[h=2]You will not believe this: Arapaima Gigas in our stormdrain[/h]
Guys, this is not a joke. I want some tips and advise. Let me explain.
As some of you might know, I live in Thailand and the saying that everything is possible in Thailand, it actually is true in many ways.
We had historical, unprecedented flooding that started in July'11 and finally came to an end in December. It put as much as 22 provinces almost completely under water.
Aside from the humanitarian disaster it caused, it also mean gazillions of fish swimming everywhere.
Now, there's quite a lot of imported/exotic fish kept in Thailand for breeding/farming/fishing. There's big lakes with the biggest monsters you could imagine for purpose of controlled sports fishing which is a tremendously good initiative I think.
But, aside from hundreds of crocodiles, also thousands of these fish went shopping and never came back.
One of them turned up in my factory's stormdrain where we took it out.
So, now we got an approximate 1 meter long Arapaima Gigas in a 500 liter garbage/wheely bin.
Next, what to do with it? I'm no newbie to fishkeeping, but sure am to monster fish keeping.
My stopgap solution is to get my workers dig a meter or so deep hole and drop in a big sail/cover thats normally used for trailers. still got dozens of sandbags the did not help me with 2 meter of water on the road, also...If this monster survived in a 1.5x1.5m stormdrain that is 2m deep since December 1st, with the worst water you can imagine, then I'm quite confident its a strong big badass fish.
Did not see it yet myself and it might have died by the time I get to the factory tomorrow due to shock, my workers took it out and put it in clean tap-water..but in case..
Looking for info and tips on what to do and what not on this...
A Picture attached, clearly you can see the typical pattern for an Arapaima on the tail..
You see the two corners of the bin, where the wheels are attached and the bin is about 1.5 meters long.
Workers put more water in there after the picture was taken, just hoping it will make it to tomorrow.
.
Now, building a pond, I think at 5x3 meter should be possible, then with sandbags around it above groundlevel, I could bring it to about a meter deep for now.
That's for tomorrow and Saturday to finish.
Then get a strong airpump for proper oxygen in the water and make sure there's enough feeders in to keep him/her happy.
Any advise/tips please let me know.
I'm totally new to big big fish, biggest I had so far is in the 20cm range...
Thanks...
Luc
As some of you might know, I live in Thailand and the saying that everything is possible in Thailand, it actually is true in many ways.
We had historical, unprecedented flooding that started in July'11 and finally came to an end in December. It put as much as 22 provinces almost completely under water.
Aside from the humanitarian disaster it caused, it also mean gazillions of fish swimming everywhere.
Now, there's quite a lot of imported/exotic fish kept in Thailand for breeding/farming/fishing. There's big lakes with the biggest monsters you could imagine for purpose of controlled sports fishing which is a tremendously good initiative I think.
But, aside from hundreds of crocodiles, also thousands of these fish went shopping and never came back.
One of them turned up in my factory's stormdrain where we took it out.
So, now we got an approximate 1 meter long Arapaima Gigas in a 500 liter garbage/wheely bin.
Next, what to do with it? I'm no newbie to fishkeeping, but sure am to monster fish keeping.
My stopgap solution is to get my workers dig a meter or so deep hole and drop in a big sail/cover thats normally used for trailers. still got dozens of sandbags the did not help me with 2 meter of water on the road, also...If this monster survived in a 1.5x1.5m stormdrain that is 2m deep since December 1st, with the worst water you can imagine, then I'm quite confident its a strong big badass fish.
Did not see it yet myself and it might have died by the time I get to the factory tomorrow due to shock, my workers took it out and put it in clean tap-water..but in case..
Looking for info and tips on what to do and what not on this...
A Picture attached, clearly you can see the typical pattern for an Arapaima on the tail..
You see the two corners of the bin, where the wheels are attached and the bin is about 1.5 meters long.
Workers put more water in there after the picture was taken, just hoping it will make it to tomorrow.
.
Now, building a pond, I think at 5x3 meter should be possible, then with sandbags around it above groundlevel, I could bring it to about a meter deep for now.
That's for tomorrow and Saturday to finish.
Then get a strong airpump for proper oxygen in the water and make sure there's enough feeders in to keep him/her happy.
Any advise/tips please let me know.
I'm totally new to big big fish, biggest I had so far is in the 20cm range...
Thanks...
Luc
