The Indecisive Journal Of Trod's 5 Footer

[TigerIssey]

Get well soon Trod, we miss you

 

[bagu]

get well Trod!

have fun rock watching

 

[garry_boyd3]

Get well soon Trod, not fun being ill....

 

[Trod]

Thanks guys, your thoughts are appreciated

Well its been a long time, 3 months and 2 days since I got my tank and now finally I can call it a Lion fish tank

Yes you've got it I have my first lion fish but of course you just know there has to be a story behind it!!!!!!

As you know I'm not at my best at the moment, so, Mr Trod has been on tank duty, he had a trip to the LFS on Thursday and asked if they had any Lions in, they did have 3, but they weren't on display as they didn't have a tank for them, Mr Trod was told to phone next day for more info. so Friday arrives and phone call is made, Yes, they say, they are now out, so off Mr Trod goes, with instructions to get some photos and info on them. When he got home he told me, they are Volitan, feeding on grass shrimps, OK 'show me the photos' I say whilst asking the price, £49 and £52 came the reply, once I finished choking, I said there is no way I'm paying that price, and slightly disappointed, looked at the photos, now while they weren't great pictures they didn't look Volitan to me, but wasn't feeling great and thought no more about them.

This morning I got up feeling slightly better and started to think about them again, or more importantly the price, then I'd remembered that one of the Lions is rarer than the others and as such commands a higher price, so out came the book, and Yes the Radiata, is definitely rarer, so now I'm thinking its worth the money
So I drag, or should I say Mr Trod drags me to LFS, and as soon as I see it, its so without a second thought, I say buy it, not thinking about the price, young girl then cames over, looking pale and saying, 'are you sure you want it, I hate getting them out' (for goodness sake!!!!).

All bagged up, she then put the price on......................................................£23, OMG I couldn't believe it, quick I said to Mr Trod, we paid and made a hasty exit So one HUGE bargain and here he is My first Pterois Radiata lion fish

I will put better picture up once he's in the tank.

 

[ben1987]

he/she is lovely. bet your right chuffed. Glad you are feeling a bit better too

 

[bagu]

WOW!

that lion is absolutely gorgeous!
for gods sake! i wanted a small nano, but i think im gonna go full out when i can and get a lionfish tank!
Like Ben said, i bet your feeling better now
how big is he/she?

cant wait for some of the lion in the tank

Congratulations!

 

[john.o]

'are you sure you want it, I hate getting them out' (for goodness sake!!!!).

All bagged up, she then put the price on......................................................£23, OMG I couldn't believe it, quick I said to Mr Trod, we paid and made a hasty exit So one HUGE bargain and here he is My first Pterois Radiata lion fish


I will put better picture up once he's in the tank.

haha

Thats one nice looking lion trod cant wait to see the pics of it out in open water
Ps pleased your feeling better

 

[garry_boyd3]

Which shop was that & what was her name.... I think we would all love her to serve us.

It looks lovely... like Bagu said will have to get a bigger tank.

Congrate Trod hope you are feeling better.

 

[seffieuk]

I can't wait to see s/he in the flesh - Trod, can you tell which sex it is or not? How do you tell/ can you tell?

Seffie x

 

[TigerIssey]

Trod you lucky so and so, that is stuning, gorgeous, beautiful.

Now you have a hard decision, will you go for antennata or Volitans to accompany him / her??

 

[bae1994]

holy thats cheap and buitiful oh i wish i had one

 

[Buddyboy67]

Congratulations on your super model..an absolute beauty of one too...really, really jealous here,lol...
A BARGAIN!!!!!

 

[Trod]

Thank you everyone, I am very chuffed with him/her (must find out which )
He has settled in really well, I have fed some Ghost shrimp, they are swimming around the tank , but he's not interested at the moment, The Radiata is the hardest lion fish to fed, but I will try to get him to eat some mussels and cockles in the future, but for now I'll stick to Ghost shrimp

Here are some photos of him in the tank. Note the very nervous snail on the left

 

[bagu]

Beautiful lion!
Those pics are hilarious! You should enter them somewhere

that fish is so nice!

 

[john.o]

Look at them elongated dorsal fin spines and enlarged pectoral fins there Very eye catching and dangerous
But beautiful