One 1,000G Indoor Monsterfish Pond Coming Up! (Ghetto Style)
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well unfortunately don't have monster patience like the rest, so didn't read everything but still spectacular build.
So who'd talked you into gettin aros and rays? and why did u remove pebbles, looked really cool.
Oh and just by the way those cats u used (hito) to cycle the pond are clarias gariepinus , or at least some type of clarias species
, an endemic species in our rivers. They grow pretty big ass.
Heres a link to 1 I caught plus world record
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?177315-post-your-biggest-catches.... /page21
http://www.fishing-worldrecords.com/catfishes/Clarias gariepinus.html
So who'd talked you into gettin aros and rays? and why did u remove pebbles, looked really cool.
Oh and just by the way those cats u used (hito) to cycle the pond are clarias gariepinus , or at least some type of clarias species
, an endemic species in our rivers. They grow pretty big ass.Heres a link to 1 I caught plus world record
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?177315-post-your-biggest-catches.... /page21
http://www.fishing-worldrecords.com/catfishes/Clarias gariepinus.html
well worth the read! amazing pond! still cant get over you eating your fish I only know one other guy who does this when his barra grow over the legal size to keep them.
I miss MFK. Did you guys miss the updates?
Sadly, my pond leaked and all my fish died. The house was flooded and I've given up on the hobby.
I should have posted that on April 1 last month, would have been cool...hehe. I haven't really updated much because the pond and I have just been chilling. Not much updates, except for...drum roll....N O W.
I drove (well, my driver did) 2 hours to this town called Batangas and picked up the following:
A quick summary of what happened. I loaded up some of my blue drums in the back of my van. The first to get loaded in was the TSN. This guy was huge, bulky and STRONG. So after the owner passed it over the fence to me and it started struggling, it decided to sting my finger, so of course I drop it. It was so messed up, like the worse way to transfer monster fish *groan*. It finally gets into it drum without any further problems, the RTC was manageable, except that it started to make these weird dog-like sounds complaining, that was cool.
When we got to the aros, we KNEW we shouldn't net them out, no way we could load them into the drums without having them fly out of our hands, so I told them to find a big bag of some sort, and they thought of an even better idea, a rice sack! We Filipinos eat our rice all 3 meals of the day and we buy our rice by the sack. The aros got transferred almost flawlessly from the sack into the drums without any hiccups, I had that face palm moment when I realized I should have used the sack with the monster TSN.
Of course, I didn't bring my portable aerator. A two hour drive later...
I drained the water from the drums and just overturned the drum mouth into my pond. When the TSN got throw in...it was basically dead.
Its gills were so curled up, you could see the insides throbbing, screaming for oxygen. It just floated in the pond like a heavy log. My heart sank, I almost wanted to punch myself in the face. My kids gasped and ran away wanting not to be exposed to the death of such a glorious monster.
CPR CPR! I grabbed the pump quickly with my right hand and with my left held the snout of the TSN. Its eyes were cloudy and he had this look of resignation on its face. I quietly whispered to her, "we can do this, I'm sorry for what you've been through but stick with me and you'll be fine" As I was performing my CPR, I could feel the force of his snout shutting his mouth closed, I was encouraged and felt like we had a chance. Did it for around 3 mins and started to worry about the aros.
Quickly got the two aros into the pond, one was in great shape the other one was not.
I quickly looked for the TSN and gasped again, it was upside down! Arghghghghg I quickly grabbed it and must have muttered "don't die on me" 1,150 times. CPR again, aerator in front of him sometimes I actually put the thing in her mouth. Wished I had read more how-tos to CPR fish. I did it 5 minutes at a time for around 5 times, after which, it started to swim. But I was really sad because his gill curls looked so bad and his whiskers were cut up and he was in such a bad shape. I prayed a silent prayer and trusted God to save the life of the fish.
Had a quick dinner (sopas).
When I went back to the pond it looked like he actually might make it, as I was quickly doing a head count of the newcomers: 1 RTC, 1 TSN, 1CKF, 1 SA, where is the other silver?! Argh!? Did that $#% beast jump? I quickly ran around the pond to make sure it wasnt on the floor. I looked around the pond again, hes not there! I checked the blue drum just in case I forgot to put her in, not there. I then checked underneath the driftwood (trunk) and she was slumped against it basically lifeless. Arghghghgh?! CPR CPR! I could swear the silver aro was cursing at me as I performed CPR on it.
Lights out. I dont want to wake up to any dead fish Lord, please save them.
The morning after, I quickly ran down and the TSN was lying down lifeless on the bottom of the pond diagonally basically on its side. Ahhhh, CPR CPR! I grabbed its tail and as I did, it whipped my hand away kinda telling me that he doesnt like to be disturbed as he was almost dead and wants to lie down however the way HE wants.
I think theyll all make it.
