Alter40's 10g Native tank

brian1973 · 04-19-2008, 04:00 PM

are you just sitting in front of your computer waiting for responses??

alter40 · 04-19-2008, 04:02 PM

Yep thats it. I just posted the pictures and then you replied so I figured you were just sitting there waiting for me to post.

brian1973 · 04-19-2008, 04:08 PM

lmao..im using this thread to make large fish or big fish whatever the heck it is.

alter40 · 04-19-2008, 04:11 PM

Hijack someone else's thread and leave mine alone haha. You still have like 91 posts left to go too.

Adorkable · 04-20-2008, 07:09 PM

Eric, I LOVE your tank.
The crayfish are creepy though, but the fish are soooooo cute XD
Hope everything keeps going good.

alter40 · 04-20-2008, 08:28 PM

Thanks Missy

I went fish hunting again today and got a few more new fish so here are tons of new pictures. The sunfish with the screwed up tail is gone but the other one is doing good.

Here is a picture of the original sunfish. (bluegill, northern longear, or pumpkinseed are the thoughts at the moment)

Here is my cray today. He decided to venture out of his little cave he has made and I put some food in there that he was coming out and grabbing.

Here is the first new sunfish of the same type as the original.

Here are both of the new sunnies that I collected today. I now have 3 total and I'm done catching these. I'm hoping to have a couple survive and grow up to be full sized when I get my large tank.

Here is my new minnow I caught as well. I believe this is a bluntnose minnow at the moment but I'm not 100% sure. There are thousands of these fish so I should be able to get more. These are extremely fast and seem to know exactly how long my net is and how far away to stay.

Here is one of the new sunnies and the minnow.

Thats it for pictures for now. Looks like I'm pretty well stocked in this tank now. These sunfish are going to get very large and quickly so I will be looking for a large tank now so I can keep all these fish in a healthy environment.

brian1973 · 04-20-2008, 08:44 PM

Looks good Eric, what happened to the missing sunnie???

alter40 · 04-20-2008, 08:49 PM

I'm not too sure. I have looked around in the tank and haven't been able to see any signs of it. It was having trouble swimming and seemed to want to hide under some rocks so I'm thinking it poke its head into the cray's cave and he took care of the injured fish. I still haven't had a chance to rearrange my tank yet so maybe I missed what is left of the fish but I did look throughout the tank for any sign without ruining the cray's cave.

crimsontsavo · 04-21-2008, 01:29 PM

You can stick your hand down by the crays cave and swish water into the mouth of it. That may dislodge the dead fish and then you can get it out.

noob23 · 04-21-2008, 11:43 PM

maybe when it was having trouble swimming, the cray grabbed it. Looks really sweet though, how are the plants doing? Are you planning on collecting more?

04-19-2008, 04:00 PM	#121
brian1973 Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 1,879	are you just sitting in front of your computer waiting for responses?? __________________ http://www.nanfa.org/ Hi my name is Brian I suffer from MTS, please be aware it is very contagious.

04-19-2008, 04:02 PM	#122
alter40 Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,293	Yep thats it. I just posted the pictures and then you replied so I figured you were just sitting there waiting for me to post. __________________ My current 10 gal native tank (click for my journal) My old 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) My old 10g Native (click for journal)

04-19-2008, 04:08 PM	#123
brian1973 Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 1,879	lmao..im using this thread to make large fish or big fish whatever the heck it is. __________________ http://www.nanfa.org/ Hi my name is Brian I suffer from MTS, please be aware it is very contagious.

04-19-2008, 04:11 PM	#124
alter40 Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,293	Hijack someone else's thread and leave mine alone haha. You still have like 91 posts left to go too. __________________ My current 10 gal native tank (click for my journal) My old 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) My old 10g Native (click for journal)

04-20-2008, 07:09 PM	#125
Adorkable Little Fish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Under your bed. Sometimes in your closet... Posts: 262	Eric, I LOVE your tank. The crayfish are creepy though, but the fish are soooooo cute XD Hope everything keeps going good. __________________ 20 Gallon ~ Plastic Plants (2) Honey Gourami (3) Oto (3) Pepper Cory

04-20-2008, 08:28 PM	#126
alter40 Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,293	Thanks Missy I went fish hunting again today and got a few more new fish so here are tons of new pictures. The sunfish with the screwed up tail is gone but the other one is doing good. Here is a picture of the original sunfish. (bluegill, northern longear, or pumpkinseed are the thoughts at the moment) Here is my cray today. He decided to venture out of his little cave he has made and I put some food in there that he was coming out and grabbing. Here is the first new sunfish of the same type as the original. Here are both of the new sunnies that I collected today. I now have 3 total and I'm done catching these. I'm hoping to have a couple survive and grow up to be full sized when I get my large tank. Here is my new minnow I caught as well. I believe this is a bluntnose minnow at the moment but I'm not 100% sure. There are thousands of these fish so I should be able to get more. These are extremely fast and seem to know exactly how long my net is and how far away to stay. Here is one of the new sunnies and the minnow. Thats it for pictures for now. Looks like I'm pretty well stocked in this tank now. These sunfish are going to get very large and quickly so I will be looking for a large tank now so I can keep all these fish in a healthy environment. __________________ My current 10 gal native tank (click for my journal) My old 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) My old 10g Native (click for journal)

04-20-2008, 08:44 PM	#127
brian1973 Super Fish Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Corpus Christi, Texas Posts: 1,879	Looks good Eric, what happened to the missing sunnie??? __________________ http://www.nanfa.org/ Hi my name is Brian I suffer from MTS, please be aware it is very contagious.

04-20-2008, 08:49 PM	#128
alter40 Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,293	I'm not too sure. I have looked around in the tank and haven't been able to see any signs of it. It was having trouble swimming and seemed to want to hide under some rocks so I'm thinking it poke its head into the cray's cave and he took care of the injured fish. I still haven't had a chance to rearrange my tank yet so maybe I missed what is left of the fish but I did look throughout the tank for any sign without ruining the cray's cave. __________________ My current 10 gal native tank (click for my journal) My old 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) My old 10g Native (click for journal)

04-21-2008, 01:29 PM	#129
crimsontsavo Medium Fish Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Floridian Hillbilly Posts: 351	You can stick your hand down by the crays cave and swish water into the mouth of it. That may dislodge the dead fish and then you can get it out. __________________ Hurumph.

04-21-2008, 11:43 PM	#130
noob23 Little Fish Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SoCal Posts: 268	maybe when it was having trouble swimming, the cray grabbed it. Looks really sweet though, how are the plants doing? Are you planning on collecting more? __________________ [I]25 gal - Reef: False perc, six-line wrasse, flameback angel; GSP, Xenia, Brain, Gonipora, Zoas, Cup Coral 1.5 gal - Betta