Some pics of my tank and fish

Finally got around to taking a few pics of my tank and fish, so here ya's go, tell me what you guys think! (Sorry bout the quality it's a cheap camera!)






















There are allot more fish in the tank then can be seen in these pics, unfortunatly my Ornate bichir, Fire Eel and others decided not to show, these are two of the biggest fish I have, and I rarely see them!

Anyway the tanks 5 foot long, and holds nearly 400 litres, has 2 fluval 305's external and one fluval 4 plus internal, also an airpump for filtration. Lighting consists of 2 "original tropical" tubes with metal reflectors built into the hood.

Fish are GT, Pike cichlid, Fire eel, Ornate Bichir, Grey Bichir, Flowerhorn, Chocolate cichlid, Armoured catfish, Common Pleco. Average fish size is around 8"s

I also have an electric blue Jack dempsey, Snakehead, Delhezi Bichir, and Albino grey bicher growing on for this tank.

Very nice looking large tank, Trimax - Thank you for sharing the pics with us.

Very large fish

Valerie

nice tank! and love the fish mix of fish!! how big is your Bichir senegalus? also what type of snakehead do you have..? i have a snakehead (Channa Gachua) in a 70L but i didnt think he would mix well with my fish in my 800L tank, all larger..

very nice healthy looking fish there, looking at yours make me miss the breeding pair of gt's i had a few yrs ago, any aggression with that mix??

Alex wrote:

nice tank! and love the fish mix of fish!! how big is your Bichir senegalus? also what type of snakehead do you have..? i have a snakehead (Channa Gachua) in a 70L but i didnt think he would mix well with my fish in my 800L tank, all larger..

Thanks! Yeah it's an interesting mix alright, allot of thought and reading went into it, and allot of trial and error! The grey bichir is around 8 " and thin like a ropefish, I have an ornate in there thats around 12", and about twice the thickness of my thumb! but they don't bother each other, plenty of room for each. I have no idea what species of snakehead I have yet , it's only 2 " so it looks like allot of juveniles i've seen pics of on the web of various species. All I can say is it's pale and has 2 faint lateral stripes on it's side. Keeping an eye on it, first sign of it bothering my electric blue jd and it's back to the shop!

sheag35 wrote:

very nice healthy looking fish there, looking at yours make me miss the breeding pair of gt's i had a few yrs ago, any aggression with that mix??

Thanks man! I've tried allot of species with the GT to make sure it's peaceful. I think you have to choose one species you want to keep and build around it. In this case the GT, it's his tank and if any fish bothers him or gets bullied by him I bring it back to the shop. I've tried several catfish species, an oscar, black belt cichlid, red devil, salvini, satanoperca, severum, silver dollars to name a few, all we're of good size and all we're attacked, so I got them out of there. so it's very peaceful normally. Although I've recently added a chocolate cichlid and flowerhorn. So far the chocolates untouched and a keeper, the flowerhorn is being chased and some lip locking went on so he's probably gonna go. i'm not nearly done experimenting though!

Funny thing is the biggest trouble maker i've added was a 15" gibbiceps pleco! He was insanely aggressive nearly killed my gt and oscar! needless to say he's gone back to the shop.

One thing i've learned for sure, never add a cichlid thats bigger or equal to your dominant cichlid, and never add one that has simular colouration. Oh an GT's HATE wood catfish!

Cool Tank and fish Trimax. I would love to set up a tank like that but have never got around to it yet, over the next few months I might start, few other projects I want to get around to first. So will be calling on you for advice when the time comes

Cheers
Alan.

Hello jim wow I just read your thread and I'm very impressed with your mix of monster fishes and even having a silver arowana indeed one great tank. Is the Flowerhorn not bullying anyone? What's your ph levels now and nice flora too. I love them bichirs I had a good bunch before ornatopinnis, dhelhezi, senegalus, endlicheri and even a rope fish congrats well done

Ian wrote:

Hello jim wow I just read your thread and I'm very impressed with your mix of monster fishes and even having a silver arowana indeed one great tank. Is the Flowerhorn not bullying anyone? What's your ph levels now and nice flora too. I love them bichirs I had a good bunch before ornatopinnis, dhelhezi, senegalus, endlicheri and even a rope fish congrats well done

Thanks very much Ian! My PH is usually hovering around 6.7 which is fine for what I keep. Used to have a ropefish but unfortunately it was a poor specimen, unwell when I got it. I thought I could nurse it back to health but it died shortly after i got it. The Flowerhorn is the same size as the GT and male aswell. So far the FH is sticking to his cave and the area above it, comes out to feed. Whenever yhe GT and the FH get too close the GT chases the FH back to its cave but does not go in or actually hurt the FH, its all show so I am not sure if I will keep it yet have to see if it settles down. He's still showing some stress bars and darkened colours but it's only been a week. seems to be improving in mood by the day.

