Aquariums.... (the ones in our homes)

28-04-2008

Do Murray Cod count if they're in a dam. We got it stocked a few years ago and now they're getting pretty big.

28-04-2008

I have a Murray Cod, nothing survives in his tank long.

A bloke told me once that he knows someone with paranas, recons they put a few little ones in with another species being imported.

29-04-2008

I actually teach a fishkeeping course to our animal care students, so we have an aquatics room with about 18 freshwater aquaria at college.
We mostly have 'bread and butter' species, my favourites are the Malabar dwarf puffers which we bred a couple of years ago. We also keep African dwarf frogs (which have spawned, but I couldn't rear the tadpoles) and we regularly breed bristlenosed cats and rainbow emperor tetras.

Alan

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29-04-2008

Part of the enjoyment of keeping any animal species, be it mammal, bird, reptile amphibian or fish, is in successfully breeding it. That's why I enjoy cichlids and bristle-nose cats.

I'm sure that it wouldn't be hard for experienced importers to bring small piranhas into this country mixed in with Silver Dollars, Red Hooks or some similar fish. Years ago when Taronga had an aquarium they had a group of large piranhas which had been confiscated by AQIS (Customs). The condition under which Taronga held them was that they be destroyed without question if Customs ever decided that it was necessary.

29-04-2008

I realy did not believe the bloke who told me about the paranas, but as he said the species they were imported with were silver dollars and you have mentioned this species maybe he was not speaking ****.

29-04-2008

Mark, the geophagus species I like are surinamenansis and the brachybranchus. My local fish shop has others but I can't remember the names. (googled to find the two I named.) i know there is one at the shop that has orange around its side and head. It's not bad. Not as nice as a big frontosa but

29-04-2008

Boof have you ever had the Chocolate cichlids?, not much to look at when small but as they grow they are wonderful fish, I had a couple of large breeding pairs some years ago.

Any sign of Reptiles yet Boof?

29-04-2008

Slowly dropping hints to my missus. I was watching "life in cold blood" last night and i mentioned that we have an enclosure that would suit a lizard.

29-04-2008

no never had them. I have kept the littler South americans like apistogamma and rams but not the big guys. I have always wanted a massive tank with the big guys like black belts but i don't have the room

29-04-2008

Yer I was watching that too, are the Hints working for you?

29-04-2008

depends on her mood. Yes when we go to the zoo and she sees the beardies there, but no when i ask if i can get one at other times. i'll keep trying.

29-04-2008

Good luck mate

07-07-2008

I used to have a fairly big planted tropical tank though I had to part ways with it and its inhabitants when moving around (there was no way I'd have been able to keep them on my return to uni). I didn't have any bizarre or rare species in there and I always bought captive-bred fish... I;d love to get a tank again some day. Anyhoo, to the best of my recollection, I had:

Neon tetra
Zebra fish
A variety of cory's
A pleco
Clown loach
Dwarf gourami

One of the clowns was called Frank. When I got him he was small and weak and had been burned by the heater in the store's tank. That's why I got him - a sympathy buy. Turned out to have a wonderfully bizarre character and I was really sad to see him go.

09-07-2008

I know this is going to sound really sad to some of you but i have one a 15 gallon long with 3 neon tetra and two oher fish that i think are called asian gourami or some that are about the size of a large toony.There is a large fake plant around one corner,red and black pebbles on the bottom,tons of rocks from the beach and other assorted places and plus when i bought the large plant i had to cut of the tops of each strand so the it would fit so now intead of a life at a landfill,i put them in the beach rocks an pebbles so now i have a bout 20 smallers plants plus i also made arock cave and there is a smaller pinkish fake plant.I know this is a far cry from some other peoples but i plan on gets more tetras,guppys and a samll kind of bottom feeder.

09-07-2008

oh ya,i also forgot to say they have a uv light that works very well plus my current fish are now fairly old,the gourami's are 5 and the tetras are atleast 3.