Pick up my 130gal on sunday

im excited, got a sweet deal too, 300$ for Tank, stand, 3 filters, canopy even the fish. two 15 inch oscars and a 19 inch sailfin Catfish.

 

Congratulations!

Make sure and ask the owner of the tank what he/she feeds the fish, how often and how do they clean the tank. Do they adjust the water ph. IF you keep everything about the same, you will continue to have a healthy tank. Many times when a new owner takes over, the parameters and feeding changes and the fishes will die off or get lethargic.

Good luck and have fun with your new tank!

 

WOW.....are you sure you dont want to give it to me???lol!!! that is a lucky. my sailfin catfish is 3 inches and the other one is two inches. and still growing

 

Congrats! Got any pics?

-Chelle

 

Awesome, lucky you

 

can anyone

tell me what kind of fish this is, it came with the tank

thanks



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Re: can anyone

lucky you lucky you :wink: i been looking for something like that for long time and i havn find any yet were you from? and what did you look for it befor you find it

 

Wooooow, thoes have got to be the coolest looking fish I have ever seen, I dont know the kind but at first i thought that they were fake since that water is so incredably clear. Goodluck

 

thanx, no they are not fake :roll: i put alot of care and alot of time to get my tanks clear.

 

Congratulations Pacuguy, The fish that appears in both pictures is a Goby. The lower fish in the top picture looks like a Pruno Cat but the fact that the Goby and the Oscars haven't be devoured indicates that it is the Pruno look-a-like Pictus.

 

SO LUCKY

 

thanx guys, i finally got the tank i always wanted, i think i will stay with this one for awhile.
i am gonna start my 75gal back up when move next summer (maybe a salt setup).
i also think one of the oscars i got with the tank has some kind of fungus or HITH, i hope its just fungus, i'll post some pics as soon as i take em.

 

fish pics

something on the fin


a pic of the fungus/HITH


another pic of the fungus/HITH



please let me know if there is a medication that will cure this, and won't hurt my healthy fish, as i don't have a hospital tank to move him to

 

i think that is cotton whool disease

 

I'm not sure about the fin (a little difficult to tell in that pic). Does it look like a fuzzy growth?

The white patches on his head are definitely HITH. Here's an article on it:
http://www.flippersandfins.net/HITHarticle2.htm

-Chelle

 

do you think i can heal it or is it too far gone?

 

I think you'll be able to heal it. I've seen worse cases than that get healed. The most important thing is to keep those nitrAtes below 20ppm.

-Chelle