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Postby Yodins » May 4th, 2012, 9:30 pm

Yodins wrote:i saw fishy bizniz sellin alligator gars or what he claims to be them for 250 and aros for 400. anyone can verify the gars if they are alligators and does anyone know where i can get cheaper silver aros?

tomorow i hopefully will take pics nd post it.

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Postby ryan99tt » May 5th, 2012, 1:55 am

i sure dey are alligator gars...a few shipments of dem already came into the country ah while back...u may be able to get cheaper arowannas at chais or charrans fishfarm....

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Postby Kasey » May 5th, 2012, 8:32 pm

I bought two arowanas from Chais on Wednesday at $200 each !!!!!!!

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Postby Yodins » May 5th, 2012, 10:29 pm

nice Kasey! how big were they? around a finger length? were they the normal silver arowanas? do you need a secure cover for them on your aquarium? are they hardy fish (pH/salinity tolerant etc.) ? i wanna know all about them by Sunday (possibly my birthday gift).

same thing for the gars

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Postby napster16 » May 6th, 2012, 12:27 am

http://www.putlocker.com/file/FD6754CBF7A32BFC#

I think TANKED is my new favourite show :D

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Postby HondaB20B » May 6th, 2012, 3:27 pm

napster16 wrote:http://www.putlocker.com/file/FD6754CBF7A32BFC#

I think TANKED is my new favourite show :D



All that fish in the MOB experience tank mustbe aint even last the next morning due to no no live rock. At 1100gal, unless they have a sump about 5-600gal with cured live rock? And they even mix salt the same evening and put in all those big fish........LOL.
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Postby Kasey » May 6th, 2012, 4:27 pm

Yodins wrote:nice Kasey! how big were they? around a finger length? were they the normal silver arowanas? do you need a secure cover for them on your aquarium? are they hardy fish (pH/salinity tolerant etc.) ? i wanna know all about them by Sunday (possibly my birthday gift).

same thing for the gars

Total length bout 4 inches. Yes silver, you would have to pay much much much more for any other color. The silver arowanas are the cheapest type of arowana. You need a secure cover for ur aquarium, but mine not jumpin yet as he in a 4 ft tank so that huge for his size right now. They are hardy fish cause once they are broken in with non-live food, they eat almost anything.

The one Chais's has are not broken to non-live food, they feed them feeder fish (aka drain fish). U'll have to do that urself by starving them for a day or two, and hope they start to eat pellet or somm after.

Good luck.

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Postby UML » May 6th, 2012, 7:03 pm

Kasey wrote:
Yodins wrote:nice Kasey! how big were they? around a finger length? were they the normal silver arowanas? do you need a secure cover for them on your aquarium? are they hardy fish (pH/salinity tolerant etc.) ? i wanna know all about them by Sunday (possibly my birthday gift).

same thing for the gars

Total length bout 4 inches. Yes silver, you would have to pay much much much more for any other color. The silver arowanas are the cheapest type of arowana. You need a secure cover for ur aquarium, but mine not jumpin yet as he in a 4 ft tank so that huge for his size right now. They are hardy fish cause once they are broken in with non-live food, they eat almost anything.

The one Chais's has are not broken to non-live food, they feed them feeder fish (aka drain fish). U'll have to do that urself by starving them for a day or two, and hope they start to eat pellet or somm after.

Good luck.


better cover ur tank buddy....they jump!!! unless u life an empty 4ft tank :wink:

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Postby Yodins » May 6th, 2012, 7:42 pm

Kasey wrote:
Yodins wrote:nice Kasey! how big were they? around a finger length? were they the normal silver arowanas? do you need a secure cover for them on your aquarium? are they hardy fish (pH/salinity tolerant etc.) ? i wanna know all about them by Sunday (possibly my birthday gift).

same thing for the gars

Total length bout 4 inches. Yes silver, you would have to pay much much much more for any other color. The silver arowanas are the cheapest type of arowana. You need a secure cover for ur aquarium, but mine not jumpin yet as he in a 4 ft tank so that huge for his size right now. They are hardy fish cause once they are broken in with non-live food, they eat almost anything.

The one Chais's has are not broken to non-live food, they feed them feeder fish (aka drain fish). U'll have to do that urself by starving them for a day or two, and hope they start to eat pellet or somm after.

Good luck.


tnx man. you think you could put pics of your set up?
do you think 1 can live in a 3ft tank with probably an ocsar?

