Finally got some pics of one of my outdoor set-ups (RTCs!!!!!)

[TLkmDN]

haha much better pics bro..i like ure gigas..wat do u feed them?

 

[ctoychik]

haha much better pics bro..i like ure gigas..wat do u feed them?

Thanks. i am still learning to use my camera ^^ Now i have to fix the water color issue - this weekend (which means that hopefully i wil be posting a clearer water aquariums).

Yeah, gigas rule. It eats everything in the following order of precedence:

- small fish (easily gulpable ... surprisingly it is not into forcing itself onto bigger fish
- hikari carnivore pellets (accepts readily)
- frogs (must be easily gulpable)
- defrosted shrimp with tail only
- frozen crickets

RTC eats all and everything - no preference (but i am sure you know that) regardless of the size. Gar eats everything too (does not mind to forcefeed itself)

Kinda difficult to feed the lonesome oscar cos it can eat only pelllets (i am trying to reduce pellet as food cos i think the water started to change color after excessive pellet usage...)

PS: my father unilateraly moved the 2' gigas into the RTC enclosure ... so far so good.

 

[ctoychik]

... and here is the paima on its last day in the indoor aquarium. Now it is no longer king of the hill (aquarium) ^^ Had to use a separator to keep him from RTC's clutches heheheheh

Note the color is starting to appear. He was totally colorless (black/dark green) when i first got him. The pictures don't show but alot of its scale start to change color too. Better pix next time!!! (even so try zooming on the picture ... color scales!!)

 

[TLkmDN]

thatsss sooo lucky bro...mine died b4 it even touched massivore pellets..totally starved to death maybe there was sumthing wrong with him....hikari shouldnt dirty ure water..its good quality stuff yo!

 

[ctoychik]

Thought i'd give you some more pics of the outdoor set-up with a paima in it. At the moment it is doing great - longer than RTC so should be no problems <fingers crossed>

The greatest news is that paima is gaining coloration very rapidly now (defence mechanism ^^ against RTC?)

PS: got video also this time - will upload later (once i figure out how to reduce it in size). Also the plant set-up (for extra filtration) will follow one of these day

 

[ctoychik]

Well, couple of more pics (quality still sucks though lol)

I love the various colors of each fish: RTCs are red dominant, paima is sort of spotted now, gar is yellowish/green with patterns, oscar is orange.

The tinfoils (5) are growing - though i could not get the pics. The 5 albinos are gone now.... tilapia is getting bigger as well as other feeders (carps, etc) ...

PS: for reference purposes, the tiles are 40 cm long

 

[BaTsBR]

wow, nice shots
the water seens clearer now, what did you add ?
nice tank, when I'll make mine, I'm sure gonna ask you a lot of things.

 

[ctoychik]

wow, nice shots
the water seens clearer now, what did you add ?
nice tank, when I'll make mine, I'm sure gonna ask you a lot of things.

Thanks. DId not add anything chemical but stopped feeding pellets for now. They are on live food only now. Seems to be helping.... it could be they were stuffing themselves too much with pellets.

My observation is that fish poo is quite different when they are on live or pellet food.

PS: at the moment added another overhead (no pictures yet) with plants ... let's see if that helps some more

 

[doubledragon]

great setup. great fish. The feeders you are able to use, most of us over here would love to have in our tank's. Great work, keep it up.

 

[ctoychik]

Those lazy monsters do not fancy chasing things no more. They do still kill new arrivals occasionally - recent casulties were two red bellied pacus (8" - i thought their high backs would save them .... wrong). Did not eat them though - i will keep trying to introduce pacu ... perhaps bigger next time. I am growing out - three at the moment

PS: attempt at night shot!!!