Show me your Ornates

[ArowBichir]

Ill start off with my.

[HPIZZLE]

gosh. hes drop dead gorgeous!!

[IITUFFTOBEATII]

wow! thats a beautiful specimen.

[AHMAD]

this is mine:naughty:

[Vandecruz]

Here U Go my Cute 6'' Baby........:popcorn:
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll312/VanBetta/Others/DSC05048.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll312/VanBetta/Others/DSC04912.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll312/VanBetta/Others/DSC05053.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll312/VanBetta/Others/DSC05052.jpg

[channarox]

sweet ornates!

[B.K.]

juicy ornates

[zaric]

This is mine...

[B.K.]

This is mine...
thats even juicier :jaw:

[spwd]

heres mine hes about 4.5"

[spwd]

Heres some more of the little guy

[ArowBichir]

gosh. hes drop dead gorgeous!!

wow! thats a beautiful specimen.

Thnx guys and beautiful Ornates

[buahke]

Very nice!

[MonFish Fanatic]

Heres some more of the little guy

Hi spwd,

I think there's something wrong with ur ornate. The body color fades and at the right fin, the stomach looks reddish. Check ur water quality or could be internal infection. Also noticed in the 1st pic....the tail is rotting. Hopefully i'm wrong.

Ciao.

[pingpong]

Nice ornates guys!

Here's my ~8" fat sausage.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m126/ccimaging/Bichirs/Ornate_Bichir_26.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m126/ccimaging/Bichirs/Ornate_Bichir_27.jpg

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m126/ccimaging/Bichirs/Ornate_Bichir_28.jpg

Chris

[spwd]

Hi monfish,pingpongs looks faded too then dont you think?

I cant see where the red is but thats probably my eyes,as for his tail fin,it is actually growing back and if there is anything wrong with him its definitely not affected his eating!
Hes a right greedy little poly,since we got him hes got well fat but il keep my eye on him.
Also the gar and the plec in with him are fine too.

cheers steve

[moonchild1970]

Ah Ornates..... :drool: :drool: :drool:

[spwd]

Very nice ornate ping pong:headbang2

cheers steve

[flemming]

the last pics of the last pics are extreme,you can make good pics.

[pingpong]

Thanks!

My ornate was faded because I had just moved him into a larger tank. He's settled in now and he's back to normal again.

Chris

[Sphinx070886]

35cm....;)

http://www.axolotl-online-bilderecke.de/Bildereck/Images/Sphinx070886/Privat/2008-07-17_IMG_1153.jpg

[tilo@meyer]

nice ornis ;)


file:///C:/DOKUME%7E1/hilke/LOKALE%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-5.jpghttp://http://data.morphex.eu/timage/2008/06/16/500/632245_4856673fd447e.jpg

[Freeze_Dried_Bloodworm]

Sorry pics aren't too great. alot less blue... I didn't bother with my camera settings :nilly:

Female, 13", her name is Bubbles

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b292/Wormy666/IMG_2590copy.jpg

Male, almost 13", his name is Spencer

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b292/Wormy666/IMG_2592copy.jpg

[Angler]

Nice Ornates everyone!

I have never gotten a great pic of mine, but here he/she is:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c86/ty722/IMG_2638.jpg

He/she is about 10 inches.

[ArowBichir]

gosh. hes drop dead gorgeous!!


Is he or she really a boy? or you just saying he I don't know if she or he is a boy or girl

[snake513]

heres mine about 12 13 inches

[WeeNe858]

YAY! ornate owners meet n' greet

heres my 10" baby

http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/WeeNe858/P3220121.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/WeeNe858/P3220152.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/WeeNe858/ornate.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/WeeNe858/Fishes/P4010330.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/WeeNe858/Fishes/P7150734.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/WeeNe858/Fishes/P7150745.jpg

[Vandecruz]

Very amazing and beautiful Ornate u guys have,so far i only love the one and only in my planted tank asthis make it special as i find the housing too many togther may be choatic:D

[AHMAD]

who has the biggest ornate?????more than 14 inch??????
i want to see monster!!!!!

[Andri Pogo]

I have 2.

