dat. They'll probably grow a bit faster tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Heres a useless pic of my two new baby uarus, only about 2cm ATM. Not REALY oddball but not seen much in the shops eh? David r, your uaru pics in the other thread look awesome! well done. they look almost breeding age, had any action yet? EDIT: forgot to put IMG tags around link lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Gannet- sure is the little tyke. Loved him so much i had to get another one in at work just to drool over there :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Sorry lots of pics... hopefully interesting to someone apart from me Ornate and the Fire Eel Ornate Ornate and Texas Texas Senegal Bichir My little Delhezi bichir, hes so cute Hes always so in your face, except when you have a camera! :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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