Arapaima Gigas Alliance

[TLkmDN]

here's mine, please don't laugh, only 18 inch.....

sorry in advance for giving u a load guys......

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/rtc_album/PIMA1.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/rtc_album/PIMA2.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/rtc_album/PIMA3.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/rtc_album/PIMA4.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/rtc_album/PIMA5.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/rtc_album/PIMA6.jpg

difficult to take the picture for newbie like me.....

realy beauty uve got there. his scales shud start turning red very soon!

 

[rtc]

that awesome pirarucu,i just love his belly looks like..what kind of diet you applied.??

thanks....

i give him supermarket fishes, like "selar", "teri" ( i dont know what's the name of these fishes in English... ), squid, frog, cockroach, little mouse, anything i could find and that he like....

 

[vinson lim]

wow RTC, cute pima, wth his friend, a 2ft Alligtor gar...!!!!!

 

[two_amen]

thanks....

i give him supermarket fishes, like "selar", "teri" ( i dont know what's the name of these fishes in English... ), squid, frog, cockroach, little mouse, anything i could find and that he like....

RTC, that is a nice youngster pima. what are they housed in?

it looks like a blue nylon tarp? if so, how strong is it? I have seen this one time before in costa rica but was never able to chat to the owner about it.

 

[rtc]

RTC, that is a nice youngster pima. what are they housed in?

it looks like a blue nylon tarp? if so, how strong is it? I have seen this one time before in costa rica but was never able to chat to the owner about it.

I am using pallet covered by waterproofed canvas, three-ply. Strong enough man... I have two of this.....
'n very low in cost....
by the end of this year i will give my monster fishes a paludarium, so i can have a side view.....

 

[Zoodiver]

Gonna bump this with pics from the Omaha Zoo. I was there over the weekend. Such a great collection of them. All well over 10 feet and super healthy looking! I wish I had more time to get better (and closer) pics to share. I was a little upset all the Amazon fish weren't together. The big ones were in the rainforest, the arows, silver dollar, pacu and 'small stuff' were in a mixed exhibit in the Aquarium building.. and the rays (leopoldi and motoro) were in another area.

 

[johnptc]

10 feet

 

[mushishi]

is 20000 gal tank big enough for 5 arapaimas?

 

[mushishi]

sorry, it should be 35000 gal

 

[Zoodiver]

Depends on shape. As long is it's about 5 feet deep and very wide, you should be fine.