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My fly river turtle as a juvenile eats a more protein based diet but now that he is growing I am trying to get him on his main diet which will be fruit based but its not going so well as he much prefers frozen fish and protein bug bites to grapes and blue berrys

My entry is my female mini marble ray that I have had almost 4 years now and is very much a pet. Next to her is a young black diamond ray They love sifting sand from the front of the tank so that it goes towards the back, No idea why theyve done it in both tanks I assume its searching for food...

I don't as yet as my Zebra plecs, fly river turtle and stingrays require a certain minimum temp however when my 6ft is free in the new year my plan is to set up a Channa Auranti tank with no heater potentially reducing my stupid energy bill and reduce tank maintenance time.

I have always fancied setting up a tank for these fish. They look really cool and I bet its an interesting tank for you

I got a young fly river turtle earlier this year I had wanted one for as long as I can remember and then loads popped up in the UK this year with a massive gradient in price. Consequently I have also seen loads now for sale with some people saying oh they are boring etc. Personally mines a pet I...

welcome to the forum That resume was such an interesting read when are you setting the tank up and whats your plans ?

Thats much bigger than mine I think mine ends up about 2500 litres on one tank and for that I use a 20k lph pump which in reality is far too powerful for the tank and runs at about 60% with loads of flow. When turned up to max its like a tsunami. Evolution aqua 20000 it is my tanks 9ft long and...

David Sands wrote a nice piece about him on FB recalling his temper and hissy fits but also highlighting his passion for the hobby and crazy energy to discover and learn

Tyre tracks are ace fish. I prefer fire eels but both are ace fish They can be hard to get feeding but I have never known an eel to turn an earthworm down and that usually kickstarts them into feeding. I have never known a fire or tyre track to eat dried foods they get to 12" relatively quickly...

yes mate kept plenty and bred a few of them over the last 15 or so years and I disagree hence my post Peacock bass and aro's for me are a more aggressive feeder but we'll have to agree to disagree on that

Have you kept an arowana? Mine and the one I had before it are possibly the most aggressive feeders I have ever had RTC generally come to the surface to feed as well so I wouldnt be concerned about that I'd be concerned how big the RTC, Aro, Parron and giant snakehead are going to end up though

I visited a large fishkeeper at the weekend and he had a giant snakehead in his pond with about 8 large oscars no issues. The snakehead was about 3ft long. Saying they the pond was large so plenty of space but the micropeltes he has at this stage is a pussycat and doesnt bother any of the fish...