[nismo tetra]

Well I got a tad bored and decided to take a few pics of the fish room. I could only manage to get a few decent pics because fish DON'T stay still lol. Some would not come out. Funny how they hide when I bring the camera out. But I managed to get a few shots off. This is no where near the amount of fish there are. A video would be much more appropriate for this. A list of tanks are 200g x2, 50g acrylic, 120g, 120g rack system, 150g x2, 135g, 95g, 50g x2, 30g x4, 20g, 5g.

Some of the fish room (can't get a full shot)

200 gallon in room wall- RTC, Red hook myleus x6, pacu, C. marmarate pike, Leporinus affinis

Leporinus striatus and lima shovelnose cat

150 gallon- C. menezesi pike x15, red shoulder severum x10 (dad caught these in peru),, Metynnis sp. (bleeding heart), Stethaprion erythops, tetragonopterus chalceus, leporinus desmotes x2, leporinus megalepis, pictus cat x6.

Festivums x2, abramite x3, tiger shovelnose, B. imitator cat

Exodon paradoxis x10, banjo cat x2

baby red belly piranha's

S. spilopleura piranha (Gold piranha)

Cariba piranha

Uaru x2, red shoulder severums x2, peacock bass, Arrowana, P. lateristriga catfish

Peacock bass 6-7 inches

Arrowana 1ft (still had the egg sac when we got him)

Black Belt cichlid 15 inches

Brycon Dentex 1ft

Pink-tailed Chalceus

Lebiasia bimaculata

Red Tailed Cat 18inches, was about 1 inch when we got him. Thats a 1ft pink ruler on the glass

Astanax sp. x10

Wide bar datnoid

matamata turtle (also brought back from Peru)

 

[nismo tetra]

3x30gallon and a 5 gallon on the far right.
Blue diamond discus, 2 orinocensis peacock bass. Illyoden furcidens x20. Redtail goodeid, swordtails x20, bullhead cats x10. 5gal, H. formosa x10.

Black-barred myleus x15, red shoulders severums (peru F/0), A anastomus, Pink-tailed chalceus, Lebiasia bimaculata, Pim sp. cat, Liosomadoras morrowi cat

20 gallon planted. Sloppy I know.

Old tigershovelnose. Became piranha food.

I wish I could get some pics of the other fish. Some cool ones that I just can't manage to get to either hiding or bad lighting. Kind of stinks. I will keep trying to get some more as time goes on. I know I can get lucky a few times.

 

[mumushummus]

Nice room !!! I require a room like that !!!

 

[lauraleellbp]

You've got quite the setup there! When/how often does your dad go to Peru?

One of these days I'm going to go on that Margarita Tours houseboat collecting trip...

 

[nismo tetra]

Well he's only gone once so far. That is exactly what he went on to. Margarita houseboat trip. One of these days when I'm out of school and save up some cash, I think were going to go on the trip together. They call him every year to see if he wants to go. He said you go out and catch cardinals and cory cats like nothing. There just there in the water like a blue gill or sun fish would be in the river lol. He traded some crayons and a flashlight for a hand carved boat paddle with the natives. I'll try to dig up some of his pics.

 

[lauraleellbp]

I'll try to dig up some of his pics.

I'd love to see them!

Some of the guys I went to Boliva with have been on that tour and said it's really great. Peru has some awesome fish, plus it's a lifetime dream of mine to visit Machu Picchu.

 

[nismo tetra]

Ok found some old pics of fish we had. My dad had some on his photo album.

B. juruense - 3 inches


Dorado and the RTC. Dorado is easily the meanest fish ever.


Payara (armatus)


Pseudopimelodus nigricauda - 5"


aces, prochilodus & B. vaillantii


Temensis - 5"


B. tigrinum 8"


S. planiceps - 12"


P. sturio - 6"


payara


L. pictus - 12"


Green Terror


Rack setup


Ate a 6inch marmorata pike lol

 

[nismo tetra]

That arrowana was 24 inches long. That was a cool tank. Back when I was in highschool.

 

[lauraleellbp]

Those are some really nice fish, especially the cats.

I fell in love with Peacock Bass while in Bolivia. But, um, for my tummy, not my tanks LOL

 

[nismo tetra]

I posted a link of his trip in your thread Laura. There isn't very many but still enough to get the idea. Yea when they were at the fish market he said they were selling all the fish that people love to keep back home. Rare fish to lol. He said it was hard to look at them dead on a table being sold for a few bucks lol.

 

[boltp777]

nice room man love it

 

[EdwardN]

He,he.. Laura...

I'd love to see them!

Some of the guys I went to Boliva with have been on that tour and said it's really great. Peru has some awesome fish, plus it's a lifetime dream of mine to visit Machu Picchu.

When I went all the way to the top to see Macu Piccu I haven't noticed ni one fish there!!!
And I looked left and right!!!

And when I reached the fortress, I looked down and there was not a single fish in sight!!!

So you will be disappointed as I was...:wink:

 

[F22]

beautiful mata mata, how long have you had it?

 

[nismo tetra]

Since 2006. My dad smuggled him in on the airplane in the camera bag with wet newspapers and a tupperware. He was pretty small at the time. He said if he would of known that worked, he would of grabbed more lol. We are still on the fly river turtle hunt! A guy we know has one and he won't sell it to us :icon_cry:

 

[lauraleellbp]

When I went all the way to the top to see Macu Piccu I haven't noticed ni one fish there!!!
And I looked left and right!!!

And when I reached the fortress, I looked down and there was not a single fish in sight!!!

So you will be disappointed as I was...:wink:

Sweet of you to let me know, Edward! I'll have to remember to tote along my own. Perhaps in one of those nifty waterless aquarium setups...

 

[Centromochlus]

Since 2006. My dad smuggled him in on the airplane in the camera bag with wet newspapers and a tupperware. He was pretty small at the time. He said if he would of known that worked, he would of grabbed more lol. We are still on the fly river turtle hunt! A guy we know has one and he won't sell it to us :icon_cry:

Fly river turtles are awesome, but there are no licensed breeders anywhere. The ones that you find for sale have been smuggled out of Indonesia illegally. Because of their constant exportation, they're on the endangered species list.

It is now illegal to import them to the United States too.

Not sure if they're illegal to own, but i've always wanted one too! Very cool looking turtles.

Incase anyone hasn't seen what one looks like, here's a picture:

 

[F22]

AZ you sure about the legal issues? i keep seeing babies for sale at reptile shows in PA...

 

[nismo tetra]

They have recently been made illegal to sell. But it's not illegal to own them. How much are those babies going for? My local zoo has a pretty nice sized one. They are so dang cool. I just wanted to jump in the cage and run away with him lol. It was one of those open setups just a rail was holding me back.

 

[F22]

is the sale issue nation wide?
I saw a 10" for $600 I almost bought it. Haha

 

[nismo tetra]

You should have lol. I don't think that price is to bad actually. I bet you could of bargained a bit lower since that is a decent sized turtle that many people wouldn't have room for. I remember back in the day we converted an old water bed frame into a pond that had a waterfall into a huge galvanized pool, in our basement. We had a crap load of turtles. Mostly common missouri turtles. Red eared sliders, map, softshell, and common snappers. Hell we have one red eared slider that is older than me! Right now the coolest turtles we have is the matamata, alligator snappers, and a red-cheek mud turtle. Need a fly river bad.