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Postby Kasey » May 7th, 2012, 2:10 pm

UML wrote:
Kasey wrote:
Yodins wrote:nice Kasey! how big were they? around a finger length? were they the normal silver arowanas? do you need a secure cover for them on your aquarium? are they hardy fish (pH/salinity tolerant etc.) ? i wanna know all about them by Sunday (possibly my birthday gift).

same thing for the gars

Total length bout 4 inches. Yes silver, you would have to pay much much much more for any other color. The silver arowanas are the cheapest type of arowana. You need a secure cover for ur aquarium, but mine not jumpin yet as he in a 4 ft tank so that huge for his size right now. They are hardy fish cause once they are broken in with non-live food, they eat almost anything.

The one Chais's has are not broken to non-live food, they feed them feeder fish (aka drain fish). U'll have to do that urself by starving them for a day or two, and hope they start to eat pellet or somm after.

Good luck.


better cover ur tank buddy....they jump!!! unless u life an empty 4ft tank :wink:

Note that I did not say that my tank was not covered. I just said that the aro not jumpin and the tank is huge for him for now (my tank is covered). Also the tank is not empty. Its got 2 baby IR sharks, 2 Baby red tail sharks, 2 baby rainbow sharks and four 4" Bala sharks. Tank is adequately stocked for now (when the fish start to get big I know I will have to de-stock). Everyone happy for now.

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Re: Trinituner Fish Keepers, Aquarists & Aquascapers...

Postby superman cre8tions » May 7th, 2012, 4:16 pm

Hi Guys,
Got a Freshwater stingray (retic) with fugus on its tail .
What can i use to fix this problem .? i know they are very sensitive to meds .

Any advice?

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Postby napster16 » May 7th, 2012, 6:10 pm

htttp://www.reefcentral.com

Got to understand that many of the constructions from 'TANKED' turn out to be no good. Just for entertainment purposes. Not to mention the livestock dying and 'not so strong' builds.. :( :|

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Postby ryan99tt » May 7th, 2012, 7:06 pm

anybody know where have gars?

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Postby UML » May 7th, 2012, 8:25 pm

HondaB20B wrote:
napster16 wrote:http://www.putlocker.com/file/FD6754CBF7A32BFC#

I think TANKED is my new favourite show :D



All that fish in the MOB experience tank mustbe aint even last the next morning due to no no live rock. At 1100gal, unless they have a sump about 5-600gal with cured live rock? And they even mix salt the same evening and put in all those big fish........LOL.
The phonebooth and all.......................NEVER HAPPEN.

I must admit, nice ideas though


napster16 wrote:htttp://www.reefcentral.com

Got to understand that many of the constructions from 'TANKED' turn out to be no good. Just for entertainment purposes. Not to mention the livestock dying and 'not so strong' builds.. :( :|


There is an excellent article about Season 2 of Tanked in the May 2012 issue of Tropical Fish Magazine. In this article, they talk about their quarantine process, including how they utilize local stores to help with their quarantine process while they are building the tanks. Apparently, they got loads of hate mail because they weren't even mentioning what all of us would refer to as the critical parts of successful fishkeeping. Very worthwhile magazine and article. Highly recommend you guys read it.


Wayde says, “We make sure any of the fish that we’re going to get are eating and are in good shape and condition. Reality TV is reality TV; most of the time everything looks like it’s done overnight. We don’t want people to think that it’s being done overnight—people need to understand that all the builds and everything that we do, they don’t happen instantaneously; it takes time. We do whatever we can to ensure the proper environment for the fish, whether it be food, feeding, so forth and so on.”





btw check the Scotland aquarium at 0:28



Brett’s favorite tank that he installed is in Scotland and is a whopping 32 feet tall and 11 feet in diameter. In fact, there was no crane in Scotland large enough to support the aquarium, so one had to be driven in from London. Located on what used to be the Gleneagles golf course, the tank is in a four-story private home that was designed around the aquarium. The tank and installation cost $1.6 million and has everything from sharks and rays to triggers and angelfish.

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Postby SHARIFF » May 7th, 2012, 9:06 pm

superman cre8tions wrote:Hi Guys,
Got a Freshwater stingray (retic) with fugus on its tail .
What can i use to fix this problem .? i know they are very sensitive to meds .

Any advice?

