50,000 + 15,000 Gallons Mega Tanks Videos Thread

[Kcameron]

You know, I found your videos on youtube and that's how I decided to join MFK. What do you feed them every day? 1800lbs of fish parts?

 

[arapaimag]

You know, I found your videos on youtube and that's how I decided to join MFK. What do you feed them every day? 1800lbs of fish parts?

Welcome to MFK

I feed them a variety of fish including mackeral, smelt, pink salmon, whitefish, herring and trout. They get assorted veggies and fruit. They get flake food and a variety of pellets. (2 1/2pt floating, 3pt sinking, 4pt floating, 5pt floating, 6pt floating, 7pt sinking and 9pt floating. As well there are many cichlids in the tank that are reproducing and are being eaten.

 

[arapaimag]

I have health issues and only have the use of one hand until July so I had time to put together a small video of the 15k today. I hope the sound works OK.

http://gallery.me.com/arapaimag#gallery

 

[arapaimag]

HR669 video to oppose watch it please http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientis...s_in_peril.php

 

[arapaimag]

Since the USA hobbyists might soon only be able to keep goldfish in this hobby. I have decided to give away all my non native fish.

So I have restricted myself to just my plain goldfish (Carassius auratus)
and their subspecies like Carassius auratus sp. gigas Taiwan reef pictured below.

 

[arapaimag]

I was asked by a hobbyist for a list of the fish I own in my 100+ tanks.

