Arapaima Pond Build
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Hmmm... Out of country three days and then out station for another 2.
Can see the pond doing good from CCTV, but will be very curious to see it when I get back.
Looks better already today. Very clear.
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Can see the pond doing good from CCTV, but will be very curious to see it when I get back.
Looks better already today. Very clear.
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Some time ago, busy with work and traveling.
So today came back in the office, checked the pond. Looks fabulous.
Link to video I made...shows the back and sides coming into view now, my target has officially been met.
http://youtu.be/8276-lr5XJ4
Some observations:
1. Mr. T. doing great. He's his normal self and has been lucky with quite some prawns this week.
2. ID on one of the smaller fish is a Mud-Carp, great cleaner-crew for the pond. The species is more difficult, but I had some great help from SubRosa. Ruled out the Microlepis, not enough scales.
3. There's green hair-algea growing wild in the 2 bogs and the grow-out. Pond is clean though. That, to me, proves the Mud-carp and Tilapia are working hard to eat it all. They hang out under the water-falls/returns a lot, my guess is to catch any algae that flow into the main pond.
4. Apple snails...growing very fast and helping on the cleaning job.
5. Need to get more cleaners in the bogs and grow-out to keep them clean.
6. Koi doing great, every time after feeding Mr. T. with pellets, all that ends up in the Settling tank, I scoop out, make a ball of it, throw in the grow-out and they attack it like their first meal in 2 weeks. Koi in the main pond are just happy rushing around with the mud-carps and tilapia.
Cheers,
Luc
So today came back in the office, checked the pond. Looks fabulous.
Link to video I made...shows the back and sides coming into view now, my target has officially been met.
http://youtu.be/8276-lr5XJ4
Some observations:
1. Mr. T. doing great. He's his normal self and has been lucky with quite some prawns this week.
2. ID on one of the smaller fish is a Mud-Carp, great cleaner-crew for the pond. The species is more difficult, but I had some great help from SubRosa. Ruled out the Microlepis, not enough scales.
3. There's green hair-algea growing wild in the 2 bogs and the grow-out. Pond is clean though. That, to me, proves the Mud-carp and Tilapia are working hard to eat it all. They hang out under the water-falls/returns a lot, my guess is to catch any algae that flow into the main pond.
4. Apple snails...growing very fast and helping on the cleaning job.
5. Need to get more cleaners in the bogs and grow-out to keep them clean.
6. Koi doing great, every time after feeding Mr. T. with pellets, all that ends up in the Settling tank, I scoop out, make a ball of it, throw in the grow-out and they attack it like their first meal in 2 weeks. Koi in the main pond are just happy rushing around with the mud-carps and tilapia.
Cheers,
Luc
Video in full sunshine: http://youtu.be/5RDJJ0YC-4k
Watch his mouth in the first 20 Seconds...
He's yawning and stretching his mouth to full size.
Cheers,
Luc
Watch his mouth in the first 20 Seconds...
He's yawning and stretching his mouth to full size.
Cheers,
Luc
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