Before I reveal the new monsters for the 1200 gallon pond
RT in there, let's take a look at what we already have for us. Oh, there's the little bi sure there isn't he adorable?
He's gonna become a monster
So is that giant gourami poking her head out or his hodo from behind that sponge filter?
This is just a holding tank and grow out tank. These guys are already eating
I'm able to actually feed these guys the right amount meaning I feed them until they stop eating
I know that I'm not feeding too much or too little we're doing it two to three times a day
We're gonna get them nice and big a feeding video coming up eventually who else shortly really I also want to talk about
Plans for after everybody out grows this 1200 gallon pond because let's not make no mistake about it
All of these fish are going to eventually outgrow it if I keep them all type of deal, okay
Enough talk I'm gonna go grab the fish. Let's open them up. These are one of my favorite and I was really lucky
To just see them in time before they sold these size itself relatively quickly
But the reason why I wasn't able to get big ki peacock bass
From the beginning from the pond is because one I can't just go out and catch them toss them into my aquariums
- they are relatively expensive
especially the shipping you can only fit one two, maybe three in a box and even then the shipping costs are
Astronomically high that's not practical for many people to bring them in to sell in the first place. Now. They've been in these bags for
Probably a solid 18 hours or so so I hope they're okay
So this will make three species of peacock bass that will eventually be in the pond. Alright
Yeah, so look like one of the bags. Oh
Boy so, I have no clue how I'm gonna get them out of here, I'm gonna do my best
To not let them
Not mix this water pin with my query of water, but I might not I might have no choice. Okay, they're so big
So the bag definitely broke which is it's leaking if that broken. Oh
Boy
Oh
See them so they're pretty van dyck. Hopefully they're doing okay if I you know flip oh, oh
Are they beauties look at that? They're gorgeous can see them, okay
Oh, wow, they're gorgeous
Now the water in the bag and the aquarium works pretty close
I typically like the temperature acclimate first and go from there
however
With it being so close and these guys being so big
I think it was just best to get them out of those tags as soon as possible
Let's see how they act they're pretty docile right now
They're not big enough to eat the
The red-tailed catfish so that's good. All right guys 100
You guys think you're big they get this big old egg on
Yes, now we can actually see fish. Well once we shut the pump off. Okay, let's keep it going
They're all lined up and ready to go you guys ready I think we've got we probably got a nail into females right there
Time to go you're free now enjoy your tank I made for you go to your friends. I
Got to shut the filter off so we can see everybody
I gotta get the underwater camera here in a second. But man it looks like they're kind of all hanging out
There's four over there to here and then of course
The red tail cats are in there somewhere. There's no way these guys are eating those red tail cats
We're still filling the tank as well, I don't think I'm gonna fill it all the way
I'll put a few more inches in it. Just cuz these guys might be a little jumpy
at first
It's truly going to be a monster aquarium or monster pond at least at some point
We've got about three feet of water in here already and that tank is nice and clear. You clearly see them
But yeah, we're gonna get that underwater footage here in a second. I'm just rambling on and enjoying them with you for right now. I
Think this tank is gonna be absolutely stunning the the shade they're over here is just from these lids so it looks a little weird
but
Yeah, what do you guys think? Oh, I love it. Now imagine
Six of these full-grown
18 to 24 inches long
three different species
Touch the surface of the water and they go absolutely bananas
Then if you're not careful
We've got the red-tailed catfish that are gonna grow to like three four feet
That'll watch your hand in their kitchens might grab you and take you in then of course that big grumpy
Lucky and giant gourami. Oh
Man, I'm telling you
This tank is gonna be absolutely phenomenal
If we just have a bit of patience me getting these guys is not having patience
Although if these guys were available at the time I wanted the bass I certainly would have got these guys first 100%
Looks like one is a little bit tipsy
Isn't that absolutely?
Amazing. I've 100% love it. We got one that kind of dark. That's kind of just look right here
You can see them maybe just blending into its surroundings to be a bit nervous, but we're minutes into this aquarium
And I don't know if you can see the colors in these fish or not. But in my opinion they're absolutely stunning for
just being
You know gone through the shipping process and added right away
Yeah, I hope he does. Okay. I'm sure if we just aerate the water and get everything up and running he'll be just fine
The others as well, so these guys in my opinion are probably around the one-year-old range and then over here
Maybe they're just a couple of months old, but this is the size
They are at one year and we're going to be able to watch those guys develop over time now on the topic of size
We've got a couple more species that get relatively big now if these are exactly what we think they are to menses
as well as pack Witte the back witty I believe gets to about
around 18 inches in length
The two menses however gets to well reports say up to about 40 inches in length. Let me
Now are about 12 to maybe 14 inches in length, however
They're gonna get to 2 feet in length
24 inches seems a little bit bigger what you kind of do it with, you know?
The hand thing as opposed to saying it but 2 feet in length. Just absolutely biess those
Acquittee, of course only getting maybe to 18 inches, maybe a little more 20 inches, maybe a little more a little less
those two menses tho
40 inches long
Potentially, of course that would take years to get there, but you understand where I'm coming from at this point
We're gonna have some absolute monsters
This is gonna be fantastic
For them probably for another year
Maybe two years maybe even longer depends on how quickly everybody grows and the water quality and compatibility, etc
Etc, but eventually we're going to have to expand
the two
Thousand gallon aquarium. So obviously what the plans were and we talked about this in the past video is we would potentially
Remove the panel here, of course, remove all the fish remove this and build this tank out another 10 feet
Just let them swim directly through this hole in from one to another in the two thousand gallon aquarium
We have three Asian Arowana and five freshwater stingrays. The lights are off in this tank right now, but you get the idea
Absolutely gorgeous tank though, isn't it?
That I've ever shipped in and you know, I know some people have obviously gotten bigger fish in the past
You'll ship this or ship that I'm talking be in my area. I'm up in Nova Scotia Canada the furthest
northern East you can go pretty much and
Transportation costs and availability are high and low type of deals. So low availability high costs
I do know that in the near future once these guys do settle in and I get them eating and hitting the surface like I
Wanted we're certainly going to film that
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