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Postby Yodins » May 7th, 2012, 9:07 pm

ryan99tt wrote:anybody know where have gars?

fishy bizniz. 250 each

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Postby UML » May 7th, 2012, 9:38 pm

HondaB20B wrote:http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2167302


cant view the pics because im not a member and i not feeling to join



I think youll see most, if not all, them out for sale eventually. We know the time and dedication it takes to maintain a SW aquarium. These customers DONT. The show puts a SUPERSTOOOOPID tank in their busines and/or home, and they have no clue of the time. Therefore into the classifieds it goes. These guys really oughtta educate their customer first. So all these fish dont die....especially since most of them I could never afford.



Originally Posted by Landsailor View Post
That would be the reason for the first sentence in the first paragraph.

Before the episode with the Black Spade Tattoo aired, a local posted about the owner having nothing but trouble with it and how everything had died within a few days of installation. Shocker.

See now I heard from a local the exact opposite. Soooo, I guess we need some proof of either outcome.


Originally Posted by WienerDog View Post
I think youll see most, if not all, them out for sale eventually. We know the time and dedication it takes to maintain a SW aquarium. These customers DONT. The show puts a SUPERSTOOOOPID tank in their busines and/or home, and they have no clue of the time. Therefore into the classifieds it goes. These guys really oughtta educate their customer first. So all these fish dont die....especially since most of them I could never afford.

Except they have had quite a few customers they do tanks for that are repeat customers.


:idea:


i hope all these dont die

http://www.acrylicaquariums.com/gallery

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Postby napster16 » May 8th, 2012, 12:34 am

I don't think all are dying... but most likely, being a tv show and so on, I've noticed that some of the people have some ridiculous demands of them and they do some kinda workaround to fulfill the customers' ghastly requests for THE MONEY and don't even contemplate every aspect of the aquascaping process :| :roll:

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Postby sharkman121 » May 12th, 2012, 1:00 am

no selling of livestock in this thread guys, dont want the thread to get deleted.

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Postby mojosodope » May 12th, 2012, 2:47 am

trying to start a small aquarium, something simple, saw these guppies online

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... catid=3172

where can I get some of these?, thanks

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Postby 1NZ-FE Powered » May 16th, 2012, 9:37 am

Guys, looking for some plants to do some aquascaping in a freshwater aquarium. Where to look for amazon swords & java moss??

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Postby napster16 » May 16th, 2012, 10:16 pm

People, what are your thoughts about building tanks with glass vs. acrylic/plexiglass...As much personal experience as possible please

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Postby saintdrm » May 17th, 2012, 5:22 pm

Building a tank out of acrylic is more expensive than glass

As with glass as the height of the tank increases so does the thickness of acrylic sheet needed but by a greater amount than that of glass. i.e you can build a 3ft high tank with 1/2" glass where as you would need around 7/8" acrylic for that same height tank.

You can build taller tanks with acrylic as thicker acrylic is easier to get than thicker glass. Also there is a certain height that silicone would fail under that the chemically bonded acrylic would not.

Acrylic tanks are lighter, stronger, safer, easier to modify (drill etc) than glass tanks.

Acrylic tanks are clearer (unless you use iron free glass) , scratch easier than glass. but it is also easier to remove said scratches.

You need specialized knowledge and equipment to build acrylic tanks. Unless you don't care about safety or the overall look of the finished product.

Acrylic tanks are not as thermally conductive as glass.

Its harder to find people to make quality acrylic tanks in Trinidad than glass tanks.

Hope that helps.

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Postby napster16 » May 17th, 2012, 6:19 pm

Thanks .... was checking out a place called FlexiPlex... but up to now they can't respond to my email -_- 1 week now

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Postby LucaG » May 22nd, 2012, 12:29 pm

Hey guys, i have a 60 gal saltwater tank. I have my skimmer and phosban reactor running on the tank presently. I have the tank running about close to a month now and my nitrate does not want to drop. Other than doing water changes is there anything else i can try ? I used instant ocean nitrate reducer but no change. I am looking to setup a coral tank and then add back my fish. Help needed.

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Postby rmtuner » May 22nd, 2012, 12:42 pm

What type of filtration you got? Wet/Dry? Refugium? You have enough live rock?


LucaG wrote:Hey guys, i have a 60 gal saltwater tank. I have my skimmer and phosban reactor running on the tank presently. I have the tank running about close to a month now and my nitrate does not want to drop. Other than doing water changes is there anything else i can try ? I used instant ocean nitrate reducer but no change. I am looking to setup a coral tank and then add back my fish. Help needed.

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