assored pics of my tanks and fish...

nikitanain · Rain Drop Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 21

tank in the dark

asterid the goldie before he lost his black colour

celia the goldie

precious the black moor who is turning golden

swimmy the calico

ula the redcap

augustin in his 3.5 gallon tank

close up of augustin

the betta who i think is a gal ....

4 eels being quarintined

the eels oin the 75 g tank

one eel alone

my new 10g

Kana3 · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:33 am Post subject:

The Eels look great ! Are they very active ? Nocturnal ?

The silver foil behind the betta has me intrigued. Is there a purpose, or it just looks good ?

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nikitanain · Rain Drop Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 21

hi...

i read sumwhere that silver foil can be used in place of background paper....also it kinda compliments my betta so i decided to let it stay...was tired of the regular background paper....

the eels r nocturnal but one of them moves around in the day too.... they r pretty friendly and none of the fish have any issues with them Smile

Kana3 · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:56 am Post subject:

Will they get much larger ?

You sort of expect a creature like that to be reasonably agressive.

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nikitanain · Rain Drop Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 21

they will grow to be bout 10 inches...they r 7 inches right now....

they look kinda scary according to most but r peacefull Smile

to be on the safer side i transfered the cories to the 10 g tank....

clunkster · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:21 pm Post subject:

Very nice pics nikitanain, thanks for sharing them Cool

Must say i like your eels Cool

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nikitanain · Rain Drop Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 21

thanks... my lfs guy came over and help me set it up.... i like my eels too but they dont seem interested in eating so am a little worried Sad

clunkster · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:31 pm Post subject:

Have you tried bloodworms ? What did the lfs feed them on ? they could be feeding at night while you are not around, or it could just be they are still settling down in your tank.

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nikitanain · Rain Drop Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 21

the LFS guy said that they eat the excess food in the tank and worms if any cause of excess food... i tried bloodworms yesterday but they dint seem to interesetd...i just hope they r not starving....

parrotlover77 · Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject:

You have a great set-up. Good selection of fish, with a huge variety. I am jealous!! Applause

nikitanain · Rain Drop Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 21

thanks

i saw sumthing that i found weird but is suppose to be normal... one of the eel was under the gravel with just his head poking out...
am loading a picture of that but its a little hard to spot him....
the pic aint too clear..my cam needs to retire Wink

just checked on him..he is out now....

clunkster · Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:23 am Post subject:

Which was one of the reasons i mentioned sand as a substrate, as eels like to bury them selves, as it is their natural behaviour

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nikitanain · Rain Drop Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 21

i got a very efficient rugf so i cant change it as of now...the eels will have to manage....they have found a lot of hiding spots and come out at night after the lights r out..the eels ate bloodworms today....

Kana3 · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:48 am Post subject:

I guess they wait for lunch to come by, then spring out.

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nikitanain · Rain Drop Joined: 04 Jul 2006 Posts: 21

i havnt seen the eels eat anything till date...its been over a month now.....