Here it is and I hope I have not missed too many

number of fish species scientific names are always changing common name to me


9 Abramites solari(hypselontus) abramite
100+ Ancistrus lineolatus bushy nosed pleco
1 Ancistrus sp. red marble plecos
2 Ancistrus sp. red marble longfin plecos
1 Anguilla anguilla sarrgossos eel
2 Anostomus taeniatus blackline headstander
1 Anostomus trimaculatus anostomus
2 Apisto cacautoides apistogramma
1 Apteronotus albifrons black ghost knife
2 Arapaima gigas Pirarucu
15 Astatotilapia obliquidens (zebra) obliquiden
1 Astronotus ocellatus oscars
8 Astronotus ocellatus oscars tiger
6 Astronotus ocellatus oscars albino
9 Astyanax mexicanus blind cave fish
2 Atractosteus tristoechus cuban gar
1 Auchenoglanis occidentalis giraffe cat
25+ Aulonocara baenschi sunshine peacock
10 Aulonocara flavescens blue dorsal flavescent peacock
25+ Aulonocara jacobfreibergi jacobfreibergi
25+ Aulonocara korneliae regal peacock
4 Aulonocara sp silver crest peacock
6 Aulonocara sp ? astato neon blue
6 Aulonocara sp ? martini red
2 Aulonocara stuartgranti stuart grant
1 Bagarius yarelli grandfather catfish
1 Balistoides conspicillum clown trigger
15 Barbodes pinnauratus(barbus orphoides) orange gill barb
6 Barbodes schwanefeldii(Barbus) tin foil barbs
1 baryancistris spec. iriri gold nugget pleco
1 Batrachomoeus trispinosus stone fish
13 Betta Splendens siamese fighting fish
6 Botia morleti skunk loach
6 Botia striata striated loaches
1 botia ? tiger type loach
2 Boulengerochromis microlepis tanganyika giant cichlid
25+ Brachydanio rerio zebra danio
1 Brachyplatystoma filamentosum jumper cat
1 Brachyplatystoma jurense jurense
1 Brachyplatystoma tigrinum (Merodontus tigrinus) king tiger
5 Bruchromis chrystes Bruchromis chrystes
5 Bruchromis rhodesia Bruchromis rhodesia
15 Brycon brevicauda brycon
8 Brycon falcatus brycon
2 Brycon melanopterus brycon
1 Callophysus macropterus giant pimidilodus
8 Capoeta arulius auriulus barbs
12 Capoeta tetrazona tiger barb
12 Capoeta titteya cherry barb
2 Carassius auratus shbunkin goldfish
2 Carassius auratus wakin
1000+ Carassius auratus goldfish
5 Celebes Celebes rainbows
3 Celestichthys margaritatus celestial pearl danios
1 Centrodoras hasemani
1 Centromochlus heckeli skinny cat
1 Cetopsis candiru candiru catfish
4 Chaka chaka chaka chaka
1 Channallabes apus (Gymnallabes typus) eel catfish
2 chromis xanthurus damsels blue/yellow tail
7 Chromobotia macracanthus clown loaches
3 Chrysemys scripta elegans red ear slider
25+ Chrysemys species painted turtle
1 Chrysemys species yellow belly slider
1 Chrysichthys furcatus aluminum cat
1 Cichla temensis peacock bass temensis
2 Cichlasoma argentea argentea
2 Cichlasoma centarchus centarchus
100+ Cichlasoma synspilus synspilus
4 Cichlasoma urophthalmus urathalmus cichlids
1 Clarias batrachus walking catfish
1 Clarotes laticeps blue nile catfish
4 Corydoras adolphi adolphi cory
5 Corydoras aenus bronze cory
4 Corydoras axelrodi corydoras
3 corydoras duplacarus duplacarus cory
2 Corydoras melanistrus 1 corydoras
6 Corydoras paleatus corydoras
3 Corydoras panda panda cory
4 Corydoras rabauti corydoras
3 Corydoras robinae Robinae cory
3 Corydoras sterbai corydoras
3 Creicara punctalatun
1 Ctenopoma acutirostre leaf fish
1 cyclocheilichthys janthochir pretty finned river barb
25+ Cyphotilipia frontosa frontosa
25+ Cyprinus carpio koi
5 Cyprinus carpio koi longfin
4 Cyrtocara moorii Blue Dolphin deep water Haps
1 Danio aequipinnatus giant danio
1 Dianema longibabbus porthole catfish
1 Dianema urostraitum flag tail porthole catfish
6 Dicrossus filamentosa checkerboard cichlids
2 Dimidiochromis compressiceps compressiceps
2 Distichodus fasciolatus distichodus
3 Distichodus sexfasciatus tiger distichodus
2 Distichodus shenga distichodus
2 Epalzeorhynchus kalopterus Siamese algae eater 2
2 Epalzeorhynchus siamensis Siamese algae eater
1 Erpetoichthys calabaricus rope fish
9 Fossochromis rostratus rostratus
1 Gemicanthus lanmarck lamark angel
13 Gnathonemus petersii elephant nose
1 Gramma loreto royal gramma
1 Gymnarchus niloticus aba aba
5 Gymnocorymbus ternetzi black tetras
1 Gymnothorax polyuranodon or (Monopterus alba) fresh water moray eel
1 Gymnotus carapo carapo knife
2 Gyrinochelios aymonieri chinese algae eater
3 Hampala macrolepidota hampala barbs
