Here, fishy fishy!

[tonid]

My main tank in 2003.

Current tank residents:

Parachromis managuensis

known as "Jaguar cichlid"

Hypsophrys nematopus

known as "Poor man's Tropheus"

Rocio octofasciata

known as "Jack Dempsey" cichlid

Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps

known as "sailfin pleco"

[ccoyle]

Fish are cool. I used to raise African rift lake cichlids, had 22 aquaria in my basement -- finally got burnt out and sold everything off. I have a spot reserved in my house for a 6' aquarium (someday!); hope to set up a Tanganyika community tank -- they're my favorites.

[tonid]

I knew I'd find fish enthusiasts here as well!

Well, I used to have Tanganyika cichlids in this tank as well.



The most interesting species I've had then were Lamprologus tetracanthus. Very aggressive, but very interesting. I also had a bunch of smaller tanks with shell-dwellers.

But I was never really really fond of rift cichlids, American ones somehow always seemed more interesting. For many years I've been completely crazy about eartheaters. CA cichlds were also always in my heart as well, so I finally decided on getting some large CA species for this tank.

I have a 2-room apartment, 39 sq. m., currently 700 liters of water in total, but I used to have over 1200 liters, and was preparing to set up 2400 in total...

[redhorse]

That's a very nice setup. I haven't had fish now for a few years, but they are fun.

[treadhead1952]

Hmm, most of my fishy type dealings are with the Striped Bass, Largemouth Bass and Catfish populations of Lake Mead. I mostly do "catch and release" but I do invite a specimen home for dinner on occassion.

You can take the boy outta the country but it is awful hard to take the country out of the boy. My avatar photo is a nice three and a half pounder that made the "invite" list a couple of years ago. He was especially tasty with some hush puppies and frys.

[ccoyle]

Actually, one man's pet is another man's food. Many commonly kept species of aquarium fishes, including Toni's pleco and jaguar cichlid, are regular table fare in their native environs. Plecostomus are often tossed whole into a cooking fire; when cooked, their bony plating is cracked open like crab legs. Yum!

[ashevilleangler]

That reminds me, It's almost time to take the tarp off of the boat that I finally finished last year and go fishing one of the local lakes. Except for the difference in materials and glues it's just a 1:1 scale model really. This one is 13ft long and very stable for cruising and fishing in our small lakes.

My next one will be only six feet long which is ok since the intended user is only eight years old. They say that the smaller the boat the quicker the build and the more it gets used. I expect that will be true for this one. Free build plans and a paper model are available over at my other favorite web site (www.duckworksmagazine.com). Worth a look just to see what's being built.

Cecil

[redhorse]

That's excellent, boat building is quite interesting and I hadn't visited duckworks for a while, either. Thanks for bringing it up!

[treadhead1952]

Hi Cecil,

Yeppers, it is that time of year. Thanks for the link, gotta build another one, sold my last homebrew to a buddy for $300 at the end of last years' season.