yarimochi Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Its been a while since I started my Asian Arowana tank so heres a little picture update. Ive added a few new friends for Mr. Aro. Royal Knife: Asian Arowana: Fire Eel: Ornate Bichirs: Golden Giant Gourami: Thats all for today folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarimochi Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 theyre all good at the mo but my electric blue dempsey is harassing everyone so hes going to a new home. any takers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Looks very nice - nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Aro looks good. It will be interesting to look back at this thread in 12 months to see how much they've grown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 This fish look really nice Will the royal knife fish's back become more, oh shoot, don't know what you would call it..hmmmm...prounced? hunched? Like its color Also like the color of the eel...just don't like eels because they remind me too much of sss..ssss...snakes, ewwwwwww yuck! Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 19, 2008 Report Share Posted April 19, 2008 Love the aro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 very nice must be a talking point in ur house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathan Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 That fire eel is awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 well done nice combos hope it works out to adulthood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 hope it does work out to adult hood you see my giant borneo tigers just killed a 10 inch royal clown, damnit i just found it crushing the knife fish leaves the angelicus syno alone though. im addint a giant gourami in there soon when i get back to nz - that hopefully and should be ok as its also a fish that has some guts but the royal clown is a shy one i wish i had that aro what do you feed the aro? ltso of shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 well, it was fine for a month then suddenly the larger borneo turned borneo tigers are supposed to be non aggresive to other species though but sad a tale this was. im just gonna keep them by themselves now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 How big was the knife henward? Perhaps you could buy Bjorns big CK to replace it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 YEAHA! Lets put another CK in danger! U people make me sick sometimes! ARGHH! :evil: :roll: What was he keeping the knife with again?? Seems how you've got such psychic powers to predict what will and won't work perhaps you could share next weeks lotto numbers with us? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Mystic your experiences don't equal hard fact. Just because mixing a knife with dats didn't work for you doesn't mean it will never work. There are many many people keeping knife fish (and all manner of things) with large datnoids, hell the probably even cross paths in habitat. In this case it didn't work out, possibly because of a big size difference between the knife and the dats, which is why I suggested Bjorns CK as its 40cm+ and already living happily with a couple of large datnoids (unless he's sold them already). People always try to define fishkeeping with rules, XX inches of fish per gallon, must have 10x turnover for filtration, can't mix this with that, etc etc. These are not set in concrete, in fact there are usually so many exceptions its a stretch to even call them rough guidelines. What works for one person might not work for another, all you can do is try it and be prepared to pick up the pieces when it doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Mystic your experiences don't equal hard fact. Just because mixing a knife with dats didn't work for you doesn't mean it will never work. There are many many people keeping knife fish (and all manner of things) with large datnoids, hell the probably even cross paths in habitat. In this case it didn't work out, possibly because of a big size difference between the knife and the dats, which is why I suggested Bjorns CK as its 40cm+ and already living happily with a couple of large datnoids (unless he's sold them already). People always try to define fishkeeping with rules, XX inches of fish per gallon, must have 10x turnover for filtration, can't mix this with that, etc etc. These are not set in concrete, in fact there are usually so many exceptions its a stretch to even call them rough guidelines. What works for one person might not work for another, all you can do is try it and be prepared to pick up the pieces when it doesn't work. Will you marry me? :lol: :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 How much do you earn?? :lol: Anyway, I've said my 0.02c on the subject, and like most things, its my thoughts/opinion, not fact. Back to the pics of the tank!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Congrats on coming out of the closet Evil. Heh .... so much to say, but have to hold my tongue .... Not the only one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 ok,well, i have actually decided to dedicate a tank for my large dats, just 3 of them, 2 dats and angelicus which they leave alone, actually chases them sometimes away from its cave. mystic is right on a point, i risked a RCK, worked out for awhile but didnt in the end, i have asked mfks their opinion, and its 50/50 with large dats we are not talking medium sized, i mean large here in terms of my dats. they seem to be different at that size and not growing up with any other large fish, thats probably why they are like that. so wont risk that anymore, if anything ill try the jardini in there to see what would happen cos the jardini no longer sees the tank as its territory but even that ill have to be weary its ok, i have a spare tank for them and plenty of filters:D i would like that CK from aprohecy though, its still forsale, but i cant buy it untill i set up my big one, and even then i have monsters for that already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Will you marry me? :lol: :oops: what are you on there Evil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 what are you on there Evil? Nothing... why Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 So you've never lost a fish Mystic? Never come home and found that new addition was a little small to go in with the aro? Never had a usually peaceful fish turn and beat the snot out of one of his tankmates? Wow, I look up to you, oh what it must be like to be a "good fishkeeper". I find that pretty insulting, that you're implying that myself, henward, the people I'm about to quote, and at least one other person on this site are not good fish keepers. :evil: Here's five pages of people recommending dats as tankmates for knife fish. 600g with several large (up to 18")dats and a clown knife. Then again, its a bare bottom tank which is cruel and unfair to the fish, look at how unhappy they are.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 we try something and learn from the result and are better fishkeepers for it my jardini lives alone, except for the occaisonal fish, insect or mouse who visits briefly i think it all depends on the fish and their individual agression levels, the bigger predatory stuff seems to have more personality than the herbivores holding ones tongue is like training bears feed them honey and you will win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Nothing... why sorry misread yours words thought it was a marriage proposal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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