My 33" 11 year old Pterodoras granulosus

[arapaimag]

A look at a few more fish that were caught in my 15,000 and moved to my 52,000. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UHIAG1JRyw&feature

The fish moved:

11 year old 33" Pterodoras granulosus (Armando, Bacu, blind cat) bought at Big Al's Aquarium Services on Dundas St in Mississauga Ontario in 1999 at 7" for $26.95.

12 year old 20" and 23" Paratilapia aureum? (Tilapia like you see in the grocery store) given to me by a fellow player on my basketball team Bret Patriquin of Ajax/Pickering Ontario in 1998 at 3".

10 year old 34 1/2" Lepisosttus osseus (Long nose gar) a rescue fish given to me by Jerry Draper owner of The Tropical Fish Room in Brantford Ontario in 2000 at 11".

11 year old 28 1/2" Scleropages aureus (Red tail golden arowana) bought at Dragon Aquarium on Dundas St in Mississauga Ontario in 1999 from Steve and Shelley at 5" for $1,300 (a good price at the time but since the 2007/2008 they have dropped to the $500 range).


The fishermen/women include:

Nikki my daughter and Richard my son in law.

Terry Clements (Fever) from Fergus Ontario an african cichlid breeder, motorcycle hobbyist and moderator on the Kitchener Waterloo Aquarium Society cichlid threads on their forum.

Noel Nathaniel from Brampton Ontario a hobbyist and former Hamilton Aquarium Society president.

Anthony McAslin from Brantford Ontario a hobbyist, Discus importer and president of the Cambridge Aquarium Society.

Simon Lufman (Simon L on MFK) from Oakville Ontario true monster fish keeper, a University student, works at Aquatic Kingdom in Mississauga and former fish room manager at Big Al's Aquarium Services in Oakville.

[sidguppy]

Awesome!

this must be one of the few proper fishtanks for large fish and what a tank it is.....

[Suckermouth]

You're this guy, right? There's only one person with a tank like that.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... php?t=8952

[grokefish]

Cool tank dude, would love to have an aquarium like that in my house!

[sidguppy]

You're this guy, right? There's only one person with a tank like that.

erm no.

there's a guy in Germany with a fish tank that is a bit over 200.000 liters......

private fish keeper, not a zoo tank or so.

[MatsP]

Arapimag is the guy on Monster Fishkeeper, and there are only a few people in the world that have this size tanks.

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Mats

[arapaimag]

You're this guy, right? There's only one person with a tank like that.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... php?t=8952

Actually that is my larger tank......yes

I'm sure there are many others also with tanks as large or larger.

[MatsP]

Actually that is my larger tank......yes

I'm sure there are many others also with tanks as large or larger.

Many, as you can't count them on the fingers on one hand. But I doubt there are many in the sense that they wouldn't all fit on a mid-size airliner like a Boeing 737 (about 150 passengers or so).

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Mats

[taksan]

Once you get above 5000 gallons it sorts out the men from the boys ....

[Viktor Jarikov]

oh, no, when will I grow up!

I am with Taksan when it comes to big fish keeping (see my signature), but on a (slightly) more serious note, I wouldn't say the gallonage is the measure of a fishkeeper just like neither height or weight are the measures of a man. But that's personal views that vary widely.

[andywoolloo]

I have had the MFK link saved as a favourite for years. Nice to see you on this board. Simply amazing.

Can I drool some more?

Much respect to you.