This is my smaller one when i got it a year ago:
http://s3.frontur.com/img/15002/20070818211442_0.jpg

and a month ago, is around 8-9":
http://barnaland.is/album/img/15002/20080607222816_2.jpg

And my bigger one, just over 10"
http://s3.frontur.com/img/15002/20080330002447_0.jpg

[killerfish]

Old pics of mine hes shy so its hard to get new ones

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w242/kieranstuff/ornate2.jpg?t=1216402484 (javascript:void(0);)

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w242/kieranstuff/ornate1-1.jpg?t=1216402603 (javascript:void(0);)

He was pretty skinny when i got him hes fatter now

[pdbrady]

These are clickable pics.

My big guy. He's 14-15".
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/th_P7180287.jpg (http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/P7180287.jpg)
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/th_P7180290.jpg (http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/P7180290.jpg)

Him with my measured 8" sen.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/th_P7180299.jpg (http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/P7180299.jpg)
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/th_P7180300.jpg (http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/P7180300.jpg)

My little guy. Only about 8", just got him.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/th_P7180302.jpg (http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj207/pdbrady2/P7180302.jpg)

[moonchild1970]

Wow I can't believe your Ornate hasn't tried to eat your Sen! He's so tiny!!

[FishGoneWild]

Wow I can't believe your Ornate hasn't tried to eat your Sen! He's so tiny!!Are ornates known to eat other fish?

[Andri Pogo]

depends on the individual fish, my bigger ornate is a fish-eater, the smaller one not.
Just caught the bigger one trying to eat a pleco way too big for him to eat haha

[cenecker]

yikes pdbrady I really wouldn't keep those polys together. You might continue to be lucky...but then again you might not...my Ornate lived with smaller polys for several months and then one day out of the blue started eating them....you just never know...

Anyway my Avatar is the only crappy pic I have of mine. He was 13" at last measuring I think he might have put on another inch or so since then.

[pdbrady]

Nah, he's fine. The only fish he's ever eaten was a dragon goby that one night suddenly started having major issues, and I'm pretty sure died first. In my experience, the trick is to keep them very well fed. Now the catch to that is to get them to eat what you want them to. Luckily, I've gotten mine to work with me. They get either whole beefheart, shrimp, silversides, squid, clams, oysters, scallops, so on, every other night, with shrimp pellets filling the days between (since my cichlids eat them, too, so they really just get the leftovers). No problems in about 9-10 months. Him and my smaller ornate pile on each other at all times.

[Austin]

waht would be a good starter bichir? never had one and i've become interested the last few weeks.

[pdbrady]

Wow I can't believe your Ornate hasn't tried to eat your Sen! He's so tiny!!

I assume you're talking about the first pic :D. He's in with the one other ornate and 5 sens. The sens are 8", 2x 6-7", 5.5-6", and the little guy about 5". I think it's just that he makes them appear smaller than they really are. :) I'd honestly be more worried about the 2 6-7" sens eating someone else because they were raised by my brother-in-law eating feeders.

[pdbrady]

waht would be a good starter bichir? never had one and i've become interested the last few weeks.

For a starter you can't beat a senegal. They readily eat anything, they're active....just easy. They just don't get very big. But I LOVE my ornates!!

[Austin]

from what i've read ornates get fairly large correct?

[pdbrady]

Yes. Possibly 18". I've heard "claims" of closer to 2', but never seen one or a pic.

[Austin]

all i have in my 90 is my 5 clown loaches and a small jardini aro i'm growing out, that's where i was going to put it. what would you recommend?

[balton777]

all i have in my 90 is my 5 clown loaches and a small jardini aro i'm growing out, that's where i was going to put it. what would you recommend?


That should be fine unless the CL's are small enough to fit in it's mouth.

[Kenta]

Seen pics on a another site of a 26" ornate. It was as big as a mans forearm.

[moonchild1970]

Please can you post that url?

[vincenwp]

hey mad...nice dragon...post ur other collection pls:Dthis is mine:naughty:

[flemming]

ornates are cool wish i had room for a ornate.

[dbcb314]

Seen pics on a another site of a 26" ornate. It was as big as a mans forearm.


there is no way i coudl believe that unlesst he picture was next to a rule


doesn't hotfishgirl or w/e have a couple near 20 inches?

plus there is the picture of that huge one from disney land or world

[pdbrady]

Seen pics on a another site of a 26" ornate. It was as big as a mans forearm.

PLEASE link us to it. I want to see "this".

[moonchild1970]

Url???

[PhullTank57]

Some beautiful looking ornate specimans here... very nice coloring and patterns!


