turtlechick

Thanks! I called Gold's and am going to get back to him after I find out if the rays are going to a home. I am not quite ready to give anything away for nothing yet. Too much money and energy has gone into these little buggers. :smokey:

Does anyone know if the LFS stores will take my Arowana and Red Parrot? And possibly the rays if they don't find a home REALLY soon here? Do they give any sort of credit if they do take them?

Thanks everyone. I Primed and Stability-ed until my little heart's content :-) Managed to get the other filter to run well enough to pull the bigger one off and clean it. HUGE POOP was clogging both of them....cool rays and aro, GRODY POOs, man LOLOLOLOLOL Everything's good now. MAjor panic for me. I always thought "it'll never happen to me" LOLOL

I think I'm selling the rays tonight....Next question is that the trip is about 7 hours all together....how do I scoop them out of the tank, and once they're in the rubbermaid container, how long will they last?

No....I still only have one of the half working filters on it until I can put the leaking one back on after the silicone sets. The waters is still a little stinky and cloudy....hopefully I can fix it before they die :-(

I use carbon in the filters and I feed them NLS wafers.

I have 2 airpumps with airstones on the tank...is that okay?

Came into the shop today to find I couldn't even see into the tank. I did a 50% water change right away, only to find BOTH Eheim filters weren't running properly, and the internal filter was unplugged. Went to clean one of the filters and found that it was leaking around the bottom fitting. Cleaned it, siliconed it, and now have to wait for the silicone to dry before I can even change the other filter...What do I do?!?!?!?!?!?! Will my rays die?!?!?!?

There is quite a bit of sunlight. I have huge windows in my shop, so I do belive that it's sunlight :-)

No hickeys from either kind? I also have an arowana. He wouldn't bother a pleco would he?

I'm starting to get some aglae in the tank.....what is a good ray-friendly cleaning crew?

UUUUMMMMMMM.....thanks for the response guys!!!! LMAO Got a little reading to do apparently. I ordered some of the NLS wafers from Nature's Corner Store. Just a small container for now to see what happens. This, along with shrimp and worms I hope will be okay. I wanna make sure I'm doing everything right. PS....first water change today............there's gotta be an easier way............UUUUGGGGHHHHH.

WOW....they are beautiful!!! I have both NLS types on hand now. They can still have worms and shrimp sometimes right? I found they LOVE their worms.

like what?

Cool! Thanks!

My new silver aro would rather eat worms off the bottom of the tank than catch them when I drop them?? IS this normal? He waits until the worm is on the bottom, circles it, and snaps at it. Also, would a clown knife be a good tank mate for my guys?

I dropped a few pellets of my Lg. Fish formula NLS into my ray tank, and they gobbled it up like crazy. So, my question is: Is there a specific NLS formula that rays can eat? The Lg. fish formula seems a little small for them, and they would have to eat a whole lot to be full...can someone point me in the right direction? Also, is this a good staple for them, or should I stick to worms and shrimp?

I lied. the aro is about 12".....I looked at him again yesterday. Now is that a better price? They got it from a guy who's tank got too small :thumbs: They seem to do that, don't they? LOL

Does that mean I paid too much? Grrrrr.....I wish I wouldn't be so impulsive. Pics of the whole tank up soon!

Just a question..... An 8" silver aro "jumped" into my cart today at Big Al's. I paid $74.99 for it....was that a good price?

No substrate yet.....

Hmmm.....maybe I missed something, but the pH in my tank is at like 9.5.....I thought I knew my stuff about the nitrogen cycle, but I can't seem to figure out why everything is good except pH. 224 gallons pH 9.5 ammonia 0 nitrites 0 Maybe someone has an idea? All the other tanks I ran had a pH of 7.5-8. Will this go down in another couple weeks? Are water changes an answer to this?

My new 224 gallon seemed so big to me compared to my 90 gallons......now it seems small and lame compared to this :drool: ......maybe in a couple years......I'll hire you guys when I'm ready LOLOL

I tell ya, I'm getting pretty excited about getting this tank....and now about the Aro.... But, can you please clarify the short versions of the names for me? I'm trying to research as fast as everyone's answering, but every time someone writes a short form of a name, I have to run and check google for the pics and full name LMAO what a NEWB I am :bang1: I am soooo excited to start this!!!! Friday's too far away.....

What kinda prices am I looking at anyways?