Oh.......so turns out to be that you're an aba-aba fan. No wonder you hang about my sales thread.

But I'm curious to know why you wrote on my thread that toman is more agressive than the aba-aba when you stated here that " i think aba aba is more territorial and aggressive compared to any other fish i have seen in life". Conflict of interest, perhaps?

That aside, regarding your aba-aba, you said that they are 4cm long. Young aba-aba are extremely fragile and are very sensitive to water changes and new environment. They may not eat for the first 3 days when you purchase them, especially at that size. I suggest you add some water conditioner and lots of place for them to hide. Filtration cannot be too strong for them (a bubble filter would be perfect) and the water needs to be clean (left over food or poop needs to be scooped out everyday).

And dude, please post photos of them.

My aba-aba photos:









And my other fishs:

African Lungfish (got it from Anuar):


Lapradei:


Polyterus tank + African Knifefish:


Tiger shovelnose Catfish (Kept it in a 4ft x 4ft pond. It was 2ft in length, died during relocation to the new house)


A troop of sebarau (belongs to my elder brother):


Jealous, jealous, jealous.

This post has been edited by beer8bottles: Jan 17 2011, 05:34 PM

Tomans bite other fishes for fun? =_= what a strange fish...
What size are your shovelnose? My tanks are all full now.

Currently I have two 3ft, two 2.5 ft. and three 2ft aquariums which are filled. I have two more 2ft aquarium plus one 3ft that are empty but I'm afraid to fill it up with water and fish..etc. I stay in an apartment so I am scared that the floor foundation can't hold up the water weight (and if it gives way, the people who live directly under my unit....hahahahahah! Dunno what will happen to them, coz I think I'll be saving my fishes before I bother saving them).

Eh, seriously la. Post your aba-aba photos. I dunno other people who own them. Excited to see them.

Actually, I am only interested in monster fish that look cute. Like the aba-aba and the lungfish, they both have very cute faces.
You know, the polypterus pair that I have in the planted aquarium are 11 years old this year. I used to keep them in a pond, and they did reproduce (I dunno how, but my pond had a sandy floor and plenty of water plants). I only noticed when I was cleaning the pond and found 5 babies (about 4cm). I seperated them in to an aquarium, and the ^%$%#%$ feeder prawn ate up the babies.

After that, I moved house and had to keep them in the tank I'm having now. So far, no babies...
Will try and get a bigger tank and plant more plants for them.


Akidos, don't nose bleed la. People are waiting for your aba-aba photos.

Anuar, your lungfish ate up my lapradie's tail. The poor thing died this morning.
I saw it half eaten at the back of the tank. The lapradei was already 35cm plus, dunno how the lungfish can eat it. They are usually friendly with each other. ~sigh~

Now I plan make the lungfish grow bigger since its tank is so empty. Will take some photos and upload it later.

[quote=khairulanuar,Mar 26 2011, 06:33 PM]
Sad to hear that sis...u should kept the lungfish alone..very ganas lile aba2 tau...nex time dont mix the fish with other....last time b4 i sell to you the lungfish want to eat my gar..lungfish bite the fish till death...

When I bought it I placed it with the lapradei and they were both okay. Nothing happened. I think the lungfish grew bigger.
Anyhow, I am keeping it on it's own now.

Do you know where I can get pelican knifefish? I would like to get a pair. Or the white dragon knife.

OMG! You have them??
I am looking for ones like these:

It's scientific names is Compsaraia-samueli aka the Pelican Knife Fish

Type locality: Peru, Loreto, Río Amazonas near Iquitos

An article about it:

A new species of ghost knifefish has been described by ichthyologists James Albert and William Crampton. It has been given the name Compsaraia samueli in honour of Samuel Albert who presented the scientists with the type specimens.

Ghost knifefish (family Apteronotidae) are famous for their body shape and for using a high frequency tone-type electric organ discharge (EOD) to communicate. The native home of these fishes are South and Central America. Within the aquarium hobby, the Black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) and Brown ghost knifefish (Apteronotus leptorhynchus) are fairly common.

Samuel’s ghost knifefish lives in the western Amazon of Peru and Brazil and was collected from flooded beaches and deep river channels. It can be distinguished from its close relatives by having a higher number of caudal-fin rays and a less tapering body shape in lateral profile.

Other distinctive features are the relatively short caudal peduncle and the comparatively small body size (as an adult). The mature male sports an extremely slender and elongated snout and engages in sparring with repeated aggressive non-contact postures, usually followed by jaw-locking and biting.


(How cool is this fish? )

I think it can grow pretty big because I've read in some forums that it's classified as a monster fish. Probably as big as an aba-aba.

Hey, you, when are you gonna post the photos of your tanks?
How are the aba-abas doing?

Hey, photos please!

And I saw the mini dolphins at the Shah Alam Aquarium Shop a few months back. There were hundreds of them, about 3cm for Rm9. They had too many in a tank.
I have aba-abas but I don't wanna sell them. Try asking Akidos.

The aba-abas when I first got them. Spent quite a lot on them too.






The fishies being transfered to Akidos.

[quote=Mamat_Lisham,Apr 13 2011, 01:05 PM]
My baby...


Polyodon spatula


Polyodon spatula

Dude, how're the Polyodon? I saw them at the Shah Alam Aquarium shop for RM 100 each last year. They can grow really big and are difficult to take care so I didn't get them. Damn interesting fish, I must say.

Yeah, they are like sharks. I checked online that they need a round aquarium to stop them from bumping into the glass and hurting their snouts. Also they are filter feeders (one of the reasons I didn't want to buy them). What did you feed them?

[quote=Mamat_Lisham,Apr 13 2011, 10:29 PM]
[quote=beer8bottles,Apr 13 2011, 10:23 PM]
Yeah, they are like sharks. I checked online that they need a round aquarium to stop them from bumping into the glass and hurting their snouts. Also they are filter feeders (one of the reasons I didn't want to buy them). What did you feed them?


fed them frozen blood worm + micro pellet... easy to feed. i kept them from bumping the sides of the aquarium by putting partition turning the aquarium into a square + placing the pump so the water pusing around the aquarium... problem solved... but when xde elektrik kerap2... semua mati...

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Wasted.....They are very, very nice fish. Go scold TNB. Ask for compensation.

My lungfish eating a golden apple snail.

Nice one you got there.
Yeah, the small ones are very fragile. Sensitive to water change. I got a few at 15cm last time, half of them died, the rest managed to survive and grow (really fast). From there, there is no stopping them.

One of my 2 footer jumped out of the tank the other day, about 2 in the morning. It was half dry when I found it but gasping for air. I dumped it back into the tank and went back to sleep. I thought it'd be dead when I'd wake up, but it was alive. Everything is okay now. Damn hardy fish. Need to get a bigger tank. 3ft doesn't seem enough anymore.

pictures please!
Wanna see the polyodon and the sturgeon

Must get a new tank to keep those..
Must get a new tank.

Marine fish?
How much was it? Looks really nice.

I showed this to my brother. He said Malaysia has this. His fishing kaki caught one at a Kuala Selangor river.

Is it hardy and tolerant to water changes? I might want to get a few of them.

Hahahaha. I wanna keep them but I read that they are really fickle eaters. Only eats brine shrimp or live food. If they could eat guppies, I'd get another aquarium right now. I don't like culturing brine shrimp coz my batch always dies (I am so not a pro at this). ~sigh~

On the other hand, I'd like to get a Tiger Salamander.