Hi

[gahardy]

Hello

I am a 55 year old man living in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. I have a special interest in Ancient Fishes; Ceratodontiformes and Lepidosireniformes (Lungfishes), Polypteriformes (Bichirs), Acipenseriformes (Sturgeons and Paddlefishes), Lepisosteiformes (Gars), Amiiformes (Bowfins) and Osteoglossiformes (Bonytongues).

I have a 77 gal., 38 Tall, 29 Tall, 2-20 Long, 2-10 gal., and 6-51/2 gal. tanks in my home. I am building a 6' x 4' x 2' indoor pond at the moment.

This pond will house my 3-12"+ Polypterus ornatipinnis (Ornate Bichirs) I just acquired. They are a male and 2 females.

I will introduce myself in the ancient fish room too, and would appreciate any help on keeping these magnificent fish (though I have kept Polypterus senegalus (Senegal Bichirs) before and do have experience with these fish some.

 

[CLDarnell]

Hello and welcome to MFK! Nice introduction

 

[sleepyflower]

wow really, what does that look like a indoor pond?!

 

[gahardy]

Well just a large aquarium without a glass wall really. I also have an interest in tropical houseplants and the back edge of the pond will be used for the growing of riparian plants.

 

[Red Devil]

View attachment 560165welcome to mfk.... nice to meet you and glad that your going to share your ancient fish.. with us.. love those arowanas too... enjoy mfk..

 

[Lupin]

to MFK!

 

[gahardy]

Thank you all for the warm welcome. I am very happy to be here. By the way last nite I joined the ancient fishes and Canadian Social Groups

 

[snow]

Hey and thanks for joining my group!
I'm from Surrey B.C., you are just across the water from me.
You should check out the B.C. forum. It's out local fish forum and it's getting larger everyday. It's called bcaquaria.com or you can check out my forum: stingraycanada.com which is a new forum.
There is so much info here on MFK also that you will find everything you need to know about your fish.