who said aro could not have tank mates????
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nice set up, the conventional way of sump. i assume that your main tank is the one at the right side of the picture... but i was wondering why there are piping in each section/baffles of the sump? i also assume that the chamber where you have the japanese media are all closed? and your plants??? potted and only few? how can it absorbed ammonium nitrate at that quantity?
now i understand why you can not conceptualized the 8 weeks period without water change!
now i understand why you can not conceptualized the 8 weeks period without water change!
By your logic, it is ok for someone to try to keep an arapaima in a 10 gallon tank for life. I fail to see how this qualifies as common sense.
I figured this is how you felt, but I had to see it to believe it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We should agree to disagree. I understand you think my point of view is just as ridiculous as I find yours, so can we just leave it at that?
Remember the grouper? Either make up your mind, or know what you're talking, before you start talking!
That grouper was not 4' long. Regardless of it's actual size, I don't believe it will survive for very much longer in that (150G?) tank.
In regards to the OPs claims on his nitrate readings, unless you have actually tried using massive amounts of plants to remove ammonia and nitrates, perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss his statements. Plants feed on Ammonia and Nitrates, so I don't think his claims are that unbelievable. I would love to see more pictures of the filtration on this tank.
jlnguyen74, it looks like we have something in common after all...we both enjoy riding high on our horses- you in regards to the OPs nitrates claims and me in regards to minimum tank size requirements. lol
I apologize to the OP for bickering on your thread. Can you post more pix of your filtration?
Yes it does work! Fat deposits can build up in the eyes, so keeping your aro looking up instead of down will help prevent drop eye.
Arowanas are surface feeders and they usually chase their prey in the water looking around. Some food in the tank will sink to the bottom so aros will spend much their hunting time looking down to search for the food. When this becomes a habit, it can cause them to look down all the time and over time, their eyes can become permanently like that.
no problem, i am just shock how harsh are people around here. it seems everyone is trying to say " hey, i am the best and what you are saying is not in accordance with my book!"
but i like what one member had said: "there are times it is better to keep what you know by yourself" if someone is having difficulty coping with high ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and pH... so be it. that is his problem... if i have easy way of keeping my water parameters in good condition, so be it, i will keep doing it.
no one deserved being ridiculed and insulted as if you are the expert of this thing. i thought this is a friendly community but i was wrong!
I understand both sides to both arguments going on here. I have seen how well filtration like Draco is talking about. I know my reef tank can go for 3 months between water changes before i start to get any real build up of nitrate (10PPM or more). Before seeing it first hand work so well i would have disagreed myself, and as for "tank size" everyone will have different views. Some people will say a 220g tank is plenty big enough for a aro others say you need atleast 500+. In the end its all opinion since it is almost impossible to give these kind of fish the true space the need compared to what they have in the wild. Water change are important for more then just the waste in the water though. They help take out the pheromones the fish release.
how nice of you to share your idea. are you not afraid to get howling reaction? i can relate on the 3 months period without much water change because i was able to do longer than that.
wait for the violent reaction LOL!
wait for the violent reaction LOL!
"howled" at? lol im deployed i'ld rather just being getting howled at then shot at!!!! lol I have thick skin i can take a little harassment. Just remember places like this its not what you say but how you say and your openness to learn and grow to better your fish keeping skills.
I wouldn't even bother to convince a person who only keeps goldfish so far to realize how much waste arowana or catfish can produce. I can only lead a horse to the water, but I can't make it drink.By your logic, it is ok for someone to try to keep an arapaima in a 10 gallon tank for life. I fail to see how this qualifies as common sense.
I figured this is how you felt, but I had to see it to believe it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. We should agree to disagree. I understand you think my point of view is just as ridiculous as I find yours, so can we just leave it at that?
That grouper was not 4' long. Regardless of it's actual size, I don't believe it will survive for very much longer in that (150G?) tank.
In regards to the OPs claims on his nitrate readings, unless you have actually tried using massive amounts of plants to remove ammonia and nitrates, perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss his statements. Plants feed on Ammonia and Nitrates, so I don't think his claims are that unbelievable. I would love to see more pictures of the filtration on this tank.
jlnguyen74, it looks like we have something in common after all...we both enjoy riding high on our horses- you in regards to the OPs nitrates claims and me in regards to minimum tank size requirements. lol
I apologize to the OP for bickering on your thread. Can you post more pix of your filtration?
Do you realize that a reef tank is much different with your tank, which has arowana, two catfish, and few other fish?
