RESCUED ARAPAIMA GIGAS

[TLkmDN]

hey guys i found this little critter in a LFS kept in a 0.5feet by 1 feet setup!!! i was like OMG!!! MUM WE HAVE TO SAVE HIM!! he wont live!!!! and luckily my 7 foot tank isnt even stocked yet so we decided to pay the 200 ringgit price tag and rescue him. i call him LUCKY since he is kinda lucky i JUST saw him...

 

[frasertheking]

nice

hes gonna have a great life if hes going in your pond , now he wont die in a 10g .
good luck

 

[TLkmDN]

lol i WISH my pond was big enuf...it would only be good for a short period of time. i intend to release him in the lake behind my house that also falls on my dad's property (so its totally legal) there r other huge fish and many feeder fish....this is after he eventually outgrows the pond though. another alternative would be to give it to the aquaria exhibit where they have 3 arapaimas already.

 

[frasertheking]

got any pics of that lake ?

 

[TLkmDN]

lol since u asked ill take a walk down later and snap sum...its pretty huge...like bigger than olympic size pool...there are flowerhorns...carp...snakeheads...silver arowanas...parrot fish...cichlids....people have obviously been throwing a lot of fish in there..and they have bred like mad...if u fish there (like i did b4) u would get a bite every 30 seconds....no joke)

 

[frasertheking]

sounds cool .

wonder what a 10 foot fish will do to the system

 

[moxxommox]

lake or pond?

 

[TLkmDN]

it is an enclosed man made lake on my dad's property so im pretty sure its not going to ruin any ecosystems. keyword: manmade

 

[frasertheking]

sounds cool . you should catch some of the silvers for your pond

 

[Nic]

nice pick up glad you saved it looking forward to pics of the lake...