Aqua Alex's South American Aquarium Blog Thread,

[AquaAlex1993]

UPDATE:
Fish are doing good!
Royal pleco is EATING! He is eating driftwood (from what I can see), blackworm flakes, and cumcumber. His ****s are miles long, LOL....
One of the wide bar silver dollars from Aquascape still has a bit cloudy eye but he is the biggest and most aggressive. He beats up the other three wide bars.

 

[AquaAlex1993]

SAD UPDATE:
Woke up this morning and saw that my spotted gar was missing.
Spent 20 mins looking for him and found him in my box of supplies. He was dry as a bone and his body had been conturted and he was in somewhat of a U shape like he broke his back. He jumped out. He must have been spooked by the silver dollars or something. DAMN! I was just starting to bond with him. He was eating shrimp and night crawlers out of my hand.
The only good thing about this is that I don't have to worry about him getting too big anymore, but I miss him. Guess I'll search for a Hujeta gar or needlenose gar or just get the cudas.
Also, the guy I was supposed to get the 150 from BAILED. Sold the tank the day before I was to get it. ****ing jerk.
So now I am on the look out for a 6' tank... but hey maybe I can find a 180 gallon!! hehe

 

[AquaAlex1993]

LOAD WARNING!! Some pics taken 30 mins ago.

 

[AquaAlex1993]

Some more pics!

 

[Dixon81]

Maybe you should worry about buying a bigger tank before you start buying more fish

 

[AquaAlex1993]

Maybe you should worry about buying a bigger tank before you start buying more fish

Of course! I couldn't squeeze another fish in there.
I am looking right now, most of the tanks I have found are about 45 mins to a hour away and the owner will not go down in price. That means I would have to pay what they want plus about 50 dollars in gas and I'd be by myself which means loading a tank alone. I have a bad back so it would be really hard, but for the right price I will do it.
Funny story I don't mind sharing!
A guy has a 150 gallon with tank, stand, lights, lid, some hang on back filters, wave maker, and a oscar and red tail cat and he wants $800 for it. I told him he is never going to sell that for the price he wants because A.) Noone really wants a large red tail cat unless they have a 500 gallon or more tank, and B.) a brand new tank is about that price or even less sometimes. I told him he should lower the price. He called me a ****ing idiot and a moron. Oh well. The search continues.

 

[AquaAlex1993]

UPDATE:
Next Friday looks to be the long awaited upgrade, I am excited and it's about time.

 

[AquaAlex1993]

UPDATE: Bigger tank will arrive this Friday, I am so excited!
I removed the ugly background and the tank looks so much better!
I also picked up a Wild Caught Peru Oscar! As soon as I saw it, I jumped on it, wild Oscars are an extreme rarity up here.

 

[AquaAlex1993]

Hey, check out my South American tank update! I picked up a wild caught Peru Oscar this week, very cool fish! I also did some aquarium maintenance and removed the hideous black background. See how big the chocolate cichlid, severum, geophagus, lima shovelnose, and pacu have grown. See the fish swim for in the 55 before their new bigger home arrives in a few days!
Enjoy and feel free to comment what your favorite fish is!
Enjoy the video and if you like it, hit the like button.

 

[Toiletcar]

Maybe you should worry about buying a bigger tank before you start buying more fish

This, like a 300-500g. Especially with a pacu. Even a 500g might not be enough. I would do some research before buying fish.