Crickets?!?
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Aloha FishEggs!
Sorry to have deceived you! Yes, crickets are good protein and provide carotien to help with the coloration of your fish! Was this your intent, or just a cool side effect? What are you feeding the crickets to? How's the coloration coming out for them? Are you located in HI, or on the mainland? I didn't notice a location for you earlier.
Happy Tuesday!
BikerCarl
Sorry to have deceived you! Yes, crickets are good protein and provide carotien to help with the coloration of your fish! Was this your intent, or just a cool side effect? What are you feeding the crickets to? How's the coloration coming out for them? Are you located in HI, or on the mainland? I didn't notice a location for you earlier.
Happy Tuesday!
BikerCarl
Aloha
I feed them to some Bichirs I have. 4 are senegalis senegalis and the big one is a polypterus ornatipinnis. Not very colorful fish but cool prehistoric like fish. It's just some free treats that my son and I find in the yard along with worms. He likes to catch them and then watch the bichirs hunt them down. So do I tbh.
quality father son time. He just turned 6.
Not only do I live on the mainland, I live all the way on the other side of it. Maryland. I honeymooned at Hanalei Bay on Kauai though. Didn't want to come back. Lol
I just use the Active Topics page and saw the crickets header but didn't look at forum location.
I feed them to some Bichirs I have. 4 are senegalis senegalis and the big one is a polypterus ornatipinnis. Not very colorful fish but cool prehistoric like fish. It's just some free treats that my son and I find in the yard along with worms. He likes to catch them and then watch the bichirs hunt them down. So do I tbh.
quality father son time. He just turned 6.Not only do I live on the mainland, I live all the way on the other side of it. Maryland. I honeymooned at Hanalei Bay on Kauai though. Didn't want to come back. Lol
I just use the Active Topics page and saw the crickets header but didn't look at forum location.
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Aloha FishEggs,
Glad to hear that you and your son can enjoy your bichirs together! I used to have some b. ornatapinnis and conjugus. I had wanted to see if I could grab a delhezi! I love how they "hunt" and seem to crawl along the substrate so I can totally relate to you and your son's enjoyment!
Glad to hear that you were able to enjoy your special time out here in Hawaii! Maybe someday when your son is a little older, you'll have opportunity to come back and re-visit!
Happy Thursday!
BikerCarl
Glad to hear that you and your son can enjoy your bichirs together! I used to have some b. ornatapinnis and conjugus. I had wanted to see if I could grab a delhezi! I love how they "hunt" and seem to crawl along the substrate so I can totally relate to you and your son's enjoyment!
Glad to hear that you were able to enjoy your special time out here in Hawaii! Maybe someday when your son is a little older, you'll have opportunity to come back and re-visit!
Happy Thursday!
BikerCarl
I had a delhezi before the ornate but he jumped out one night and didn't make it. I'll probably get another Delhezi someday when I have room to grow it out. The crickets float and it's real cool to see them go all jaws on it. Then they crawl around the bottom for the earth worms.
A return trip is in the some day maybe future plans for us. 2024 will be 20 years married. Maybe then.
A return trip is in the some day maybe future plans for us. 2024 will be 20 years married. Maybe then.
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Aloha FishEggs,
Sorry to hear about your Delhezi. Must have been impressive to see them live and "in the hunt"! I do like way that they would go "all Jaws" on their floating prey and how they would occasionally come up to gulp some air as well. Enjoy them! We can't have them here in HI, but I can say that they were great fun back when I had them before moving home. I do hope that you and your family have the opportunity to return to HI in the future! Things have changed, I'm sure, but still paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
Happy Friday!
BikerCarl
Sorry to hear about your Delhezi. Must have been impressive to see them live and "in the hunt"! I do like way that they would go "all Jaws" on their floating prey and how they would occasionally come up to gulp some air as well. Enjoy them! We can't have them here in HI, but I can say that they were great fun back when I had them before moving home. I do hope that you and your family have the opportunity to return to HI in the future! Things have changed, I'm sure, but still paradise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean!
Happy Friday!
BikerCarl
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Hi BikerCarl,
Been lurking on this forum off & on for a couple of years now. Have followed some of your posts but don't think I've ever participated in any topics till now.
I still maintain a few planted tanks but have slowly evolved into vivarium & PDF care. This got me side tracked into mini bromeliads then Pleurothallid orchids & now Nepenthes pitcher plants.
I also try to incorporate our local invasives like Neocardina shrimp, green swordtails & the auratus PDF in my set-ups.
Maybe someday we'll get together & talk shop over some brews!
Have a great Memorial Day,
Larry
PS on occasion I'll feed my PDF "Dixon" pinheads as a change of pace from ff.
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Been lurking on this forum off & on for a couple of years now. Have followed some of your posts but don't think I've ever participated in any topics till now.
I still maintain a few planted tanks but have slowly evolved into vivarium & PDF care. This got me side tracked into mini bromeliads then Pleurothallid orchids & now Nepenthes pitcher plants.
