My Tanks

[johnnyh]

Here is my community tank:

[depthC]

Nice tank i like it. What fish, size(gallons), and equipment do you use on the tank? Also are the plants real?

- depthC

[sinasster]

This is your spotlight, why not tell us a little about it!!!

[SoulFish]

what is that fish in teh center, it looks like a brichardi which is definately not a community fish in many ways

[johnnyh]

yah its a brichardi, but they r so small they dont bother the others

I have a undergravel filter

29 gallons
all plants are fake but i have a smazon sword and some corkscrew grass

6 golden tetras
2 bala shark
2 neon/blue rainbow
2 chinese algea eater
3 pakistani loaches
1 bumblebee catfish
2 brichardi
2 golden gouramis

I have a a few other tanks but i couldnt figure out how to put more than 1 picture up.

Here is my Brackish tank.

I am new to brackish... I have 2 dwarf pufferfisha nd one spotted puffer.

The rocks you see were takes from waipio valley, hawaii.
for all of you that dont know, its a massive valley on the big island of hawaii. They also filmed the end of "WaterWorld" there... the part where they find dry land.

Heres the photo:

http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/show...1187#post41187

[johnnyh]

HEre is my Arrowana tank... I havnt got the arrowana yet, the stores have been all out, then they ordered more and arrived dead. so sad.

Im getting a really small arrowana (2"-4") and when I move im getting a 55 gallon for him.

[SoulFish]

uh hate to break it to you but arowanas need a 300gal tank min, 55 is way too small, and they could outgrow a 10 in a month, in my opinion they are not tank fish but pond fish only, brichardis need hard water with a high ph, they simply should not be in that tank, you need to begin researching fish before you purchase them, it will prevent you from making mistakes like these

[johnnyh]

Well, I have had good luckw ith all of my fish, these brichardis are extremly small. and they arent bothering anyone

I know they aren't "community" fish butt hey aren't known for their aggresiveness.

I prefer to rely on real life experiences rather than what someone rights in a book. In my experience fish dont absolutly require a certain hardness or ph.

Also my water is hard and high ph, so dont go pointing finger when you dont know anything about the conditions.


also I have researched Arrowana quite extensively and I have concluded that one could make it in a 55 gallon tank for a while

Also I have never heard of one growing 10 inches in a month, thats alot! Maby 1-2 inches top in a month. I would say that most people that keep arrowanas, do not have them in tanks that are 300+ gallons. I think they would not say "300 gallon minimum" either.


In my oppinion they are not pond fish, because

1. You cant admire their awsomeness
2. Pond tempatures are much harder to regulate

Soulfish, your comment somewhat offended me, because you are implying that I know nothing about these fish. When the bruchardi start getting bigger than the other fish, I will move them, but they really cant bother any other fish in that tank, because they are all much bigger than the brichardi.

[SoulFish]

i believed that the water was soft and low ph because thats what most of the fish should have, ive kept many many types of africans and have worked with them, pH does not need to be exact but the difference between the rift lakes and south america is too large, arowanas do grow very fast, also a 12 inch fish cannot live in a 10gal, also i noticed you have a pair of brichardi, mating brichardis are known for their agression and can become too agressive for most fish, yes i bet there are people that keep arowana in tanks under that size but i think that it is cruel to keep a fish in a tank where it can barely turn around, but this is just my opinion

you may want to check out www.arofanatics.com

[johnnyh]

what?? a 12 inch fish a in a 10 gallon? what are you talking about?

I think a 10 inch arrowana can turn around in a tank thats not 300 gallons. My water is hard and the ph is about 7... yes i know its high, but the fish are doing fine, and they are very healthy, etc.