Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

keiron · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject:

never experienced anything like that myself Stuart - mine was skatty no matter what colour i wore! though as he grew he did calm down a lot.

tiger shovelnose cats are awesome fish but never seen one for sale myself - have a feeling they are very pricey too - exactly which species are you talking about? see plenty of the sorubim lima shovelnoses though and they are still nice fish, not too expensive either.

keiron

Stuart · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:13 pm Post subject:

Hi Keiron..Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum is what I had in mind..they are available and range from £50 upwards for youngsters..
The aro is quite calm apart from this episode today..lol trying to get him to hand feed too at the moment but will take time and patience I know..
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Emz118 · I've settled in... Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 44

He's a stunner Stuart!! Very Happy

We had an arowana at the shop who was almost 2ft.... he was stunning and so lovely! He was called Harry! Laughing

He was in a 4ft cubed tank and was next to the counter. He was fed on livefoods, frozen lancefish and cockles etc and pellet food. He loved his lancefish and as you walked up with his box he would stay near you and then as you walked to the feeding hatch he would be waiting!

He was sold to the restaurant 2 doors down to go in a 5x3 tank and as far as i know is still doing well!! (I've moved now!)

Just thought I'd share!!!

Emma xXx

Stuart · Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject:

thanks for posting Emma..going to try "Bob" on some lance fish in the week..he has had a fair few daddy long legs tonight.. Laughing

Loves his crickets and shrimps too!..
Sad

Had to take the Jag out today as he started to whoop the aro's butt..just glad I was there to catch him doing it.. Confused

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Stuart · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

Seems he was stressed out as noticed he had whitespot last night.. Rolling Eyes

Poor thing.
Upped the temps a bit and started a course of protozyne so should be all gone soon..Can just make it out in these pics

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Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject:

Still looks stunning Stu. Easy to treat these day`s though isn`t it?
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Stuart · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject:

I find protozyn the best treatment out there..always up the temps as this shortens the lifecycle of the whitespot.and make sure you have no carbon in the filters as this will remove the treatment from the water.
Obviously check your water parameters as well to make sure everything is as should be..Even done mine just in case but were all good..nitrites 0,amonia 0 and nitrate 10..mind you my tank has enough filtration to cope with almost double the amount of water it holds.
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

Sounds like you have played safe all round Stu. Definately worth the little extra effort as you are finding now. Wink

OOPS! Must dash, bloody parrot has jumped out of the water again! Razz

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Stuart · Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject:

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