building a "big" Potamotrygon/SA Catfishes tank

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

and another one, just for fun... Myleus & Panaque L191

[MatsP]

Looks very nice!

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Mats

[sidguppy, posts: 3827]

nice tank, great Myleus!

I spotted the Amazonian Carassius auratus in there....
test-fish for ammonia?

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

nice tank, great Myleus!
I spotted the Amazonian Carassius auratus in there....
test-fish for ammonia?

you get it right... at first... and then... I've been unable to capture them again... They were introduced in late September (10 fishes of 10-12 cm) and I could only get back 6 of them I tried the net (no chance in such a tank), the double big nets (impossible to move under 110 cm water level), the flat 1 meter square net (it could work with a 160cm net), the big fishing bottle ( ), a crayfish trap ( ), the simple fish line with a hook and a worm (good success )... But these 4 left are clever than I am ! and they get really big (26°C + good food, they almost explode)

I'll try later with a "carp line" (very thin and discrete)... the point is not to catch the others...

[Cristoffer Forssander, posts: 564]

Fishing with hooks without barbs could get the rest of the goldies. Will not harm the fish if careful!

Cristoffer

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

already tried this... I took one of the adult Myleus cf schomburgkii, which is much more quick on living food (earth worms) than the goldies... I will try again, later these next days...

[OlePaulsen, posts: 99]

fish it out by night with a net ? When fish sleep. Just put a net in from of it and poke it on the tail. Then it will swim into the net in escape reflection. I use it on cichlids. Work very well !

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

not a bad idea... Never tried this one... But I guess the goldies sleep deep inside the tank, under the central roots... so they have 3 possible escape ways... left, right and above... I'm not sure it's the good idea ! But I'm gonna think about it... thanks.

[nvcichlids, posts: 1560]

how about using corn as a bait? I hear that carp/goldfish go nuts for it as a bait.

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

not such a bad idea... I'll check this next week-end...

[Cristoffer Forssander, posts: 564]

Good fishing trip then!

[andregurov, posts: 101]

Electroshock.

Just kidding. Your easiest approach is to catch them at night when they are unawares. You'll probably be able to catch them all in just a few wet minutes.

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

I'm not sure about "night fishing"

remember it's a special tank, with very wide dimensions : 540 x 160 x 130 cm

That means I'm unable to see the bottom of it when the light is off. That also means the goldies are on this bottom at night together with Myleus. And Chromobotias and Panaque are night active... so it's not "so quiet" at night... If I came with a net during the night, I guess the only response I'd have is full panic in a few seconds...

I'll go on with fishing... these next days... But thanks to all of you for your suggestions

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

Just to feed the topic...

I set up the reinforcement on the big glass, I changed a few things on "green wall" and I finally got the 4 left goldies (that was an heroic fantasy, unfortunately without any picts of it. But imagine a guy with fishermen boots, in a 60 cm high water level, with a huge flat net in a hand and a deep pike net in the other, just to catch 4 miserable goldies)

the result, still have to install a few epiphyts like orchids on the green wall... and to receive (next week), my 3 Osteoglossum and 1 Acanthicus adonis. Stingrays to come next spring

EDIT : pictures are too high... sorry...

Vids to follow, just the time to upload them on youtube

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

Cichla handfeeding, part II


an inside view


the Potamotrygon tank (without Potamotrygon yet) TOUR :

[nvcichlids, posts: 1560]

those are awesome videos. I think it is neat seeing all of the cichla's in there.

[bigbird, posts: 225]

very impressed. lovely tank. cheers jk

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

I'm glad you appreciate it ! I do very much and spend most of my "home" time from last week-end in the fish-room

Next Tuesday, 3 Osteoglossum bicirrhosum (babies of 15cm) and 1 Acanthicus adonis (juvenile around 20 cm) will arrive into their new home... I'm really looking forward to introduce these newbies... especially the "Arowanas"...

I'll keep in touch with pics and videos

[ElTofi, posts: 500]

a few pictures of the day :






the whole tank...


and fishes...

[MatsP]

Looking great!

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Mats