My Prize And Baby ;)

[smiles669]

My Red Tail/Tiger Shovelnose hybrid. He's about 6 inches and growing super fast. When I first got him he was set up with 5 Swordtails, 4 Mollies, and 2 Platies. Knowing they would eventually be food, which was the plan. they would make the tank look a little more stocked while he grew, and breed in time to produce some offspring for extra food. They all got along great, and now hes big enough for them to be snacks. He went through every one of them, plus a few crabs, ( trust me, not my decision, all the girlfriends even after I warned her exactly what would happen) and some ghost shrimp. The ghost shrimp may also be the fault of the Ropefish, but who knows. ( Before anyone says anything the Ropefish will be moved to another tank I'm planning on setting up with other Ropefish, possibly with some Angels? Has anyone ever kept them together, I think it would be a neat combination.) Anyways thanks for looking!
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[TallTree01]

Wow. That's a big catfish. Nice and pretty too.

 

[jwalser18]

He's gorgeous.. and he's trying to bring back planking

 

[smiles669]

Haha Fantastic! Small...or large update. He now has a new tank mate. today i finally picked up my first silver arowana! Im so excited i love him already!

 

[smiles669]

VERRY sad news ... I had not been told that the Arowana like to jump, but after researching learned this, but thought it was more common among more adult Arrows... My tank is uncovered, and i was planning my canopy build for this week. Well... i woke up to my new friend passed on, about 3 feet away from the aquarium on the floor.  very sad, however this pushed my canopy build up and it should be completed tomorrow or Sunday. If i can get a hold of my girlfriends digital camera i may post updates. I must say though, that is quite the distance for such a small fish to jump. 

 

[RCA]

So sorry to hear your news, is that your Red Tail/Tiger Shovelnose hybrid in the pictures that you have lost?
 

  fishy.

 

[smiles669]

No it was my new Arowanna  

 

[RCA]

Sorry to hear that, just took a look at them on YouTube, and found this stunning version, the tank is way too small although they stress it is temporary.  You must need a very large tank for them, what size is yours?  I also saw one eat a dead rabbit, fierce fish.

 

[smiles669]

All i can say is WOW! that blew my mind seeing that! What a beautiful fish! As for my tank, it will be in a 110 gallon (5'x18"), until he or my cat become too large, and by that point I would like to build a 5x5 tank with a plywood bottom for them. Thank god I'm in the basement And really a rabbit!? That is ridiculous! I already miss the little guy, when i fed him for the first time i was so amazed at the speed he had, and the aggression! He attacked his pellets so fast! I was really looking forward to helping him heal too, as he was stuck in a small tank, probably 10-20 gallons, with three other 5-6 inch arrows, a lima shovelnose, and a red tail barracuda.His fins were pretty tore up but he still looked like the healthiest there.


I also dont know how they do it, but when i bought him, the tank they where in looked so clean! but then once the employee took the water out and bagged him, it was such a dirty yellow, i felt so bad for those fish.. i wanted to save that barracuda too, but that would have just been an expensive snack for mister catfish.

 

[RCA]

Wow, you are lucky to have the basement to convert into an aquarium.  Here is the rabbit video, kinda freaked me out!  Prefer the other video I posted, although the fish is in way too small a tank.
Shame you lost him, as it sounds like you really wanted to do what was best for him - do they cost a lot?  Would the store replace him for you by any chance?

 

[smiles669]

Wow i did not see that coming! That was crazy! For my Silver Arowana that was about 6 inches it cost $40. I don't think they would replace him due to it being my fault, and i wouldn't want to cost the store that extra money knowing that i should have had my tank set up properly to house the fish. The store is also 3 hours away and i'm not headed up in that direction anytime soon. However there is a store about 45 minutes away that sells them for 20-30. I also asked my LFS and the employee told me shes only ever seen one ( they only special order them because people don't realize how big they get), and she thinks it went for $40 as well. I don't mind paying it though, it's worth it for a good quality fish. I might even ask about a red as long as i don't have to sell a kidney or anything!

 

[smiles669]

Well no camera so no pictures, but the canopy frame is complete, just need to pick up some lighting panel and its all done. wrapping it is a little more money so that will be a project for another day, but for now it is purely functional.

 

[catfishblues]

I kept ropefish with angels. It went great until the ropefish jumped which apparently they do a lot...

 

[smiles669]

I haven't seen him do anything like that yet, he likes to come out at night and swim in the corners at the top of the water. How did keeping the angels and ropes together work out for you? i was thinking of setting up a separate tank for ropes and wanted something else to make it look good, angels where the first thing that i thought of.