Tam Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 they are out of reach for many, unless you are a millionaire. $15k USD thats about $25k AUD a piece Even if, you need atleast six adult size to pair up and a huge pond / tank to breed. Maybe we all chip in to get RTGs in Aust. and start setting up a backyard breeding farm lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emp1re Posted April 11, 2005 Author Share Posted April 11, 2005 If you read about the owner of Dragonfish farm. He started with 200 arrowana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illusn8 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 this is mine Merodontotus tigrinus pic what your? ← Justin I nearly had my hands on one of those.........damn....expensive.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foai Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I have never owned a genuine tankbuster so I don't speak from experience (the biggest fish I own is a fossochromis rostratus). I went down to Melbourne on the weekend and visited St Kilda aquarium. They had a couple of big tanks with genuine tankbusters. There was a black Pacu that must have been over 2 feet long and 20cm wide. It made the giant gourami look like a bit of a weener. It was a really impressive fish - more like owning a dog than a fish. It came to the side of the tank and really eye-balled me! I suppose what I mean is that people refer to "tankbusters" and include relatively small fish like festae and green terrors or arrowana's etc. If I were going to buy a tankbuster it would be a genuine monster of a fish because it is size that is the dominant characteristic rather than colour or uniqueness that would make it stand out. The obvious problem with my plan is paying for a tank that is big enough and with glass thick enough to hold it. One day maybe........ DMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 2 things confusing me in this thread: Foai - arowana in the small weeny class of fish? You have never seen a big one I suppose? empire - listed the price of Lungfish in US$$$, any reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 3' is a small fish, when your biggest fish is a rostratus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foai Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I am not saying arowana's are small only that when I think of the concept "tank buster" I think of a fish so huge (and perhaps aggressive) that it could bust a tank. Arowanas definitely do grow quite long but are relatively sedate and most likely to hit their head on the lid than smash through the side of the tank. I have no problem with people here calling the aro a tankbuster but when I think of that term it evokes something a substantially more imposing than an aro. DMJ PS I would also like to see more votes for Aussie tankbusters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emp1re Posted April 12, 2005 Author Share Posted April 12, 2005 2 things confusing me in this thread: empire - listed the price of Lungfish in US$$$, any reason? ← the breeder is the only authorised breeder to export the QLD lungfishes. So their price is peg to the US dollars . Foai: my friend have a silver arrowana that is 90cm my arrowana is 55cm and it once swallow a whole 20cm Geophagus bradybranchus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I see, I haven't checked their pricelist, but when I called them a while back they gave me a quote in AU$. There was also no minimum buy back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Morelia Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 foai- Festae maximum size is 50cm and pretty chunky... I reckon that's gotta be pretty damn close to tankbuster status. Dunno about busting a tank, but one that size would bust most things in a tank Aro's and Sara's smash lids of tanks (maybe cross-bars?), so i reckon they're definitely "Tankbusters" in the true sense of the term. Not really arguing anything in particular as i don't really care what people think is a tankbuster or not, just sharing my take. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango4Jade Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I truely think aros are tankbusters because when i was working at a lfs before, they happen to purchase a huge 1.2m silver and about 15cm thick! We placed him in a 6X2X2 holding thank with 12mm glass just for the week until the 12ft was up and running, we placed bricks on the lids etc...but next think we noticed was once we opened the store up the next day, was a broken 6ft tank (jumped and broke the side and the top of the tank) and it landed on the floor dead and mouth opened (very tell jump, the tank was over 2m over the floor). After that day they place most they big fish in the 12X4X3 with 25mm glass and a huge hood etc. Giant Gouramis can also be quite strong. My dad had a huge one back in Vietnam and was kepted in a huge ceramic pot for storing water. This huge and very thick. They can smash through those pots like a hot knife on butter. Very strong fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foai Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I found a link to a website for a fish called an alligator garfish. It is an american freshwater garfish that can grow over 10 feet long. Have a look at this 8 foot specimen at the bottom of this page. Now that is a tankbuster - yoiks! Atractosteus spatula Realistically you would never get that bad boy into a fishtank unless it was the size of a swimming pool. DMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsherman Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Realistically you would never get that bad boy into a fishtank unless it was the size of a swimming pool. DMJ ← I beg to differ Foai, check out Riverside aquarium, and in their monster tank to the right and back of the entrance they have one of these bad boys in there. Extremely ugly yet mesmerisingly fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgoid Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 i hate to break it to ya's but it is clown knifes for that price. although it has been a couple of months since they last had them in. but they do still have a 15'' one in the asian display tank with a simease tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emp1re Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 i hate to break it to ya's but it is clown knifes for that price. ← y don't u buy it for $18.50 and resell back to me for $185. i would definitely buy it back $185 for a Clown knife. that would give u a handsome profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick069 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 hey justin have a look at the link "foai" placed in th earlier post, doesnt it look indentical to the one i sold you? By the way the gars were originally from riverside (norm) http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Desc...ligatorGar.html nick! i hate to break it to ya's but it is clown knifes for that price. ← y don't u buy it for $18.50 and resell back to me for $185. i would definitely buy it back $185 for a Clown knife. that would give u a handsome profit. ← Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emp1re Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 yeah Nick, that y i id the Gar u sold me as Topical gar NOT Alligator gar. But Topical is very nice and does grow that big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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