My Monster Fish!!

Hi, Just found the fourm, Thanks Fish-n-vw and lotsadollars. I'm a New World Cichlid Keeper, I love the BIGGENS. I have a 400gallon with 2 different Cichla speices(2x Orinocensis and 2x pinima), 4x Amp. Xiloensis, 2x Amp. Amarillo, Caq. Myersi, Caq Kruassi, Cich. Featea, Para. Polleni, Pet. Spelendia, I also love Polypterus and I have 6 in the tank (Endlicheri, Congicus, 2x Orinapinntis, Lapardie, Ansorgii), ther is also a Niger Catfish, a Jardini Arowana and a Florida Spotted Gar. All the fish are on F/T Smelt, F/T Krill and Market Shrimp, Freeze Dried Krill and Shrimp, Nightcrawlers,Trout Chow (pellets) and almost all of Hikari's pellets.
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Welcome to the forum bro. Damn good looking tank too. I'm hella jealous. For anyone that dosent know this guy he knows his shtuff, like really knows it really, really.

What a beautiful tank and gorgeous fish Glad to have you on here!!

Oh my God, Best tank I have seen yet. .. Im hellas Envious of your huge size tank... Lets see some pics of those Xiloensis and Polypterus, I only have one polypterus Congicus (growing slowly) and I want Endlicheri really bad but have only found one in woodinville of any size, but sold before I could get there dammit...I just picked up a couple Barred Midas from Lotsadollars on tuesday (By the way Jason They doing great).. I love all new world and south american cichlids.. So Im stoked to have you here...Welcome to the Dub F B (WFB)....

dude amazing tank...that thing is a monster
I really like your bass so crazy looking

btw I live in b-town too lol

I had a chat with a worker at 'A place for pets' once.
He mentioned he has a jar. And that he feeds it trout pellets.

Could bassman be him?

protocl wrote:I had a chat with a worker at 'A place for pets' once.
He mentioned he has a jar. And that he feeds it trout pellets.

Could bassman be him?

Feeding trout and Koi pellets is pretty common in large south american and new world cichlid tanks, I have heard of feeding them hotdogs and chicken before...Crazy huh!

welcome welcome!

protocl wrote:I had a chat with a worker at 'A place for pets' once.
He mentioned he has a jar. And that he feeds it trout pellets.

Could bassman be him?

yup same dude.

fish_n_vw wrote:

protocl wrote:I had a chat with a worker at 'A place for pets' once.
He mentioned he has a jar. And that he feeds it trout pellets.

Could bassman be him?

yup same dude.

cool!

Yes I'm that guy at 'apfp'. Thanks for making me feel welcome.

Bassman42 wrote:Yes I'm that guy at 'apfp'. Thanks for making me feel welcome.

BTW, what kind of nutrient foundations does trout pellets have?

"Trout Chow is a high protein, nutrient dense pellet for carnivorous fish that promotes growth and maintains good health", Is some what of what the package says. I don't really know what you are asking, but I feed them Trout Chow because it's CHEAP! and you can buy it in 30lb. bags. I don't just feed them Trout Chow, they eat a wide range of food. Pellts in general are a small part of their deit, mainly they get F/T smelt and freeze dried krill or shrimp on a daily basis. Hope this helps!?!

wow, you've got some monsters, bet they get pretty excited when you walk in the room . . . ever have one jump out??

welcome

Wow... Gotta have a huge tank for huge new world guys.... made that mistake once upon a time... put them all in a 55gal.... only one fish survived!! They are really mean fish! But honestly they all look gorgeous in your tank together... just wish i had the room for a tank that size. Very nice with all the latin names of your fish! lol, I had to look up all the common names to see what you have. lol. I did notice the Red terror (Feastae cichlid), cant miss thoughs colors! lets get a close up of that bad boy! oh, and the Florida Gar! Those guys get huge!!! watched a thing on them on Animal Planets River monsters! lol
Welcome to WFB

oh my, i clicked on this thread and my eyes bugged out. amazing tank and fish, im just jealous plain and simple. tank size of my dreams. what kind of filtration do you have on that monster?

bassman informed me on the filtration on that monster! id say at least 1600 GPH, at least.

Yeah, they do get pretty excited when anyone comes near them, especially if they have food. I have had some jump out but it usally has a reason, like I had a breeding pair of Mono Peacock Bass they chased out a couple of fish. I lost a huge wid Oscar, Ornate Polypterus, and My Spotted Gar. Gar and polypterus were ok because they are air breathers, the Oscar didn't have a chance.

