Arapaimag Pufferman 810 video 1

[GroinStabbingPro]

I still have very fond memories of going down to Pets Plus and Fish Place with you, Charlie, and Noel one December, years ago. I remember you telling me about some fish you had purchased there long ago, so it's nice to see them grown.

Pufferman is very impressive! Is he a sexed male? and have you ever been tempted to find a female? i find your 800G tanks very fascinating, would love to see the other ones!

[macrobioticman]

I thought it was a Jewel Cichlid central American so I stand corrected. Can you please post some vids of your Frontosa tanks

[jturkey69]

WOW...beautiful!!!...My wife loves her juvie Jack Dempsey as well....that and her Frontosa..lol

[arapaimagg]

That is a male Fosssochromis rostratus they get up about 25cm 10".

[MrNother23]

@arapaimagg how much does it cost a month to run your 52k? My crew and I are launching a 200k and I wanted to get a ballpark estimate on the total cost.

[arapaimagg]

@MrNother23

Try ZooDiver on Monsterfishkeepers.comhe owns includes a 250k and a 600k plus. He will be able to give you that information.

[csababa]

What's the name of the (greenish-blueish) bigger cichlid that swims above the puffer in the first few seconds? Thx!

[kevinfleming21]

I am a puffer fanatic and one day dream to have a tank that could house a Mbu puffer. Such massive fish!

[thetava]

it would be so cool to come to your house and see your tanks

[shaunjr89]

Nice tank.

[momsyz450roost]

WOW thats great video an a wonderful tank :)

[DeptulaRacing]

JACK DEMPSEY!!!

[arapaimagg]

@DeptulaRacing

Always liked Jack Dempsey as it was my first cichlid later adding angelfish and oscars when I was about 10 years old.

WOW !!!! that car of yours is fast I just watched a video of you driving it.

[arapaimagg]

I just use a drip system with an overflow. The water goes to 2 other tanks and then through overflows out of them also.

[johndaytonjohnny]

how do you do water changes can you messege me and tell me

[johndaytonjohnny]

whats all in there for fish

[johndaytonjohnny]

wow

[benzodiazapines]

Another stellar tank, sir. Between this and your large tanks your power and water bill must be in the thousands!

[arapaimag]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it.

I live in the country and have 2 wells but the power and heat is pretty expensive.

[wat720]

One fx5 for the whole tank?

That's awesome.

[arapaimagg]

I use a drip system so the chemical filtration is not needed because the tank has a 100 to 200 gallon change each day. Then I fill all the trays with filter floss so it functions mainly as a mechanical filter.

[superleggera123]

LOVE IT MIKE!!! i would kill for the rostratus!

[arapaimagg]

I got those as babies at the London auction a year and 3 months ago for $2 each.

I bought a few more last fall at Cambridge and Kitchener/W auctions for a $ each. They were only 1" long but you can see how fast they grow.

The trio in the puffer tank have bred and there are a few babies in the rocks.

I also have a breeding trio in the 52k.

Nice fish to own.

Have you gone to Safari in Vaughan Mills yet?

[superleggera123]

WOW thats cheap!

im in mississauga so no, i have never been to Vaughn, i had a rostratus i bought from finatics but my tank was to small back then.

was sad to seem him go :(

[Juggernautious]

I've been to the VM store. I think its a Hagen installation. Its a pretty store, but doesn't stock anything different from most pet stores and the prices aren't any different either.

[arapaimag]

I agree

I went On Saturday with a few fishy buddies. The fish selection is just bread and butter stuff,,,,,,,,,,no oddballs