maybe is the lighting?

Thx!

Hmm perhaps due to water quality? My channa bleheri's i bought initially was not that colourful, but after a day or two in my tank their colour seem to be very visible and vibrant.

Aimank,
Do u use chiller/fan for your bleheri's?they are subtropical species..right?

Nope not using chiller/fan coz most of the time i on my aircond, since i put my tanks in my room. Yeah subtropical, recommended temp at around 23-24C if im not mistaken.

if i can do like that,...wohooo think of all those possibilites on what type of sub tropical fishes i can get

Hehe yeah. But altho with airconditioning, the lowest temp i could get was 24C, most of the time between 25-26C. Without A/C is around 28-29C. Dunno how accurate since im only using the cheap RM5 thermometer that u stick on the wall with the rubber suction. I still think best is with fan, but lazy to topup water everytime la..

who wants oscar!!!
I have!

i thought you and <insert name here(forgot the name, lol sorry)> already started your release the oscar to the lake project?

tak sampai hati.

lol

btw, can anyone give me the local name,english name and latin name of the feeder fish usually sold at LFS. Not the guppies and the baby koi/goldfish, but the white/silver fish, which is long and slim, looks like miniature ikan parang.
thanx

pinpin/seluang

Once I bought these fish, oscar loved it.
Coz those fish were fast swimmers, and oscar loved challeges.
Now my kampong LFS didn't sell any.
everyone is selling koi, shrimps..

im trying to find out the behaviour and how to take care of those fishes lol
since i already bought a handful of them, now my oscar dont like to eat them
maybe tried to kill themm but ignore them afterwords, myabe she just love to injure them to death thats all.
thats why need those careguides since they are still swimming happily in my tank lol.
btw, their names are silver rasbora/Rasbora argyrotaenia yay!!

dont dump too many inside. Mine onlt torture them if it's large quantity.
But my polys/eels tank.15 pcs 2 nights all gone. Very big appetite

polyt can hunt these fast fish eh?
wah i thought they just sit at the bottom....sitting,..then we hand feed them

once i saw my tiny polli caught one by the tail, but it didn't know how to put the whole piece into tummy, so it slammed the fish head against the wall.
I guess it worked.
My polys especially the PEE is getting bigger, maybe he did his hunting coz before i bought him, i had rams and corys.
After i put him inside, they vanished in a week's time.

Sorry guys a bit off topic questions here, Can someone tell me the exact location of Irene Aquarium ? Or any Aquarium shop in SS2/Puchong ?

Try planted aquarium thread think they have it..

1st page of planted tank, 2nd or 3rd post will list down all those LFS in penisular malaysia.
Some even sells nice looking primitive fishes , which i got poisoned and stumbled into this thread lol

I think polys hunt by applying these strategies.
stalk and snap or surround and conquer.
I saw them spreading out to 4 corners, and trapped the fish.
Of all, they hunt better in dark or off lights.
My poly tank is below another 4ft, so without tank light, it's gloomy.
Feeders fish need light to see and hide, without light, they're DOOMED!!