arapaima

[R1_Ridah]

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD FISH AND GOOD SERVICE FROM THEM........I KNOW MY LFS BUYS FROM THEM AS WELL...........


HOW DID YOU GET RIPPED OFF ???

Same here, even been to their place... hmmh... They do supply many of the lfs in my area as well.

 

[wizzin]

dude 2000 gallons isnt gonna cut it at all! get atleast 6000 gallons and then those fish might be happy

IT WAS A JOKE! I don't think 6k is enough. more like 30,000. In other words, leave these fish to the zoos.

 

[HKN]

I HAD MINE FOR OVER A MONTH AND LET ME TELL YOU...BOTH EAT ALL THE TIME...THEY ALWAYS HAVE A GUT OF SOME SORT AND I CHANGE THE WATER WEEKLY...AND THEY HAD NOT GROWN 2"...SORRY BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. HOWEVER ONE IS GROWING FASTER THAN THE OTHER BUT STILL NOT 2"...MAYBE 0.5" - 1.0"

BEFORE I GET HIT UP WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS...THEY ARE IN MY 40 TEMP TANK AND NO, I DO NOT PLAN ON KEEPING THEM IN IT LONG. THEY WERE IN IT BECASUE THEY HAD FEEDING PROBLEMS. I PLAN ON GETTING THEM A 180 SOON AND EVENTUALLY TRANSFER THEM TO A POND OR DONATE THEM TO A INSTITUTION OF SOME SORT IF THEY LIVE THAT LONG, HAHAHA.

IF SOMEONE WANTS ONE, LET THEM GET ONE AND EVENTUALLY THAT PERSON WILL SEE THAT THE FISH IS GETTING TO BIG TO HANDLE FINANCIALLY (SPACE AND FEEDING) AND WILL HAVE TO RESITUATE THE FISH. IT'S A HOBBY...LET FOLKS HAVE FUN AND LEARN...EITHER BY LISTENING OR THE HARD WAY...PAYING.

 

[ethnics]

you guys are crazy LOL. of course 6k gallons is fine, its all on dimensions. "more like 30,000 gallons". dude, they are not gonna need that for over 15 years. i doubt im gonna even be into fish in 15 years, maybe i will. n maybe then i will have a 30k gallon tank. but you guys are still crazy. you always jump the gun on every species saying BIGGER BIGGER BIGGER.

 

[HKN]

I SECOND THAT OBSERVATION WITH PPL...JUST BE HAPPY FOR PPL WHO WANT TO ENJOY NATURE AND LEARN...I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT A GIGA CAN GET UP TO 3-4 FEET IN LESS THAN 2-3 YRS IN CAPTIVITY...AND WHO IS TO SAY WHATWILL HAPPEN TO THE FISH OR ITS OWNER IN 2-3 YEARS...

LET'S BE A LITTLE MORE SENSIBLE FOLKS AND STOP SCARING POTENTIAL HOBBYISTS. I THINK ADVICE ON HOW TO ACCLIMATE THE FISH TO CAPTIVITY MIGHT BE MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN SCARING AND CRITICIZING PPL...JUST MY 2 CENTS...NO OFFENSE BUT I'M SURE SOMEONE WILL BE THOUGH, HAHA

 

[BIGgourami]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3163944

that pool is actually a good size and a good idea. if only it had a bigger window and better wall support. if a large pima decides to ram that thing, it's going DOWN!
how big do the get like 8-10 ft.?

 

[BIGgourami]

how would you filter that thing tho? big ass sump? a row of canisters?

 

[cichlaguapote]

I SECOND THAT OBSERVATION WITH PPL...JUST BE HAPPY FOR PPL WHO WANT TO ENJOY NATURE AND LEARN...I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT A GIGA CAN GET UP TO 3-4 FEET IN LESS THAN 2-3 YRS IN CAPTIVITY...AND WHO IS TO SAY WHATWILL HAPPEN TO THE FISH OR ITS OWNER IN 2-3 YEARS...

LET'S BE A LITTLE MORE SENSIBLE FOLKS AND STOP SCARING POTENTIAL HOBBYISTS. I THINK ADVICE ON HOW TO ACCLIMATE THE FISH TO CAPTIVITY MIGHT BE MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN SCARING AND CRITICIZING PPL...JUST MY 2 CENTS...NO OFFENSE BUT I'M SURE SOMEONE WILL BE THOUGH, HAHA

First look for the caps lock key

Second no one's trying to scar anyone, but there is ethics IMO with any of these fish. To simply buy and thinking either the fish will die, the owner will die or it will be given away to a public aquarium or something is a unique approach.

It's just how big these get. I'll stick with whatever john says simply because he owns some that are into adulthood now.

 

[cichlaguapote]

Also what happens when everyone buys gigas they don't have planned room for... Another snakehead incident? or perhaps the lfs is gonna take in a ton of 3-4' gigas? or perhaps public aquariums will take them since they won't take most other fish?

 

[xxblwn408]

Problem solved...
I am going to bid on one. When it is to BIG, I would like to invite you all to a BBQ at my house. NO JOKE!!

I hear they are a delacacy in the UK.