Lessons learned:
1. NEVER net out monster fish. Its bad news.
2. When you have a portable pump, use it, captain genius!
3. Dont make decisions to rescue/buy monster fish on a whim.
I did a major water change yesterday just so everyone can start clean My old aros are tail bitting the newbies showing them whos boss, but I think they will get along eventually.
Do I hear picture requests?
Sadly, my pond leaked and all my fish died. The house was flooded and I've given up on the hobby.
I should have posted that on April 1 last month, would have been cool...hehe. I haven't really updated much because the pond and I have just been chilling. Not much updates, except for...drum roll....N O W.
I drove (well, my driver did) 2 hours to this town called Batangas and picked up the following:
1. 2x Silver Aros (both over 2 feet) They were a very dark blackish color, completely in contrast to my pearl white-ish SAs.
2. 1x TSN: well over 2 feet too. Note to self: do NOT try to net a fish that is over 2 feet, only bad things can happen.
3. 1x RTC: over 20" but I it swims around thinking it's a silver dollar or something, love her already.
2. 1x TSN: well over 2 feet too. Note to self: do NOT try to net a fish that is over 2 feet, only bad things can happen.
3. 1x RTC: over 20" but I it swims around thinking it's a silver dollar or something, love her already.
A quick summary of what happened. I loaded up some of my blue drums in the back of my van. The first to get loaded in was the TSN. This guy was huge, bulky and STRONG. So after the owner passed it over the fence to me and it started struggling, it decided to sting my finger, so of course I drop it. It was so messed up, like the worse way to transfer monster fish *groan*. It finally gets into it drum without any further problems, the RTC was manageable, except that it started to make these weird dog-like sounds complaining, that was cool.
When we got to the aros, we KNEW we shouldn't net them out, no way we could load them into the drums without having them fly out of our hands, so I told them to find a big bag of some sort, and they thought of an even better idea, a rice sack! We Filipinos eat our rice all 3 meals of the day and we buy our rice by the sack. The aros got transferred almost flawlessly from the sack into the drums without any hiccups, I had that face palm moment when I realized I should have used the sack with the monster TSN.
Of course, I didn't bring my portable aerator. A two hour drive later...
I drained the water from the drums and just overturned the drum mouth into my pond. When the TSN got throw in...it was basically dead.
Its gills were so curled up, you could see the insides throbbing, screaming for oxygen. It just floated in the pond like a heavy log. My heart sank, I almost wanted to punch myself in the face. My kids gasped and ran away wanting not to be exposed to the death of such a glorious monster.
CPR CPR! I grabbed the pump quickly with my right hand and with my left held the snout of the TSN. Its eyes were cloudy and he had this look of resignation on its face. I quietly whispered to her, "we can do this, I'm sorry for what you've been through but stick with me and you'll be fine" As I was performing my CPR, I could feel the force of his snout shutting his mouth closed, I was encouraged and felt like we had a chance. Did it for around 3 mins and started to worry about the aros.
Quickly got the two aros into the pond, one was in great shape the other one was not.
I quickly looked for the TSN and gasped again, it was upside down! Arghghghghg I quickly grabbed it and must have muttered "don't die on me" 1,150 times. CPR again, aerator in front of him sometimes I actually put the thing in her mouth. Wished I had read more how-tos to CPR fish. I did it 5 minutes at a time for around 5 times, after which, it started to swim. But I was really sad because his gill curls looked so bad and his whiskers were cut up and he was in such a bad shape. I prayed a silent prayer and trusted God to save the life of the fish.
Had a quick dinner (sopas).
When I went back to the pond it looked like he actually might make it, as I was quickly doing a head count of the newcomers: 1 RTC, 1 TSN, 1CKF, 1 SA, where is the other silver?! Argh!? Did that $#% beast jump? I quickly ran around the pond to make sure it wasnt on the floor. I looked around the pond again, hes not there! I checked the blue drum just in case I forgot to put her in, not there. I then checked underneath the driftwood (trunk) and she was slumped against it basically lifeless. Arghghghgh?! CPR CPR! I could swear the silver aro was cursing at me as I performed CPR on it.
Lights out. I dont want to wake up to any dead fish Lord, please save them.
The morning after, I quickly ran down and the TSN was lying down lifeless on the bottom of the pond diagonally basically on its side. Ahhhh, CPR CPR! I grabbed its tail and as I did, it whipped my hand away kinda telling me that he doesnt like to be disturbed as he was almost dead and wants to lie down however the way HE wants.
I think theyll all make it.
Lessons learned:
1. NEVER net out monster fish. Its bad news.
2. When you have a portable pump, use it, captain genius!
3. Dont make decisions to rescue/buy monster fish on a whim.
I did a major water change yesterday just so everyone can start clean My old aros are tail bitting the newbies showing them whos boss, but I think they will get along eventually.
Do I hear picture requests?
hope that they are all fine as of now..