I also try to incorporate our local invasives like Neocardina shrimp, green swordtails & the auratus PDF in my set-ups.
Maybe someday we'll get together & talk shop over some brews!
Have a great Memorial Day,
Larry
PS on occasion I'll feed my PDF "Dixon" pinheads as a change of pace from ff.
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Aloha Larry,
WOW! Sounds like you've got some nice set ups! Have you tried looking for PDF up in Manoa? It's been rumored that there are other types of PDF up there in the valley. Would be interesting to find out if the rumors are true! I have to admit I had to look up the pleurothallid orchids and found them to be quite interesting! Were they difficult to come by? Also, how's the care/upkeep for the nepenthes? Sounds like you've got a pretty cool collection!
Happy Tuesday!
Carl
WOW! Sounds like you've got some nice set ups! Have you tried looking for PDF up in Manoa? It's been rumored that there are other types of PDF up there in the valley. Would be interesting to find out if the rumors are true! I have to admit I had to look up the pleurothallid orchids and found them to be quite interesting! Were they difficult to come by? Also, how's the care/upkeep for the nepenthes? Sounds like you've got a pretty cool collection!
Happy Tuesday!
Carl
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Hey Carl,
Yeah, "Dixon" is from Manoa. The only PDFs I've ever seen were auratus (green & black). There was a record of a leucomelas on Maui.
The mini orchids were something that I wanted to include in my PDF vivarium. Got most of mine from an online vendor in SoCal. There's also a place in Maui that specializes in these guys.
The Nepenthes are another plant group I've always been interested in since my college days. Here in Hawaii we're lucky to have the climate to grow them outside w/o a greenhouse. Got my 1st last year @ new products show @ Blaisdell. I haven't killed it so thought I'd try other species. The pitchers of the various species are really spectacular.
My planted tanks haven't changed much from my last postings. Have included an outdoor tub "pond" & some "Monty" swordtails w/ my outdoor SS vintage tanks.
So, how bout you? What kinds of tanks are you currently maintaining? Do you go to the go to the Honolulu Tropical Fish Society meetings?
Have a good one,
Larry
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Aloha Larry,
Thanks for the heads up on the orchids and the pitchers! I just might have to explore that option when I've got a little more time to dedicate to them! I have to admit that m potted plants are rather neglected as of late and I lost a bunch of pepper plants in the recent past. I was growing the Ghost, Trinidad Marunga Scorpion, some habaneros and, of course, the Hawaiian chili pepper.
Due to limited space, I've only got one rack running with two 40B tanks. My gf runs the top tank and it's doing pretty good, actually. I have the lower tank and it, too has signs of neglect. I've got to dedicate a little more time to balance it out as I recently converted to LED lighting from T5HO's. I kinda knew it was gonna happen and had planned on doing it when I was ready, but when it came time to change bulbs again, I just had to pull the trigger on some LEDs that were just too good of an opportunity to pass up.
It's been a while since I went to the Aquarium Society meetings. I think the last time I went, it was back in the early 1990's! I used to have a lot of tanks running back then and I was into african cichlids, discus and synodontis. I was also trying my hand at pseudomugils as well. I also had some PDF and some phelsuma that I managed to catch locally.
Happy Hump Day!
Carl
Thanks for the heads up on the orchids and the pitchers! I just might have to explore that option when I've got a little more time to dedicate to them! I have to admit that m potted plants are rather neglected as of late and I lost a bunch of pepper plants in the recent past. I was growing the Ghost, Trinidad Marunga Scorpion, some habaneros and, of course, the Hawaiian chili pepper.
Due to limited space, I've only got one rack running with two 40B tanks. My gf runs the top tank and it's doing pretty good, actually. I have the lower tank and it, too has signs of neglect. I've got to dedicate a little more time to balance it out as I recently converted to LED lighting from T5HO's. I kinda knew it was gonna happen and had planned on doing it when I was ready, but when it came time to change bulbs again, I just had to pull the trigger on some LEDs that were just too good of an opportunity to pass up.
It's been a while since I went to the Aquarium Society meetings. I think the last time I went, it was back in the early 1990's! I used to have a lot of tanks running back then and I was into african cichlids, discus and synodontis. I was also trying my hand at pseudomugils as well. I also had some PDF and some phelsuma that I managed to catch locally.
Happy Hump Day!
Carl
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Aloha Kanak,
You can try check out their website. I noticed that they have not updated since the cancelled April 2020's meeting.
I hope that this helps! BTW, what kine shrimps you got? I am trying to replace a colony of painted fire red neos that I lost when I went on an extended trip a couple of years ago. PM if can.
Mahalo and Happy Friday!
Carl
You can try check out their website. I noticed that they have not updated since the cancelled April 2020's meeting.
I hope that this helps! BTW, what kine shrimps you got? I am trying to replace a colony of painted fire red neos that I lost when I went on an extended trip a couple of years ago. PM if can.
Mahalo and Happy Friday!
Carl
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