Don't know why I've always had bad luck with ornates, but all the ones I've ever kept always seemed to be over aggressive and mean?!! :uhoh: :irked:

[davidle21]

You all have very beutiful Ornates :headbang2

[spwd]

since my earlier post in this thread and the date of purchase was the 5 th of july hes grown an inch which is guite a surprise.

Cheers steve

[spwd]

since my earlier post in this thread and the date of purchase was the 5 th of july hes grown an inch which is guite a surprise.

Cheers steve

[Chaitika]

This my guy back in April and the last pic is from the end of may. I need to take some new ones.

[Malcus]

Nice ornats!

I got 2 myself. My 2nd, that I bought in april this year was then about 7-8cm long, now around 25cm :)
Awesome fish for sure!

[ArowBichir]

Chaitika I love that 3rd pic with the Ornate and Arowana

[Chaitika]

Chaitika I love that 3rd pic with the Ornate and Arowana

Hehe, same here. Synchro-swimming :headbang2

[kasper909]

This my guy back in April and the last pic is from the end of may. I need to take some new ones.



WOW!!!! Nice shots!!!!:popcorn:

[pdbrady]

This my guy back in April and the last pic is from the end of may. I need to take some new ones.

Camera skills!! I need a better camera........and to know how to use it to it's fullest. Nice shots.

[spwd]

WOW! chaitika,fantastic pics how do you take such clear pics when theyre moving?

cheers steve

[unannon]

This my guy back in April and the last pic is from the end of may. I need to take some new ones.
Wow Chaitika, this is probably my favorite picture ever taken of fish, veryyy nice.

[Chaitika]

WOW!!!! Nice shots!!!!:popcorn:

Thanks! :D

Camera skills!! I need a better camera........and to know how to use it to it's fullest. Nice shots.

Thanks! :D

WOW! chaitika,fantastic pics how do you take such clear pics when theyre moving?

cheers steve

Thanks! Shutter speed and lots of light allows me to basically freeze them in their spot. Now keep in mind I would never get the same results with a fish that is doing the mad 6 foot dash across the tank, lol.

Wow Chaitika, this is probably my favorite picture ever taken of fish, veryyy nice.

Thanks! :D

[bichir_first]

this is micky he is about 13 14"

[dbcb314]

wow that sen is DWARFED by that thick thing lol

[moonchild1970]

:iagree: :D

[djhonda]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=261&pictureid=1928

[bichir_first]

wow that sen is DWARFED by that thick thing lol
yea the good news is that they get along and my 6 ciclids are good in there to at only 2" long tops

[spwd]

Hi bichirfirst,lovely ornate,have you had him from a baby if so how long has he /she taken to get to that size?

Just interested because mine seems to be growing very quickly.

cheers steve

[bichir_first]

Hi bichirfirst,lovely ornate,have you had him from a baby if so how long has he /she taken to get to that size?

Just interested because mine seems to be growing very quickly.

cheers steve

i just got him about week (as a present for my wife)and a half ago but he is 6 years old. i was told that its been about 6months since he has grown much.

[spwd]

6 yrs old,ive got along way to go, lovely ornate.

Cheers steve

[pdbrady]

i just got him about week (as a present for my wife)and a half ago but he is 6 years old. i was told that its been about 6months since he has grown much.

Wow. I got mine at 5-6" about 10 months ago, and he's almost 15". You never know what the previous care and feeding was. Kinda like 2 sens I "rescued" a couple months ago. She said she'd had them almost 2 years, and they were pretty good size. Well when I got them, they were actually about 3 and 4" :eek: (one of them is in one of the pics with my ornate). They've nearly doubled since.

[spwd]

Just an update on my ornate,he was 4" when i got him and not thin but in proportion,now 35 days later hes 6" and my god what a fat little fish he is,also ive noticed him biting my 8.5" florida gars tail which isnt good.

Il try and put some pics on later.

cheers steve

[balton777]

My fat and happy 11" Ornate. :)

[tilo@meyer]

http://data.morphex.eu/timage/2008/06/16/500/632245_4856673fd447e.jpg

[Littlelillyanne]

The queen of my 125 gallon tank.

[andyjs]

I really need to get a new USB cable for my camera and get mine up here. I got him (or her) about 2 months ago at around 5" and he's now closing in on 8". At first he was going after the tail of the knife I have with him, but the knife healed great and hasn't shown any other injuries in about a month.

