Arapaima Gigas

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Zoodiver;717726; said:
Oh, and a few shots of the GA Aquariums arapaima (since I stopped by on the way).
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What a beautiful set up they have....any more pics of the same? - looks amazing. How come those little fish don't become 'Pima food...?? And congrats on your new arrival...any pics of him in his new home?
 
In the past few years, I've never seen any of these guys at the LFS. However, in the last two weeks, I've seen about 4 of these guys in each of the 5-6 LFS around this area. Is there a reason the all these stores suddenly have a bunch.
 
Taboojen;721203; said:
In the past few years, I've never seen any of these guys at the LFS. However, in the last two weeks, I've seen about 4 of these guys in each of the 5-6 LFS around this area. Is there a reason the all these stores suddenly have a bunch.
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i know of at least one la area wholesaler who brought in 500.
 
bmxer4ever;721152; said:
What a beautiful set up they have....any more pics of the same? - looks amazing. How come those little fish don't become 'Pima food...?? And congrats on your new arrival...any pics of him in his new home?
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I'll see what else I have. Their tank is pretty bare.

The small fish aren't food because they have a healthy gigas who knows where his food comes from. A lot of the larger arapaima will only take prepared foods (once taught to do so). It works much better than offering live, not to mention it's safer for the long term healthier in the long run if you don't have to toss in nasty feeder fish all the time.

I don't have any good pics of the new guy in the tank yet. It's been busy at work lately. Keep an eye on the Amazon thread in the Picture forum, too.
 
johnptc;721346; said:
i know of at least one la area wholesaler who brought in 500.
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500? wow. I wonder where they all ended up. I saw two 7-8" ones today. They were beautiful. Yeah.. too bad my 210 gallon tank won't do much for them.
 
My new baby. Not the best pic - sorry. I'll try for better later. This was taken last week right after we tossed him into the 3,000 gallon holding tank.

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