New Aquarium

[cajunboy2208]

I have a 55gallon tank I took down 2 years ago... still sitting in storage. I've told 2 people to come get and and they could have it... and they never have.

I might have to start it back up. I do miss having some fish to look at

[cleatus12r]

It's cool that you have actually harvested many of these fish yourself!

My friend has an Oscar and it's a jerk. He's probably about 8" long and the only fish that it won't eat are ones that are near his size (or a plecostomus).

Another friend recently purchased a 70 gallon tank and filled it with small fish.

Quote from Ron Camp (Ace Ventura, 1994):
"No matter what is going on in my life, I can always watch them swim."

[Longshot270]

I'll take that extra tank if you don't want it...Too bad you're so far away.

Yeah, I actually like the wild fish more. They are easier to teach. The oscar won't eat anything but live fish most of the time but the blue fish learned to eat cichlid pellets from a floating PVC pipe ring in less than a week. This oscar has actually been relatively well behaved, she'll go through and rip apart the aquarium ever so often but gets along with most fish. During winter I had a male tilapia in with her as a tank mate and they got along. I had to take the tilapia out because it was too aggressive and beating up my other fish.

I think I've got about 4 aquariums going right now. Two are being used in an ecology experiment so they have nothing but plants growing in them, the big one with all the fish, and a 20 gallon that is serving as an emergency tank in case we have another major cold snap that the oscar and plecos can't handle it. Once it fully warms up it'll be used for bait and feeder fish.

[98xlt]

Where did you catch the darter?

[Longshot270]

Originally Posted by 98xlt

Where did you catch the darter?

In the river near where I live.