Those golden sharks are aka cigar sharks... That will be an awesome dozen.
Oh and my dream tank by the way.
Oh and my dream tank by the way.
Congrats again Alex on your finds !!!! When you come up next time I'll go around with you and maybe you can stop by my place. Yea I think if you run the air line even 12"s above the tank it will eliminate any worry of back siphon. You can test that even w/o a power outage just to reassure yourselfI have the air pump on top of the tank. I would be nervous relying on a check valve to prevent any back siphon in the event of a power outage. You think if I run the air line up high enough before going back down under the stand it will be ok?
So I raised the temps in the tank to 80F and bought 27 fish on Saturday. Raising the temp got my goldfish in the mood...they starting breeding on Sunday morning. Goldfish eggs were actually the first snack for my new tropical fish.
Here's what I bought:
(6) 4" Wide Bar Silver Dollars (Myleus Schomburgkii)
(9) 5" Redfin Bala Sharks (Cyclocheilichthys janthochir)
(12) 3" Golden Sharks - no idea what these are
Can somone help me identify the fish in the video below? They were labeled Golden Sharks and I saw a larger one in the shop that was around 8".
They look kinda like scissor tail rasboras. They stay at the surface of the tank. They were only $4 each.
[video=youtube_share;xQaZZIjQuZU]http://youtu.be/xQaZZIjQuZU[/video]
Sorry I missed this post...my house is about 50 feet from where the tank is...but this is an interesting idea.You should try moving the air pump inside the house and just running the hoses out to the tank, I bet you'd have to use the heaters even less...
Hmmm...it'll be interesting to see if that's what they grow into. I'm actually familiar with Cigar barbs (Leptobarbus hoevenii) and the ones I've seen typically have red fins. These fish that I bought have yellow fins. The shop had a larger one (around 8") that looked just like these little guys (fins were still yellow on the larger one). They also had true cigar barbs for sale, so maybe they are related, but I'm pretty sure it's a different species...or at least I hope so. I made a rookie mistake and bought this fish going off of what the guys at the shop told me..."maximum size 10".Those golden sharks are aka cigar sharks... That will be an awesome dozen.
Oh and my dream tank by the way.
Thanks. I'm excited about growing these guys out. The Wide Bars and "Golden Sharks" are eating like pigs. Unfortunately, the Redfin Balas are not liking the New Life Spectrum pellets I've been feeding...they keep spitting them out. Hopefully they will come around soon.Congrats again Alex on your finds !!!! When you come up next time I'll go around with you and maybe you can stop by my place. Yea I think if you run the air line even 12"s above the tank it will eliminate any worry of back siphon. You can test that even w/o a power outage just to reassure yourself
that is awesome news on the goldfish, IF you ever get rid of them I'll take them !! I would love a/dozen breeding pairs of goldfish to raise my own feeders, didn't realize it was that easy.
Thanks! Not sure if anyone would be interested, but I took a short video of it...I'll post it up later tonight.Congrats on your way to finally getting the tank the way you want it. Pretty cool to hear the goldfish started spawning.
LOL well bro, it either puts the tanks size in perspective or tells us how short you really are..... very nice work though, just a matter of time before those fish put on some size.I finished the panels for the canopy a few hours ago. I think it turned out ok. Here's a video of the finished product during feeding time:
[video=youtube_share;g_F_M2SuK4I]http://youtu.be/g_F_M2SuK4I[/video]
Lol- It's only a 55G. I'm 1 foot tall.LOL well bro, it either puts the tanks size in perspective or tells us how short you really are..... very nice work though, just a matter of time before those fish put on some size.
Wish I would of known sooner on the goldfish and I would of had you bring them up this past weekend
Thanks. I need to buy a little step stool. Now that I've added the canopy I struggle to get the food into the feeding hole.awesome lookin, tank. it looks crazy big with you standing next to it while feeding
It's going to look completely empty when i get rid of the goldfish. The Wide Bar SDs are only 3", the Red Fin Balas love to hide and the Yellowtail Rasboras are not shy at all, but they are also small (3"). Once they all grow out I think it will look nicely stocked. I'm picking up two more Wide Bar SDs in a couple minutes to bring my shoal up to 8.Thats AWESOME!!!!! I'd really like to see it when you have it completely set up with all of the fish!!!!!!