keeping fish

[Ronin]

anybody on here have an aquarium? .... if so what fish do you keep?

I have 2 tanks in my living room a tropical tank with a catfish a parrot fish and a oscar and a cold tank with 2 carp in, a mirror and a common

they each have their own character and a brilliant to watch much better pets than this smelly dog the missus won't let me get rid of

[Bet]

Does a pond count ,my fella didn't want an aquarium So I dug my own outdoor version Got some lovely mirrors,ghosties and koi in.I love to sit an watch um.I got one of the mirrors hand feeding last year I wonder what else I could learn em to do I treat em 2 tasty titbits when they're feeding,they love response pellets but hate fruity pop ups.U can hear em crashing owt of a nite an everythin I'd like a few more kippers this year for def a couple of commons and another mirror for good measure.Does any one know owt about keeping sturgeon?

[Ronin]

Originally Posted by patos1

and 4 or 5 wild carp, liberated from a water they had spawned in.

liberated .. lol
keep on at the missus i'm sure you could wear her down

i feed my carp tit bits aswell Bet, but i have to be careful what i put in the tank as i've found troutpellets cloud up the water, they are greedy little blighters and love broken boilies, bread, worms from the garden ... well any litte extra bits i drop in for them really

[carper]

Got a 3ftaquarium with a pair of gouramis in, along with 6 or 7 platys and a couple of catfish. Also got a smaller aquarium with a lemon shark in, hes about 7 inches now.

Got garden pond too, thats my favourite. Get the whip going in summer, land the odd mirror or koi ;-)

[Ronin]

hahaha

my old fella owns a bit of land and dug himself a pond about 1/4 acre 12 years ago now, its full of fish including around a dozen or so carp all around the 5lb mark and he'd kill me if he caught me fishing it as he see's it as his garden pond .... but i can't resist sneaking a couple off the top when he's not around

[carper]

I couldnt resist that either if i was in your shoes. Just dont let him catch you with one on the barbecue!!! Lol

[Bet]

My bro's got a pool in his fields thats big enough to cast a line in,only got roach and a few goldfish in tho .My ponds roughly 18 x 20 x 4 1/2 ft I tried to cram as many features in as poss,I might add a gravel bar this year My kippers are part et family so I won't be tempted to sling a hook in after em.(he he ,really, its cos I could damage the liner)

[Ronin]

my old fella put a goldfish in his pond aswell, when it was first dug out just to make sure it was ok before sticking anything else in there, its not been seen for a few years but it went to about 2lb

blimey thats a fare sized puddle you've got there !, not got a garden pond of my own but i'm gonna be moving house this year with any luck, so i may decided to build one at the new place, my father in-law has built one at each of his last 3 houses and made an amazing job aswell, so i could always rope him in to help me out

[Bet]

I'll give him some carp if mine spawn,I'll feed em up for a few years then i'll be sneakin round in me commando style getup fer a bit of stalking It took us months to finish,when I say "us" I mean we started to dig it together,that lasted a day or so,then I did the rest,thats how it ended up so big!!Its only a year old so is still maturing.

[Ronin]

just killing a few birds with one stone ! , installing my new digi cam onto my pc and figuring out how to post images

my carp :

[Julian Grattidge]

Originally Posted by Ronin

hahaha

my old fella owns a bit of land and dug himself a pond about 1/4 acre 12 years ago now, its full of fish including around a dozen or so carp all around the 5lb mark and he'd kill me if he caught me fishing it as he see's it as his garden pond .... but i can't resist sneaking a couple off the top when he's not around

That has to be a contender for the best post prize.

Had me rolling. Quality.

Nice pic as well

[Nige]

Got a tank with a loach, a goldfish and some lovely carp. Got a lovely linear and used to have a gorgeoues ghost common. Can't help relating them to big fish in the water I fish, I mean, there's a little mirror that probably weighs less than 5oz, yet he, like the others all have thier names; Big Linear, Single Scale..etc

[Ronin]

Quality ! , you can really appreciate the scale patterns on the mirrors in a tank can't you!, i bet a linear looks fantastic

what happened to the ghost common ?

[Nige]

Got over fed. Hard to believe but fish will have a greater chance of dieing when given too much food comapred to not enough. Had a new pellet feeder and it gave them 18 x their daily amount in the space of 2 hours - not good!

Will try and get some pics up soon.

[Ronin]

thats a shame mate


Julian the best bit was when my old fella was flickin through my album and picked out a fish as being particulaly nice

i didn't have the guts to tell him it was one of his own

heres the pic :
bit blured coz i had to take a snap of an old 6x4 print