Monday, August 9, 2010

Stocking my new 6feet tank

After a few fishing trips which were uneventful... we started "cheating" and using this new contraption to catch the midas cichlids! Nothing seems to work to entice them to take the bait, worms, mix chicken feed, guppies, prawns, even homemade lures! (which incidentally hasn't caught anything at all, lol!) Absolutely nothing !! :P So, seeing a few other anglers out there using this trap, we tried it ourselves. It's a simple net tied approximately 2 by 2 feet in length, tied to a weighted swivel! Cast it with a rod to where you think the fishes are and they'd get entangled in it! And that was the only way we manage to land them fishes! 

Culmination of 4-5 fishing trips! Jaguars are easier to catch though as they'd whack worms, fishes and nearly anything we throw at them!  

Backdrop looks good! Had to make sure i really put enough silicone (nearly 2  whole tubes) to stick the styrofoam to the back of the tank proper!




This looks a lot like your typical run of the mill tilapia but with really nice colors. Anyone has any idea what type is he? Been looking around and the closest i could find is that he's a blue tilapia, with a red tail. 

The community seems quite relax this time around. None being killed over territory maybe because they're all juveniles! 3-4 inches in size and none seems to be fighting for space as yet! Hopefully there's enough for them all especially when they start paring up and breeding!



Lastly we spotted this lil' guy in the garden! Doesn't look like your typical house lizard! A lot more like a gecko! Does anyone know what it is? 



6 comments:

  1. Catch more and gimme some! They look quite nice

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  2. Anytime dude, u got space for 'em or not? That's why u need to commandeer your old tank back! :P

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  3. What are you planning to do with the "cicak"/gecko? "Cicak goreng" for yourself?? Fish food?? Hahaha...

    Yeah, I like the red tailed fish. Looks vicious though.

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  4. dunno man, he's gone missing in action! haven't seen him in a while. Ah well :)

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  5. Your 6feet tank looks really nice! Got shark in there onot? Haha :)

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  6. why thank you! No sharks though, water's safe for swimming! :)

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