TLkmDN's LATEST TRANSFER to POND! (Green Arow) (18/6/2010)

[ctoychik]

Haha i know ure think im dumb for choosing those fish buttt there is method to my madness...The royal clown knifefish and the TSNs are the only fish in the pond that do not eat LIVE food....By putting them in the tank, i will no longer have to put live food in the pond. This will
1.)vastly improve water quality,
2.)reduce the chance of other fish jumping put of pond while hunting and
3.)also reduces the amount of fish killed in the pond everyday (yes i believe in karma haha).
4.)Also the TSNs and Royal CKs are hard to film or take pictures of in the pond...this is a great chance to properly view true MONSTERS!

Make sense actually. so no more live food in your pond. so you are going to try to wean these off live food. good luck - i recon TSN would be easier to break. not sure about knife as i never had one. but that is going to take some time in any case

how r u going to catch them? fishing? heheheh

 

[TLkmDN]

Make sense actually. so no more live food in your pond. so you are going to try to wean these off live food. good luck - i recon TSN would be easier to break. not sure about knife as i never had one. but that is going to take some time in any case

how r u going to catch them? fishing? heheheh

i may try and wean them off live food but its probably impossible...they are too old to be taught new tricks but yeh...ive had a change of heart...i may get new fish haha. but if i do, they have to be crazyyyy....im talking piraibai...wallago leerii or paima territory..otherwise its no point...

 

[TLkmDN]

<sigh> ... the paima must have been 3'+ i mean they were almost 3' when i moved them couple of months ago before i left. the cover i put would have been adequate when i left but they must have grown quite a bit (and no extra was added). i mean i have seen them jump in the glass tank and i mean when they are spooked they jump several times in succession. so i can imagine if a close to 4' paima started jumping it will eventually get out. hmmm gotta review the cover ...

Hopefully they get more mellow when they grow up. never seen my neighbors paimas jump but then again they dont live with RTCs ... may be RTC nibbled on that paimas so it freaked and start jumping.

froom what i hear RTC nibbles on marble pim (noway that one can be eaten cos it is a monster as well) ....still

yeh i barely see large paimas jump...the ones in the aquariums seem so calm and mellow. they definitely slow down as they get older...the trick is to get them to that size!!! thats one of the factors that keep me away from paimas...i just dont wana deal with the heartbreak of another jumper...especially after u grow them from babies!!!

 

[ctoychik]

paimas seem and obvious choice though the jumping out bit can be problematic .... hehehe wallago could be fun and it is native to the region ^^ what about ARTC those gets huge as well

but paimas would be show pieces for your pond bro ^^

 

[ctoychik]

i take it you finished your exams, ey?

 

[ctoychik]

yeh i barely see large paimas jump...the ones in the aquariums seem so calm and mellow. they definitely slow down as they get older...the trick is to get them to that size!!! thats one of the factors that keep me away from paimas...i just dont wana deal with the heartbreak of another jumper...especially after u grow them from babies!!!

well, you new tank should be able to grow out until 3' mark though that is still not pass the danger zone.

the good news is that they grown really fast. i mean really really fast

 

[TLkmDN]

i take it you finished your exams, ey?

yeh finished all my exams! at home in malaysia chilling now...just had a meeting with these custom fish tank guys yesterday concerning my new tank...its so damn expensive cuz its made of reinforced concrete and thick tempered glass!

hmmm yehhh paimas will be absolutely beautiful...maybe its worth a shot hahaha..damnit! but if i buy them, im getting a pair...i heard they do better in groups wen they are younger and scared....

 

[ctoychik]

yeh finished all my exams! at home in malaysia chilling now...just had a meeting with these custom fish tank guys yesterday concerning my new tank...its so damn expensive cuz its made of reinforced concrete and thick tempered glass!

hmmm yehhh paimas will be absolutely beautiful...maybe its worth a shot hahaha..damnit! but if i buy them, im getting a pair...i heard they do better in groups wen they are younger and scared....

i never raised a single one. go pair or three... yes, the set up that you want is gonna be costly heheheh especially since you want 3' high ...

good luck

PS: i can only update when i go back T_T have not seen my fishes in couple of months (seems ages)

 

[TLkmDN]

i never raised a single one. go pair or three... yes, the set up that you want is gonna be costly heheheh especially since you want 3' high ...

good luck

PS: i can only update when i go back T_T have not seen my fishes in couple of months (seems ages)

cool cant wait to see latest pictures of ure paima! must be huge by now! i was thinking, maybe if i trained paimas to eat dead food they will be more calm. then they wont have to hunt (so less aggressive)...but its just a thought...

 

[ctoychik]

cool cant wait to see latest pictures of ure paima! must be huge by now! i was thinking, maybe if i trained paimas to eat dead food they will be more calm. then they wont have to hunt (so less aggressive)...but its just a thought...

i never had any problems teaching them to eat dead food. they take quite readily to deshelled market prawn - mine eat chopped fish as well. and hikari pellets ... errr only hikari floating

in fact, LFS feed them shrimp (freshwater small ones).

dont worry no difficulty breaking them - they dont mind