5 Hap nigrans???? Hap nigrans????
4 Haplochromis livingstonii livingstoni
6 Haplochromis mloto mloto
2 Haplochromis polystigma polystigma
6 Haplochromis salousi salousi
4 Haplochromis Species 44 (Red Tail) species 44
1 Haplochromis venustus Venustus african cichlid
6 Hasemania nana silvertip tetras
2 Hassar orestis(Hassar Hassar) Hassar cat
3 Hemibagrus wyckii (Mystus wyckii) crystal eyed cat
1 Hemibagrus wyckioides (Mystus nemurus) red tail asian
2 Hemichromis bimaculatus jewel cichlid
6 Hemigrammus bleheri rummy nosed tetra
6 Hemigrammus rodwayi gold tetra
7 Hemiodopsis gracilis tetra
2 Hemisynodontis membranaceus mustache synodontis
1 Hepsetus odoe african pike
8 Herichthys bartoni bartoni
50+ Herichthys citrinellus red devil
2 Herichthys dovii dovii
1 Herichthys hartwegi hartwegi
6 Herichthys labridens gold cichlid
3 Herichthys maculicauda black belt cichlid
3 Herichthys managuense jaguar cichlid
20 Herichthys nigrofasciatus convict cichlid
10 Herichthys nigrofasciatus hybrid with parrot fish convict/parrot hybrid cichlid
6 Herichthys salvini salvini
2 Herichthys tamosopoensis tamosopoensis
1 Herichthys umbriferum umbie
1 Heteropneustes fossilis fossil cat
2 Hoplarcus psitticus parrot cichlid
2 Hoplosternum thoracatum hoplo cat
2 Hypancistrus zebra zebra plecos
1 Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis Lemon Tetra
25+ Hypostomus plecostomus pleco
12 Hypsophrys nicaraguensis nicaraguense
1 Ictalurus furcatus blue channel cats
12 Julidochromis dickfeldi julies
12 Julidochromis marlieri julies
100+ Julidochromis regani julies
4 julidochromis transcriptus transcriptus juli
1 L201 Pseudo Zebra inspector L201
3 Labeo bicolor red tail shark
10 Labeo erythrurus (frenatus??) rainbow sharks
25+ Labeotropheus fuelleborni fuelleborni
25+ Labidochromis caeruleus electric yellow caeruleus
3 Labiobarbus festiva arrow shark
6 Lamprologus leleupi leleupi
1000+ Lebistes reticulatus (Poecilia reticulata) guppies
1 Lepidosiren paradoxa south american lungfish
2 Lepisosteus oculatus florida gar
1 Lepisosteus spatula Atractosteus spatula alligator gar
1 Lepisostus Osseus longnosed gar
3 Leporinus affinis fasciatus
2 Leporinus agasiz leporinus
4 Leporinus arcus leporinus
16 Leporinus faciatus Leporinus faciatus
2 Leporinus friderici Leporinus fredericki
3 Leporinus trimaculatus Leporinus trimaculatus
6 Leptobarbus hoeveni pink tailed sharks
1 Leuciscus idus orfe
20 Libistes reticulata endlers endlers live bearers
1 Liosomadoras onicinus jaguar cat
3 loriceria simillima lip breeding whiptails
1 Loshiosilurus alexandria pacman cat
1 Malapterurus electricus electric catfish
1 Mastacembelus armatus zig zag eel
3 Mastacembelus erythrotaenia fire eels
1 Mastacembelus favus tire track eel
1 Megalodoras irwini irwin doriad
4 Melachromis cyaneor habolos likpma island
10 Melanchromis auratus auratus
10 Melanochromis johanni(chisumulu) electric blue johanni
12 Melanochromis johanni(maingano) electric blue johanni
4 Melanotaenia praecox dwarf neon rainbows
4 Metriaclima pyrsonotos albino zebra cichlids
6 Metriaclima sp msobo deep
2 Metynnis argenteus silver dollars
5 Monoducltulus argentia Monoducltulus argentia
5 Monoductulus sebae Monoductulus sebae
1 Morulius chrysophekadion black shark
11 Myleus rubripinnis red hook
15 Myleus schomburgki black bar
2 Mylossoma aurem Mylossoma
2 nanacara anomala gold nanacara
1 Nanacara taenia nanacara
6 Nandopsis haitiensis haiti
12 Neetroplus nematopus neet cichlid
50+ Neocaridina heteropoda cherry shrimps
1 Neoceratodus forsteri australian lungfish
10 Neolamprologus brichardi daffodil brichardi
2 Notopterus chitala clown knife
1 Opsodoras orthacantus ??? doriad
1 Osphronemus goramy Giant goramy
7 Osphronemus laticlavius The Asian Goramy red tail
10 Ossubtus xinguensis parrot pacu
8 Osteoglossum bicirrhosum silver arrowana
1 Osteoglossum ferreirai black arowana
11 Otopharynx lithobates lithobates
25+ Otopharynx lithobates lithobates malri island
12 Otopharynx tetrastigma 3 eye cichlid
2 Panaque nigrolineatus royal pleco
1 Panaque suttoni blue eyed pleco
2 Paracheirodon axelrodi cardinal
3 Parachromis loisellei loiselle cichlid
3 Paratilipia aureum Tilipia
2 Paratilipia Butekoferi Buttekoferi
1 Paulicia lutkeni Zungaro zungaro
1 Peckolita vittata clown pleco
1 Pelteobagrus fulvidraco tawny dragon catfish
