That New Fish Feeling ^^ (part II)

[ctoychik]

So the wait is over and i have received my second last batch of fishes ^^ Got my HBRTG and black aros (+L114 pleco), thanx to our MFK resident vendor

... but lots of problems along the way on my side - i can write an entire book on this ^^

The fish went into store in Singapore on THU and arrived in Vientiane on FRI at 9.00pm local time but they got to the fish tank at around 3.00am in the morning. The guy charged with picking up the fish by my bro went to wait for cargo in passenger terminal by the time he realized that he was at the wrong place, the airport shutdown. He calls and asks is it OK to pick it up in the morning - i said no way (did not want to risk it). luckily he could tracked down the guy in charge of the store to get the fish out...had to get the guy from night club at one in the morning.

So then i was on the phone guiding my brother on how to climatize the fish and all that at least 3.00am. But anyway, all turned out fine.

HBRTG is in with arapaimas and recently moved X-back golden (who apparently rules that 8' tank) ... from a scared victim in his lonely 6' now he terrorizes the paimas. The new comer HBRTG is significanly smaller than X-back. hmmmm X-back is three finger deep while almost two finger deep so you can imagine the length difference. No fighting so far, but from what i hear from home, they swim side by side (HBRTG follows X-back all around the tank) - no torn tails or fins ... yet (hope it keeps that way). HBRTG has not been spotted eating yet i suppose i better get a green aro to go in with them seeing that my current green is somewhat deformed

Black aro was deemed to be too small and delicate to risk putting in with HBRTG and X-back and paima ... sort of brown now... so he inherited 6' tank with L114 which is also super puny. Black aro is eating hikari floating sticks already!!!!!

obviously, no way to tell if puny L114 is eating or not ....

My bro promised me to email pix of the new fish but have not done so. anyway, i am heading back the coming weekend so will update then.

PS: do you guys recon they would have survived by SAT morning?

 

[ctoychik]

So, finally i got around to taking photos of the new fish that arrived last week . Babies only: black and HBRTG aro + a baby L-114

The black aro was soooooooooo small that i could not immediately find him. It has been awhile since i had such a puny fish ... soooooooooooo cute though andis eating hikari floating sticks already. Also accepts frozen bloodworm cubes in small quantities. Feeding three times a day. Does not seem to be shy - hopefully stays that way.

HBRTG was put in with arapaimas and X-back aro (+NTT). Hmmm, no one killed him - in fact he seem to be holding his ground quite well...though there are couple of missing scales i think. No torn fins though. Definitely not shy. Comes to fore if i approach the tank. Begs to be fed (this is a new one for me). Eats live crickets and pieces of market prawn. hmmm, only chews on hikari pellets but spits them out later ... hmmm, still working on that. More pictures of him will be posted in the arapaima tank section (that new tank feeling thread).

L-114 was soooooooooooo small that even took longer to find. He lives with black aro in 6' tank. He spends his time under and on sponge filter. No sighting of him eating ... that is a bit worrying. But perhaps algae is enough when they are small. Anyway, there is always small pieces of left overs from black aro falling to the bottom.

So here they are.

PS: the pix of the tank is 6' and is occupied by black and L114. Black jumps backwards and forward as it pleases