Amazon Project starts (pics)

[filiportela]

and this is why we spend hours at MFK!!!!

 

[potamotrygon]

where is the alligator
amazing project !

 

[Zoodiver]

you may have answered this before, but i was wondering where do you get the fish to stock that tank? You got some monsters in there, are they all imported?

Some of the fish are from our previous Amazon display.
Some are imported. I try to buy captive breed animals as much as possible, but most good farms are in South America, but some are wild caught. I did buy from some farms in the US. Some of the fish are from other zoos/aquariums in the US (All of the pacu from other facilities are fish that people bought for their home tank and they out grew it). The arapaima and the niger cat are from a MFK member in Florida that we went down to pick up personally. I also have stingrays coming from my old breeding programs at another facility - I'm happy to see my offspring coming back to me.



As of last night, we have 59 species in the tank (22 cichlids, 16 charicins, 5 catfish,10 plecos, 6 'other'. We have just shy of 1,000 total animals. By the time Summer rolls around, we will have over 75 species and 1,500-1,700 fish in there.

 

[dougefresh]

man the tank is really coming along........the 9th is only two days away.....bet you can't wait for it to open.......is the pima in there yet? if so can we get more pics pleeeeeeaseeeee .............

 

[Zoodiver]

I'll take more today for you guys.

 

[Zoodiver]

Pics from today of the rays that were added last night, a few looking at it how I see it all day (from the top). And of course tail shots of the arapaima (still in holding) showing off his color!

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Nice! I have always wondered what the top view of the tanks looked like. I have gone their so much that I have always been curious of how the whole thing works.

 

[Zoodiver]

Hit me up before you come over next time.

 

[dougefresh]

thanks for the pics Zoodiver........i love seeing that tank.......opening day is tommorow right? is the gigas gonna be in there?........hope opening day goes well........

 

[j harte 59]

wow that is amazing all those fish just chillin in there, what does feeding time look like in there like. what do they get fed?