T1tan's New Monster Fish, Nelly Got Nothing On Me!

[Bebobb]

im not disputing that its what i have read on them as i am a reptile fan
and there is no need to be rude mate with the first word you type is (wrong) i find that quite rude

I am sorry then.

 

[t1tanrush]

im not disputing that its what i have read on them as i am a reptile fan
and there is no need to be rude mate with the first word you type is (wrong) i find that quite rude

I am sorry then.

He was referring to me

Here is a picture: He doesn't hate my hands or me but he doesn't trust the silver flashy box yet lol.

 

[mixmaster jay]

yeah attacked mate there is no need to be the way you are with people most of what yopu say comes across as quite rude and arrogant and like i said it is what i have read in books/internet things like that and like you said it might be a different species of nile monitor fair enough i accept that but you dont have to be rude to prove a point it doesn't do anyone any favours at the end of the day mate

nice pic mate lovely markings

 

[Bebobb]

Beautiful monitor. Lol funny thing to call a camera.

 

[oswoldy]

Nice monitor!

 

[MBOU]

There is so so much i want to say and comment on but this topic and its members and even the OP have been so immature that its just not worth it any more!

This post was badly and aggressively written from the start but could have been very good because it IS fishkeeping from a pretty new perspective, or at least.. one not usually seen on forums.

It was very similar when i had lots of snakes (only 2 now) but i also had a heated and insulated large shed in which i kept and bred all manners of mice, rats and hamsters, even some exotic species like Mouselike hamsters (was one of only two people to breed them in the UK) and Gambian Pouched Rats and Short Tailed Opossums. Not only did i keep and breed these animals, i showed them at shows and won prizes for good quality stock, i fed them THE best food i could and best cages and cleanest environments and so on. Therefore (and yes... it took a lot of practise) i learned to humanely cull the stock that wasnt viable for breeding, showing or selling. I only culled an animal for feeding to snakes, i never threw any away but i would also never put anything through the trauma of being fed to a snake alive, while it is natural for a snake to eat live prey, none of my snakes were wild caught... it isnt natural for prey to not be able to run and escape therfore i dispatched the animals first.

In my eyes, this is a fairly similar case, in the above paragraph i think i made it pretty clear what i did and why and if people wanted to know how then i would also tell them in the right place (ie... not on a forum where people stumbling accross it might get shock of their life ) If the OP had done this then there wouldnt have been the problem...

But then again... if the OP hadnt just assumed they knew everything and that their way is the only way and refuse to listen to suggestions...

oh well... could have been a worthwhile post...

Oh... nice Nile Monitor btw! They can move so quickly! I met my first one for the first time a couple of weeks ago, cant believe how big they get!

 

[Tolak]

I'm really glad to see that this topic has turned around somewhat without any intervention by the mods. Different isn't always bad or good, sometimes it is just different. The first person to feed bovine organs to one of the most sensitive fish commonly kept was probably looked upon as a lunatic at first. Beefheart is now commonly fed to discus, with excellent results.

The first people trying fishless cycling were probably thought of the same way. You don't want ammonia in a tank, why are you putting it in on purpose? Daily tests cost money, changing water doing a traditional cycle is cheap! Now, anyone doing a traditional cycle is frowned upon here.

How about the screwball who thought of hatching a creature that lives in a high salinity environment and feeding it to newly hatched freshwater fry? Doing 20% water changes without dechlorinator? What are people thinking?

Step out of your comfort zone a little, take a fresh look at things on occasion. You might be surprised that there are things that work for others that don't work for you. Maybe they will, you either need to try it, or find out why it works for someone else but not you.

 

[MBOU]

Actually.. thats interesting you say doing small water changes without dechlorinator, who does this? Just wondering as i have found that doing 1/3 of daily water changes (3) on systems with a lot of fish without dechlorinator actually improved the fish health hugely! not just on one system but on four. Where have you read about other people doing this?

 

[t1tanrush]

Actually.. thats interesting you say doing small water changes without dechlorinator, who does this? Just wondering as i have found that doing 1/3 of daily water changes (3) on systems with a lot of fish without dechlorinator actually improved the fish health hugely! not just on one system but on four. Where have you read about other people doing this?

There are times I do not use dechlor, because here in Colorado Springs our water is so pure it isn't a huge issue, however there is still some chlorine there so I treat in most cases.

-Tolak, Well put, I hope in the future my ways of keeping fish and being different will met with such harshness. And those that I offended I am sorry, the fact I'm surrounded by people who disagree with me tends to lead me into a defensive corner, and I'm still remembering this isn't a game forum where I can roflbash people.

 

[cheesy feet]

I do 50% without dechlor on all my tanks weekly.

 

[t1tanrush]

I do 50% without dechlor on all my tanks weekly.

Depends on the fish and condition of the tank.

 

[Ace Of Spades]

I don't believe in catching fish then keeping them in aquariums. I'm not ging to jump you on it though. Oh and nelly has a LOT on you. Nelly would pwn you in a war.

So what are you doing here then?

My point being, most fish from shops are also took out of their natural habitat in the wild, wether it was their parents or their parents parents, all fish will have been wild caught and shipped to the fish shops, This guy is just cutting out the middle man and doing it himself.

Actually.. thats interesting you say doing small water changes without dechlorinator, who does this? Just wondering as i have found that doing 1/3 of daily water changes (3) on systems with a lot of fish without dechlorinator actually improved the fish health hugely! not just on one system but on four. Where have you read about other people doing this?

I haven't used Declorinator for ages...

 

[cheesy feet]

I do 50% without dechlor on all my tanks weekly.

Depends on the fish and condition of the tank.

Not so much.If a tank is cycled with straight out tap water from the beginning the nitrifying bacteria actual comes from the water supply meaning it withstands the levels of chlorine in the tap water.
Some species could be shocked and sensitive to temp change, although I did this all the time on my discus tanks and they loved it.
Although, it does depend on how much chlorine your water supply has, I'm betting ours has little, while I've heard of some people water actually smelling of chlorine, in which case dechlor would obviously need to be used.

 

[t1tanrush]

I do 50% without dechlor on all my tanks weekly.

Depends on the fish and condition of the tank.

Not so much.If a tank is cycled with straight out tap water from the beginning the nitrifying bacteria actual comes from the water supply meaning it withstands the levels of chlorine in the tap water.
Some species could be shocked and sensitive to temp change, although I did this all the time on my discus tanks and they loved it.
Although, it does depend on how much chlorine your water supply has, I'm betting ours has little, while I've heard of some people water actually smelling of chlorine, in which case dechlor would obviously need to be used.

I mean as in I dechlor all the water for fish I acquire, but as I own them I use less. Like I dechlored my entire 500g pool for the koi, and dechlored the 55g the first time for the fish, but I probably won't. Prime was mainly for ammonia to help while it cycles to help reduce some water changes.

 

[RadaR]

I do 50% without dechlor on all my tanks weekly.

Depends where you live and the Cl concentration in the tapwater. Some places are low and you don't need dechlor. However in parts (certainly around where I am), the smell of the chlorine (and chloramine I bet) is very strong and will definitely kill filter bacteria.