Awesome fish guys. I can't wait till mine grows into a monster.

btw, a couple years ago there was one that I heard was over 20 years old returned to a local shop (I think it outlived its owner) and it was easily over 20" and thick. Its head was about as big as a man's fist. I wish I'd taken a picture.

[N.C.]

http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc323/nickcooke/HPIM1612.jpg

[N.C.]

http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc323/nickcooke/HPIM1608.jpg

http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc323/nickcooke/HPIM1605.jpg

[KMKN]

nice bichirs ,so jealous im gonna get a few this sunday

[MsMassPoly]

one of mine.http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x116/HotFishGirls/bichirplatinum031.jpg

[andyjs]

Finally found the USB cable for my camera...

here's my ornate right after I got him in June. He's around 5.5-6" in this pic. He's now a thick almost 8". He's in what used to be his favorite spot behind the rock and wood pile next to the sponge filter, but since I added clown loaches, they evicted him to a new hideout

[tilo@meyer]

one of my

[uwe]

Hello,

here's mine with his best friend ... an older pic, now he's bigger. I've never seen a bichir rapidly growing that way ...

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff123/fup/ornipulch01.jpg

[killerfish]

I love your pics UWE i wish we could keep channas so much :(

[Bichirs4life]

Here's my fat bastard Garra!!!

[balton777]

:headbang2

[redbellyPirahna4]

nice bichirs i only have a seng. now and i want to get some oranates but not sure if they will be fine in my set up that is in my signature.

[artemis1]

just picked this guy up-
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u173/Amiacuss/Picture18-3.png

[balton777]

just picked this guy up-
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u173/Amiacuss/Picture18-3.png

Cool Ornate but wtf is up with the single purple piece of gravel? :ROFL:

[artemis1]

Cool Ornate but wtf is up with the single purple piece of gravel? :ROFL:

I bought another tank recently with purple gravel, but i dunno how that one got in there, kinda ruins the pic hugh lol :nilly:

[ArowBichir]

Its doesn't ruin the pic it just stands out

[balton777]

I bought another tank recently with purple gravel, but i dunno how that one got in there, kinda ruins the pic hugh lol :nilly:

No I'm just messing with you. It doesn't ruin the pic.....much. haha

I'm sure you'll get us more pics of him when he's settled in.

[N.C.]

heres a couple of better pics of mine
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll345/seahawkfan321/HPIM1736.jpg
http://i312.photobucket.com/albums/ll345/seahawkfan321/HPIM1736-1.jpg

[Prophet714]

nice thread and pix

[ArowBichir]

nice thread and pix

thnx

[Yellow Bichir]

Here are a few blurry pics of my < 2.5" baby. He's in the breeding box thing so the other Bichirs and Ropefish don't have him for lunch. He's still got external gills too. :)

[estuary]

:)

[*KrAmEr*]

Getting pretty big about 30cm

[Malcus]

One of my ornats :)

[ArowBichir]

bump

[Andri Pogo]

new pics of my bigger one:
http://s3.frontur.com/img/15002/20081006205249_2.jpg

http://s3.frontur.com/img/15002/20081010195702_1.jpg

http://s3.frontur.com/img/15002/20081010195710_3.jpg

http://s3.frontur.com/img/15002/20081010195715_4.jpg

[tigerlover2006]

Beautiful! Whats the size?

[tigerlover2006]

These are my former ornates. About 13 inches.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/fishlover_2008/P6230236.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/fishlover_2008/P6230240.jpg

My previous blackie, about 12 inches.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/fishlover_2008/PC010021.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/fishlover_2008/PC010015.jpg

[Andri Pogo]

Beautiful! Whats the size?

12"

[ArowBichir]

D

[ArowBichir]

Damn very nice ornate how long did yours take to grow to that size?

[tigerlover2006]

Damn very nice ornate how long did yours take to grow to that size?

Very very long. Ornates are slow growing...

[Burbotman]

Here is a picture of a "two foot" ornate.......

Disney world animal Kingdom. I never put a tape on him but would put her at the 24" mark.

Yes. Possibly 18". I've heard "claims" of closer to 2', but never seen one or a pic.

[David R]

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k186/glaxton/DSC00748.jpg

Took this to show off my new aro, but its a good shot of my ornate so I'll post it here too! :D

16"+ and solid.

[spwd]

Very nice david!

