How many asian style tanks do you have?

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tjharris315;3005036; said:
Sorry about the crappy pics...the glare from the window was awful so i could only salvage a couple. I figured something was better than nothing. I'll try again soon. Also don't mind the fh. He caught some terrible disease and lost all his scales. Quite literally. I thought he was a goner.
Is that a Pimelodus mysteriosus? It look's strikingly similar to mine, which was sold to me as a 4-Line Pim. (p. blochii).


I like the fish, very nice.
 
Well, now I feel much better about my 75 gallon. It's filtered by a Penguin 330, AC 110, and Fluval 305. It has a 5" albino oscar, 5" green sev, 4" fei feng, 3 3-4" silver dollars, 4 3-4" clown loaches, a 5" syno, and a 9-10" ornate. It's fine for now, but it will be cramped once everyone grows a little more.
 
elindra;3005301;3005301 said:
Another forum I frequent said goldfish and koi bring goodluck too

There is even a fengshui chart on the Arowana but it's in chinese..... I think most can't read it here so I won't post it. And sad to say my Mandarin is not good enough that I can translate it properly
Oh sorry it was late when I posted and forgot to put those in. Yes they are considered fenh shui fish too.
 
Ok here are the full tank shots I owe you guys.
Just did a WC before taking these pics so the water is not fully settled yet.

Frontal Shots:

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Side Shot:
It's terrible coz the glare is so bad you can't see anything but if I use the flash...you get the reflection of the flash

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Two large tanks are Asian theme although one contains my severums so not purely an Asian style tank I guess. I don't think my snail tanks containing assassin snails and canas (invasive species) would count, would they? Assassin snails are from Indonesia/Thailand.

My own perception towards Asian style theme is based on stocking and display rather than actual number of fish.
 
uting;3009372; said:
ok some people are getting confused.

Asian Style= Overstocked tank

Asian Themed= Looks Asian and has fishes from Asia
Thanks for clarifying it, Uting. The wonders of internet and hobby slang.;)
 
elindra;3002257; said:
Lol and I'm from Singapore and I didn't know

I only know that Flower Horns are popular because many claim that numbers (4 digits) appear on their fish and they strike the lottery by buying the numbers.

We do have a lottery here called 4D. There are draws every Wed, Sat & Sun :ROFL:
Actually, I think the Chinese consider 4 a very unlucky number because the number in Chinese sounded similar to the word for death.
 
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