It's been a bit silent, as we had an unexpected second cold-spell, I went through quite some trouble to keep Mr. T. ok.
He suffered, had some fin rot starting and I found quite some holes from rats in one side of the pond.
All of that you can find in this thread:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?567233-Arapaima-Faded-Fin-Tip-amp-Rot
The 2 river-fly turtles have also arrived. Will put some videos up soon, but for now, they are doing fine, starting to get onto their prawns.
They are really nice. Gracious in their way of almost 'flying' through the water like a bird.
Mr. T. is fully back to normal. Eating well and his pond looks perfect at the moment, crystal clear water and a very clean liner thanks to additional suckerfish that came from the emptied Koi-pond.
Koi's will today go back in as they also suffered some infection. Lost a few, but the rest now ok.
This week likely also get the Archer Fish in there. Still at my house.
2nd Oscar is doing well, found his place in the big pond. Eating well, growing well.
Finally also got around to repairing the leaking settling tank. All redone and in mint condition.
RTC's are just enjoying all the food they get and one of the Peacock Bass managed to hang on my Cleaning Lady's finger when she had a prawn for Mr. T...lol.
Got two meters to keep an eye on water. Salinity is at 0.90ppt which I will keep adding slowly to bring it up to 1.50ppt. Helps Mr. T to get his color back.
Ph is at 7.8 which is a nice middle range for him.
After settling some other things, I'll be hunting for a nice Arowana, first at home to grown him, after that to join the River Fly Turtles.
That's all for now, hope later to manage some pictures/video of things.
Cheers,
Luc