Mine is at about 8 " at the moment,hes got a lot of white on the bottom half of him unlike yours,i cant wait till hes that big,hes a pig now,dont want to think what he will try and eat when hes bigger:screwy::screwy::naughty:

cheers steve

[JakeOfish]

These are my former ornates. About 13 inches.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/fishlover_2008/P6230236.jpg

hi what's that green bichir beside the ornate? looks real cool. and also that black fish with big eyes!

[tigerlover2006]

The black birchir is my weeksii. The black fish is an unstable IT.

[spwd]

Got a few more pics of him last night,hes about 8.25 " and obviously faaaaat!














cheers steve

[tigerlover2006]

This ornate is light based. Very beautiful in its own ways.

Just got a 15 inch big ornate too. Will post pic when he is stable.

[David R]

The white sand won't be helping the colouration. And watch out for those loaches, they'll be bite-sized shortly because of the difference in growth rates. Keep the ornate well fed and you might be ok though.

[spwd]

I personally love his colour,because he doesnt look like everyone elses.as for the clown loaches he has already had a go at them but hopefully they will be ok till the ornate goes in the big tank,hopefully!

Might be getting another tomorrow!

Cheers steve

[IveGotTheBestTank]

spwd, are you sure thats an ornate my birchir is like that only a bit more yellow some one told me mine was a p. palmas ?
???

[tigerlover2006]

spwd, are you sure thats an ornate my birchir is like that only a bit more yellow some one told me mine was a p. palmas ?
???



Post some pic and we confirm for you...

[spwd]

Pretty sure it is mate:D

cheers steve

[Militis]

Nice pictures

[AHMAD]

hi everyone,
just want to show my monster
lurve walking cats very much:headbang2
that cats is about 6 inch.

[IveGotTheBestTank]

to me he looks more like these: http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Tanks/mytank10.htm
than an ornate but you know best so can i get an id?

p.s. DAMN some nice birchirs in this thread thanks for sharing every one

[David R]

Cool pics, but if thats a filter intake that close to the sandy substrate I suggest you move it or put a sponge over it to stop it sucking up sand.

[IveGotTheBestTank]

Cool pics, but if thats a filter intake that close to the sandy substrate I suggest you move it or put a sponge over it to stop it sucking up sand.

nah

[bumpylemon]

nah? as in its not an intake? or nah your just not gonna lol?

[jojo_nature]

Pic's of my brother's ornate , the other died not to long ago we were both gutted .

[IveGotTheBestTank]

nah? as in its not an intake? or nah your just not gonna lol?

number 2.

lazy = pro

[gmachine19]

Heres one of mine...
http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq15/gmachine19/IMG_9161.jpg

And heres another...check out his lower jaw
http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq15/gmachine19/lap2.jpg

[Andri Pogo]

My 4 Ornates, ranging from 9-12"

http://fiskar.andripogo.net/IMG_0699b.JPG

http://fiskar.andripogo.net/IMG_0702b.JPG

http://fiskar.andripogo.net/IMG_0716b.JPG

http://fiskar.andripogo.net/IMG_0726b.JPG[/quote]

[Tom500]

Really amazing pics everyone!!

[Yellow Bichir]

Here's an update on my little guy... he's grown an inch since I last posted pics of him on here. :eek:

[tigerlover2006]

My 19" Ornate Birchirs

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/fishlover_2008/SDC10036.jpg


http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj25/fishlover_2008/SDC10035.jpg

[regalt]

hear are my guys the first one is a little over 4" and the other one is a little over 11"

[COLDasICE]

My guy still a youngin 4.5" :D

[peraltaaero]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1607&pictureid=16391

my triplets :D

[wgw6783]

this is mine:naughty:

hello Salam!!

picture too black!!

[Cohazard]

My little one, she's going through a growth spurt:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/SoCalSunset/DSC00280.jpg

[andy1985]

My biggest

[ArowBichir]

Hey every nice ornates
but sadly my ornate passed away ='(

[regalt]

well ive gotten two more since i posted my first two on hear the darker one is about 13-14" and the lighter one is about 15-16"

[rucus]

is $10 for a 7" a good deal? I saw one today and might go get it.

[benzjamin13]

is $10 for a 7" a good deal? I saw one today and might go get it.


That's a GREAT price!!!

[Cohazard]

is $10 for a 7" a good deal? I saw one today and might go get it.


Very good price! Cheapest I've seen was $20 for 5"