3 Pelvicachromis pulcher kribensis
2 Perrunichthys perruno chocolate sailfin
1 Perrunichthys perruno/sciades marmalotus chocolate sailfin
3 Phractocephalus hemioliopterus red tail catfish
3 Piaractus brachypomum(Colossoma brachyponum) colossoma
1 Pimelodus maculatus pimelodus
1 Pimelodus ornatus pimelodus
1000+ Pimephales promelas rosey yellow fat head minnows
1 Placidochromis milomo VC10
1 Potamotrygon leopoldi henlyi stingray
6 Potamotrygon sp stingrays
1 Procambarus sp. Hammers cobalt blue lobster
10 Protomelas sp. spilonotus tanzania red empress ?
10 Protomeleus Similis red empress
2 Protopterus annectens african lungfish
5 Pseudodoras niger niger
1 Pseudohemioden apithanos chameleon whiptail catfish
1 Pseudopimelodus fowleri giant frogmouth
1 Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum tiger shovelnose
10 Pseudothropheus Sp. callianos
5 Pseudotropheus "acei" yellow fin acei
2 Psuedotropheus aurora
5 Psuedotropheus demasoni demasoni
50+ Psuedotropheus zebra yellow male/brown female african
2 Pterodoras granulosus large blind cat
5 Pterophyllum scalare marble angels
1 Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
1 Pterygoplichthys scrophus Rhino Pleco
8 Rasbora heteromorpha harliquin rasbora
4 Rhamphochromis macrophthalmus Rhamphochromis
3 Rineloricaria 'parva' whiptail cats
12 Rocio octofasciata jack dempsey
12 Salminus maxillosus south american salmon
1 Scatophagus argus red scat
4 Schizodon vittatus/fasciatum leporinus (barred/spotted)
12 Sciaenochromis ahli hap ahli
4 Sciaenochromis fryeri electric blue hap
2 Scleropages formosus red tail golden
1 Scleropages formosus red tail golden high back
1 Scleropages formosus super red
1 Scleropages formosus green arrowana
2 Scleropagus jardini jardini arrowana
1 Serranus tabacarius tobacco basselet
1 Serrasalmus elongatus elongatus or pike piranha
1 Serrasalmus geryi violet line piranha
1 Serrasalmus natteri red breasted piranha
3 Serrasalmus piraya Pygocentrus Piraya piranha
2 Serrassalmus notatus Pygocentrus caribe caribe piranha
3 Serrassalmus species pirahna
1 Sorubim lima shovelnose
1 Sorubimichthys planiceps planiceps
6 Species 14 lake victorian species 14
12 Species 44 lake victorian species 44
1 Sphaeramia nematoptera pajama cardinal spotted
3 Symphysodon sp.) discus red candy apple
4 Symphysodon sp.) discus marlboro red
1 Synodontis eupterus feather fin synodontus
1 Synodontis eupterus eupterus
4 Synodontis ? upside down cat
3 Synodontus angelicus angelicus
1 Synodontus budgetti? black synodontis
1 Synodontus decorus decorus synodontus
1 Synodontus greshoffi greshoffi
7 Synodontus multipunctatus multipunctatus
4 Synodontus notatus notatus synodontus
2 Synodontus occifer synodontus
1 Synodontus petricola petricola
1 Tetraodon mbu Mbu Puffer (Congo Puffer)
6 Theraps wesseli wesseli cichlid
1 Thorichthys meeki firemouth cichlids
1 Tilipia chambo Tilipia chambo
1 Trachelyopterus fisheri (Parauchenipterus fisheri) wood cat
1 Tracycorystes tracycorystes big mouth cat
9 Tramitichromis intermedius intermedius
3 Trichogaster chuna (Colisa sota) honey gouramie
2 Triportheus angulatus giant hatchetfish
12 Tropheus moori kaiser 2
12 Tropheus moorii red saddle flame
2 Vespicula depressifrons wasp fish
2 Wallago leerii wallago
3 werneri threadfin rainbows
3 Xiphophorus helleri swordtails red

 

[all_or_nothin]

I forgot to ask you what u do for a living. if u can afford a 52,000 a 15,000 and thousands of fish i just wonder.

 

[arapaimag]

Here is a picture my friend Jeff took of one of the pimas while sitting in an inflatable boat.

 

[lhunt94]

that is absoutly amazing i am only 15 but in a couple of years time i hope to be opening up either an aquatic shop of a monster fish rescue service any advice going

 

[arapaimag]

that is absoutly amazing i am only 15 but in a couple of years time i hope to be opening up either an aquatic shop of a monster fish rescue service any advice going

To open up an aquatic store try and get hold of Big Al (Allan Saul) for advice, he is a marketing genius. I first met him when came to see my fish and he was 18 years old. At that time he did not have his first store or even an employee yet.
Big Al's online.

For rescue contact Big Jon (Jonathan a MFK member) and owner of Monster Fish Rescue out of OHIO.

Thanks for your reply and best wishes.