Ira Posted September 14, 2002 Report Share Posted September 14, 2002 Very nice place. Good variety and the display tanks are very impressive. Picked up a gold and a green Severum too. Too bad they're all the way in Palmerston North. For some stupid reason I wouldn't let the wife buy me the Borneo Tiger. Right now my big gold severum is busy swimming in circles around the bag the new gold is in. So, I think I'll put the new gold into a net and maybe turn the lights off until this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted September 14, 2002 Report Share Posted September 14, 2002 :roll: nice one Ira. How are they going ?? did the lights out time work?? Good to hear about shops elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 14, 2002 Report Share Posted September 14, 2002 never be the same without the arowana and huge red tail catfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 14, 2002 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2002 They had, If I remember right, 3 arowanas. A couple other pretty impressive looking fish(I'm horrible at estimating sizes) a 18ish inch albino pleco, similar length of some kind of shark, some kind of huge knife fish and a big borneo tiger...I think they had a big Midas too(What an quasimoto looking fish). Among a whole bunch of other really nice huge fish. Not often you get to see such a variety of full grown fish. The two new guys seem to be doing well. The green severum's acting like he belongs there and all the fish are ignoring him. He's starting to color up nicely, was almost black when I put him in the tank. The new gold severum I just let out of the net as I was feeding them, thought maybe it'd give him a chance to get some food and distract my big gold. He hid for a while but eventually came out and ate. The big gold isn't really being agressive but seems to just want to be very close to the new gold. End result is him basically slowly chasing the new guy around the tank. I'm really surprised at the difference in color though. The older gold is a nice orange/gold and the new gold is more of a pale yellow. Hopefully he'll get a deeper gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 14, 2002 Report Share Posted September 14, 2002 Yes they have a jardini and used to have a very large silver arowana. Ive always liked the look of those 'strawberry blues'. If you look to the tank at the beginning of the wet pets area they have a native eel aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 Ira, And you didn't get in touch to come visit? I'm hurt... ;-) Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 Andrew (or anyone in PM), do you know what conditions they keep the eel in? as I remember seeing a sucker in with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Benny said... > do you know what conditions they keep the eel in? Last time I was in there, about the weekend before last, the eel was in the really big tank with the Pacu etc. The one that used to have the red-tailled catfish in... As far as I know it's a regular tropical tank. Not that I'm convinced that's best for the eel. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 They must have moved it .It used to be in the on the opposite side of the big tank and you got pay a couple of bucks and they fed it, right? How big is it anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Benny said... > They must have moved it . Yep. > It used to be in the on the opposite side of the big tank Sure was. > ... and you got pay a couple of bucks and they fed it, right? Dunno about that. I'm not in there very often, although it's getting more and more regular lately... > How big is it anyway? I'd say up towards 4ft. Not especially huge but a good size. Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 Thanks Andrew. I guess 4ft isn't that big after I saw the ones at the aquarium in Hokitika. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 Yeppers the ones at Eco world in Hokitika are over 6 foot I was lucky enough to be there at feeding time, 10am, when the diver went in to feed them. WOW. Well worth seeing. Also high marks to the rest of their fishy display, tropical and marine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbroome Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 Goldie said... > I was lucky enough to be there at feeding time, 10am, when > the diver went in to feed them. WOW. Well worth seeing. There's a good place to see eels being fed in the lower North Island. Nga Manu, the bird and wildlife sanctuary between Levin and Wellington. The eels climb right out of the water onto a big rock where the food is placed. Good place to take easily scared tourists ;-) The have a decent reptile display there too... Andrew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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