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Its ironic that native fish have little value in their own country but we pay a fortune for imported fish. In Australia salmon tail catfish are cheap and common but we pay hundreds of $ for Asian pangasius cats. Same for these small Aussie cats - no body wants them here.

Check to see if you are legally allowed to build what is effectively a dam. If that is Ok then talk to people who build dams on farms professionally. They know how build them properly, to keep them intact and to last. They do it every day. You are likely legally restricted to what species you...

Apologies for my initial post. I think I hit the red wine a bit hard that night. A warning kids - dont drink and post - it makes one very opinionated. Perhaps I need to build my own web site and link it to here. Didnt mean to put down Cichlids, they are very popular and diverse group of fish...

I wish to add my constructive review to this web site. I keep large Asian fish and despite the massive size of your web site I struggle to find a place for my fish in your forum classifications. I keep Pangasius, Barbs (forget the genus you know what 'barbs' are), Leptobarbus and...

We should check the latest Guiness Book of records or some of the international fishing records for the largest freshwater fish recorded. They are pretty strict with their authentication. 2.63m for Arapaima seems a bit short - thought I'd seem heaps of them bigger than that. Its impossible to...

Maybe I shouldnt have posted the picture but its not my role to censor just inform :nilly: If you love this fish dont buy one - make a poster of it and hang it on the wall. I can send you the high res original. If you are a responsible professional MFKer with a massive tank then you make the...

When a number of healthy fish suddenly die simultaneously I would suspect toxic shock or poisoning. I would be suspicious of the recent water change. I dont know what your water change procedure is but asume you are using tap water and are adding something to de-chlorinate. Tap water quality...

Does look big and healthy but there's nothing in the background to compare it against. A bunch of wild caught fish were imported once into Australia that were about 10-12 inches long. They looked too stressed to eat and probably wasted away. I think the only way to get a big one is to grow it...

Get yourself a big magnifying glass or a microscope. They are invaluable for identifying little things. Eyeball 1.0 not so good.:)

This is a full grown Paroon. 3 metres long and about 300 kg. They are not inately aggressive but do have a 'get in my tummy' attitude to ALL other fish. They can swallow fish close to their own size. Can you honestly commit to housing and feeding a fish that wants to be this big. Go for a much...

Sounds like bristle worms. Harmless in fresh water. They look like tiny red earth worms and are most common in the filtration system (food source). Under a microscope you can see tiny hairs on the tail used for propulsion.

It would be nice for someone to summarise the Acrylic vs Glass thread down to something manageable and concise. This is my own personal experience. For 6 years I have relied solely on 3x 20 year old Gibbiceps to keep the 2.4 x 1.2 metre acrylic panel in my tank free of algae. I have never...

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Getting close now. Put the acrylic panel in the frame. Its only held in by 4 tiny screws. No attempt to make a water seal has occured yet. I lined the bottom of the pond with old plastic sheets. Put the rubber pond liner in. Cut out a window in the liner. Prepare some 1" wide stainless steel...

Next step, dig down to increase the depth and create a nice slope to a sump location for waste to collect. Line the inside with cement boards to protect the liner. Tape up the joins. Add some fine sand around the base. Add some metal re-enforcing brackets to the top poles. Create a 4" wide...

I have added some construction pics. I will add some finished and fish shots later. These 3 pics show the frame work. 4" and 2" thick treated pine sleepers are used. All are screwed together with large coach screws in pre-drilled holes. The front vertical pairs are joined at 135 degrees. They...

OK I'll put some more finished and construction pics in tomorrow. Yes I designed and built it myself.

This is my 2,600 US Gallon / 10,000 Litre tank. It extends 2 ft below the floor to give over 6 ft in depth. It is basically a square plan with 9 ft internal sides having one corner cut off and a viewing panel added. Treated pine sleepers are screwed together. Vertical sleepers are cemented into...

They are endangered in the wild due to overfishing but are very common overall as a result of fish farming. Most large Asian fish fall into this category.

Can you identify this species. I have 10 all the same. They look like Tor genus. Currently 1 yr old and 5'" long. Distinctive features are vivid turqouise vertical bar at the front of each scale, vibrant yellow leading edge on the pelvic fins, some turqouise on the anal fin. Maybe not so evident...