Lovely FH I hope I can keep it, has a golden head, salmon pink belly and white sides with strong trimaculatum spots.

Zoom wrote:

Cool Tank and fish Trimax. I would love to set up a tank like that but have never got around to it yet, over the next few months I might start, few other projects I want to get around to first. So will be calling on you for advice when the time comes

Cheers
Alan.

Thanks Alan, yeah anytime man i'd be happy to give advice

I'm gonna post some pics of the other fish tonight, want to show of my gorgeous Polypterus Ornatipinnis and EBJD!

Ornates are great, I had 2 adult ones before and they eat the leftovers and do great with arowanas

I know I have pictures here somewhere CHEckthem out:

www.arofanatics.com/members/ian/

Whoa nice pic! Yeah love ornates, stunning fish especially when large. I actually just bought a new bichir today, about 12 inch think it's a grey but theres something different about this one i'll post a pic soon. Oh I registered at that forum arofanatics, same username sent you a friend request.

Hi Jim!!! Great fish and pics!!!! Really fine specimens!!!! fair play!!!

Cheers Drew, you sold me that GT (actually 4 of them) last year at around 2 inches, As you can see he's a testament to your livestock quality ! Gonna show him in competition as soon as he nears full size.

Cool!! Yeh remember!!!! fine specimen hope he does well!!!!!

Great tank and fish Trimax

LimerickBandit wrote:

Great tank and fish Trimax

thanks man, just done a water change on two tanks, took some nice pics of my other fish. I'll post them tomorrow.

serratus wrote:

Cool!! Yeh remember!!!! fine specimen hope he does well!!!!!

Cheers man! while I have your attention Drew would you happen to know the species of Pike cichlid I have from the pic?? been trying to id him for a year now, but there are so many crenicichla out there. I'ts the largest cichlid group I believe. Anyway I think it's crenicichla johanna, what do you think?

Trimax wrote:

Whoa nice pic! Yeah love ornates, stunning fish especially when large. I actually just bought a new bichir today, about 12 inch think it's a grey but theres something different about this one i'll post a pic soon. Oh I registered at that forum arofanatics, same username sent you a friend request.

hi jim invitation accepted, the gallery in the forum looks glitched I don't know if my pictures are still accessible thanks for visiting I used to moderate the arowAna discussion forum during the early parts of the decade but missed the those days

Hi Jim pos. crenicichla compressiceps??? How big is he? Can you get a better pic?

Heres one, not exactly better i'm afraid, crappy camera. He's 7 inches, spends allot of time laying on his belly and has bulging "frog eyes" He's not exactly compressed laterally, very round and fat in the belly. It's difficult to see clearly but he has a yellow anal fin, a red Horizontal strip on the base of the dorsal fin and some red in the rim around the eye. Also has a distinct "Trimaculatum/Flowerhorn" like spot on the caudal peduncle.



I understand if you can't get it from the pic, I should really invest in a good camera! Thanks man.

Some more:

Jim, could it be a female crenicichla geayi from Colombia???

serratus wrote:

Jim, could it be a female crenicichla geayi from Colombia???

BINGO! just looked at a few pics on google images and thats definatly it, Identical! Drew your a flippin Genius man thanks!

www.amazon-exotic-import.de/Gallerie/Cic...geayi%20Goldspot.jpg Identical to my fish!

I don'y know how you did it man but well done, there are only 100's of different Crenicichla species! then theres the fact that males and females look different and that every specimen changes colours through different life stages even during the day they can change colour and you managed to get it.. very impressed!! Even the guys at monster fishkeepers couldnt get this one when I asked! Pat yourself on the back man!

Here's some better pics of the snake head in water, any ideas?

No prob mate!!!! Ill have a good look tonight at the pic of the snakehead, does it have pelvic fins? it will narrow it down a bit!!! How long have you had him/has he grown much?

serratus wrote:

No prob mate!!!! Ill have a good look tonight at the pic of the snakehead, does it have pelvic fins? it will narrow it down a bit!!! How long have you had him/has he grown much?

Just checked and yes he has tiny pelvic fins! Iv'e had him just over 2 weeks and he was less then half the size of My ebjd who is 4 inches, now he's as long. so from less then 2 inches to 4 inches in 2 weeks!!!Fastest growing fish i've ever seen.

Hi Jim, Channa melanosoma????? Black snakehead???

hey i asked on a snakehead forum and they said it could be a Channa marulioides or a Channa marulia! It does look like a black snakehead aswell.. but it has a stripe through it,,.