For filtration on my 400 gallon I went with 4 aqua Clear 110 400gph each, 2 FX5 they say 900gph I call BULLSH*T I think it's more like 450gph after media and sponges, 18watt UV sterilizer, and a 550gph power head with a sponge filter attached for particals. I went with the AC110s because I had them laying around and it was like 1600gph that I could use. However I hate them, and I getting rid of them. I am going to be building a 50gallon rain barrel wet-dry canister with a 2500-3000gph mag drive pump. Currently I have a combined gph of 3050gph, when I'm done hopefully it will be like 4000gph!

I lost my Red Terror last week due to some fighting, I thought that she'd be ok but nope.

Peacock Bass
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Cichla Orinocensis
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Cichla Pinima
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Caq. Myersi
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Jardini Arowana
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Poly. Lapardi
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Poly. Congicus
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Poly Endlicheri
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Spotted Gar
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New Arrival Cren. Cinta
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Group Shot
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ill buy a ac110 off ya!

im not sure what it is, but all predatory tanks; the water never seem to be crystal clear. may be too much protein in the water?

I dunno what is is either, but the ac110s and the power head make a lot of micro-bubbles, I have shitty lights , and there are also hella fish in the tank and I do 2 water changes a week of 50%. That's one of the reasons that I want to make the wet-dry canister, more gph and floss to chatch particals. I'll let you know when the ac110s are for sale.

I might be crazy, but one of the fist in the background looks like a sturgeon.

edit: oh... it was this -->> Cren. Cinta

NOOOOO... the red terror didnt make it!!! Dude, that fish was my fav. .... bummer, it was huge too! But all your other fish look gorgeous... The amount of money/time you have in that tank is just crazy! but obviously well worth it, everything looks gorgeous.... not many people can say they have Gars.... or pretty much any of the fish at the size they are... congrats!

Sadnuka thank you! It dose take a lot of time but it's all worth it when you can just sit back and enjoy.
As for a Sturgen I have a Niger Catfish, he has armor llike a Sturgen.
Niger Catfish
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Not tryin to jack your thread but, Thx again for showin me that bass, I swear he has grown a ton already. And do you know what kind of texas this is? Got a shot of the male and his bitch.She looks like she is gonna poop out a bunch more eggs again. WTS 3 week old FRY! Sorry for the Super Amazing cell phone pics
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That Texas looks like a true Texas ( Her. Cyanoguttaum) but it could be a Her. Carpintis "Cheriel"" The Mexican Princess". That lil guy is looking good, he's going to be a beast!! Especially eatting like that.

All i can say is: Very Nice!

400g really?

We know this is just your grow out tank. Come on now show us pics of your real tank....

Awesome fish and tank!

I wish this was a grow out!! Some day, gotta have a dream!

Bassman42 wrote:However I hate them, and I getting rid of them. I am going to be building a 50gallon rain barrel wet-dry canister with a 2500-3000gph mag drive pump. Currently I have a combined gph of 3050gph, when I'm done hopefully it will be like 4000gph!

Dude... why build it? Lilydog got this sweeeeeeeeet filter for sale.... think it does what you need?


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That's awesome, but at this point I'm almost done. I did move away from the 55 gallon barrel idea and went with a more traditional meathod. I used an old 75 gallon tank , now i just need to glue in the baffels and set up the drip tray. I should be good to go before July, hopefully.

ok.... well if you have problems.... dude, that thing is a sweet deal for 100 bucks... comes with the siphon thingy too.

Lol, it is an awesome deal! I hope I don't have any problems, but if I do I really blew it.

So ther has been some changes in my 400. I have gotten rid of a few fish like, Caq. Mayersi (RIP), Cren. Cinta, 2 Amp. Xiloensis. I have also added a few fish like 3 Spotted Gars and a Red Tail x Tiger Shovel nose Catfish ( I rescued these fish from a 75 gallon tank that was so gross, and only filled up half way because it hadn't been cleaned in so long the water almost evaporated out.) An Oscar, Another Australian Arowana, And a SUPER RARE Polypterus called Polypterus Bichir Sp. 'Koliba"

Here are a couple of the new Polypterus

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One with my big Endlicheri
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Those guys look so narley! Serious.... right out of the dinasaur age! Honestly, If I had a 200gal+ tank, I would get a bunch of 'em... very cool pictures, thanks for sharing!

Dude, you are the MONSTER KEEPER - yikes !